HALLEY’S COMET
An Exploration of 20th- & 21st-Century Piano
Music from the Americas
Roberta Rust, piano

Guest Artist Series
Katzin Concert Hall | March 31, 2019 | 2:30 pm

Program
Lonely Prelude (2006)

Michael Anderson
(b. 1989)

Thirteen Plus 4 (2005)
Sonata (2008)
Misterioso + Molto Legato
From Diez Bocetos (2007)
Boceto No. 5 Choco (Eduardo Roca)
Boceto No. 4 Acosta Leon
Boceto No. 7 Cabrera Moreno

Leo Brouwer
(b. 1939)

HALLEY (Cartas Celestes, Vol. VII) (1986)
A infinita viagem (Infinite Voyage)
Abril 1986 A.D. Hemisferio Sul (Southern Hemisphere)
Pax Caelestis (Celestial Peace)

Almeida Prado
(1943-2010)

Intermission

Minuetto (1939)

From Suite 1945
Sarabande
Aria

Phillip Evans
(b. 1928)

Four Preludes (1998)
Air
Reflection
Doodle
To the Memory of Eleanor Reichardt
Blues from Carnival Music (1971)

Misty (1954)

John Sharpley
(b. 1955)

George Rochberg
(1918-2005)
Ernol Garner
(1921-1977)

Roberta Rust – Biography
Roberta Rust has concertized to critical acclaim around the globe, with performances at such
venues as Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, New York's Merkin Concert Hall, Rio de Janeiro's
Sala Cecilia Meireles, Washington's Corcoran Gallery, and Seoul's KNUA Hall.
Hailed for her recordings on the Centaur and Protone labels, Rust has appeared with the Lark,
Ying, and Amernet String Quartets and at Miami's Mainly Mozart Festival, the Philippines'
Opusfest, the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival, Festival Miami, Long Island's Beethoven
Festival, and France's La Gesse. Her concerto appearances have included engagements with the
Houston Symphony, Philippine Philharmonic, New Philharmonic, Redlands Symphony, Boca
Raton Symphonia, Knox-Galesburg Symphony, New World Symphony, Lynn Philharmonia, and
orchestras in Latin America.
Dr. Rust serves on the artist faculty as professor of piano and head of the piano department at the
Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2016 she received the Deanne
and Gerald Gitner and Family Excellence in Teaching Award. She has given master classes
throughout Asia and the Americas and at the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, the University of
Florida International Piano Festival and the Fondation Bell'Arte International Certificate of Piano
Artists program. Rust has served as a competition adjudicator for the New World Symphony, the
Chautauqua and Brevard Festivals, and the Colburn School's Music Academy. A National
Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, she has served as US artistic ambassador and has
received prizes and recognition from the Organization of American States, National Society of
Arts Letters, and International Concours de Fortepiano (Paris).
Born in Texas of American Indian ancestry, Rust studied at the Peabody Conservatory,
graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin, and earned performer's
certificates in piano and German Lieder from the Mozarteum in Salzburg. A student of Ivan
Davis, Artur Balsam, John Perry, and Phillip Evans, she received a master's degree from the
Manhattan School of Music and a doctorate from the University of Miami. Master class studies
were with Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher, Carlo Zecchi, and Erik Werba. For more information
please visit www.robertarust.com.
"Roberta Rust is a powerhouse of a pianist--one who combines an almost frightening fervor and
intensity with impeccable technique and spartan control." -- The New York Times
"There was tremendous bravura, sweep, and power...Here was a virtuosa." -- The Miami Herald
"She proves herself a first-rate Debussy player...This is quite simply one of the finest Debussy
discs I have heard in recent memory." -- Fanfare Magazine