Elisha Abas at Baruch Performing Arts Center - February 13th 2008 at 8:00 PM

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Elisha Abas, who has been discussed on this forum numerous times because he is the great great grandson of Alexander Scriabin, is performing tomorrow night - Wednesday, February 13th at 8:00 PM at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City.  He will be performing pieces by Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninoff.   The venue is located at East 25th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues in Manhattan.

Here is an excerpt from an email I received from the production team: 

https://www.elishaabas.com
https://www.myspace.com/elishaabaspiano

Elisha Abas, an Israeli-born Pianist, is a unique artist of communicative and poetic potency, his recitals touch the hearts of the audience. The romantic repertoire of works by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Brahms, which he will stage, match the level of transforming power of the greatest old-time masters, such as Alfred Cortot, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Vladimir Horowitz.


Elisha Abas has been described by many industry luminaries as “one of a kind”, who has the “rare quality as a musician to sing his musical phrases in time, yet as free as can be”.  Amongst his peers he is considered “a poet using piano keys instead of words”...”the type of musician that only comes around once in a generation".  He projects a rare combination of intellect, elegance and pedigree.  As a mentee of Artur Rubinstein and a student of the Alfred Cortot School, he has an authentic spirit and electrifying rhythm that makes you cry.  Likely inherited from his great-great grandfather legendary Russian Composer Alexander Scriabin, his rare interpretations are strongly reminiscent of the old masters.  With his debut on the world stage at the prodigal age of six, Elisha recently performed across numerous international venues, including major concert halls in the United States.

In November 2007, Abas returned to Carnegie Hall, performing to standing ovations at the sold-out venue, on the same stage where at age eleven he had first appeared alongside Isaac Stern and Leonard Bernstein to honor the life of his mentor, Artur Rubinstein.  In the words of the world press – commenting on his recent return to Carnegie Hall: ”Abas was definitely communicating something to somebody…the audience was hip and mostly under 40…a young man declared it amazing giving the heartfelt modifier not suitable for publication”…furthermore…”the presence of so much youth and enthusiasm, the excitement in the room as palpable”.  The New York Times, November 2007