Masterworks 4
Masterworks 4: A Gershwin Celebration
Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7pm
Troy University’s Davis Theatre for Performing Arts
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Peter Boyer – Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue (Alabama Premiere)
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Soloist: Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Meet Jeffrey Biegel
Considered one of the world’s most prolific pianists, Jeffrey Biegel, respected for his incomparable interpretations of standard repertoire, continues to make history by commissioning more than 25 works for piano and orchestra by living composers. In November 2024, Mr. Biegel’s recording of Jake Runestad’s ‘Dreams of the Fallen’ with True Concord Voices and Orchestra on the Reference Recordings® label, received a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Choral Performance, a work reflecting lives of surviving veterans, poems by Iraq War veteran, Brian Turner.
He studied at The Juilliard School with Adele Marcus, herself a pupil of Josef Lhevinne and Artur Schnabel, and is currently on faculty at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College.