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X-WR-CALNAME:“Then & Now: A Piano Recital” - Natasha Stojanovska 
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DESCRIPTION:Program: Rameau\, Chopin\, Rachmaninoff\, Lauryn Bomse\, Carmen
  Helena Téllez\, and Natasha Stojanovska\n\nDr. Natasha Stojanovska is a 
 Macedonian-American concert pianist\, composer\, music \ntheorist\, and ed
 ucator whose artistry spans solo performance\, chamber music\, vocal \ncoa
 ching\, recording\, and composition. Praised for performances of emotional
  depth and \nintellectual rigor\, she has appeared across the United State
 s\, Europe\, Asia\, the \nCaribbean\, and the Middle East\, earning recogn
 ition as both a compelling interpreter \nand a passionate advocate for und
 errepresented voices in classical music.\nRecent highlights include solo a
 ppearances at Guarneri Hall in Chicago — presented by \nAugusta Read Tho
 mas — the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts broadcast live on \nWFMT\, th
 e Steinway Series at Saint Philip’s in the Hills\, the Holy Name Cathedr
 al \nConcert Series\, the Gilmore Piano Festival\, and the Oregon Bach Fes
 tival Composers \nSymposium\, and the Henry Fogel Presents Concert Series.
  In 2026 she joined the \nSymphony of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale for 
 She Did It Her Way\, produced by \nconductor Luke Frazier. Her collaborato
 rs have included Rachael Barton Pine\, Shulamit \nRan\, Carmen-Helena Tél
 lez\, and conductors Keith Lockhart\, Tsung Yeh\, Guillermo \nFigueroa\, a
 nd Saša Nikolovski-Gjumar.\nStojanovska is a recording artist on Navona R
 ecords. Her debut album Uncommon \nVoices: Women Composers from Eastern Eu
 rope (2022) was reviewed by MusicWeb \nInternational and broadcast on WFMT
  Chicago\, KHFM New Mexico\, and Classical \nDiscoveries. The forthcoming 
 Uncommon Voices\, Part II: American Women Composers \n— supported by a M
 usicians Club of Women grant — continues an ongoing series \nextending t
 o African and Latin women composers. As a composer\, her works for solo \n
 piano\, chamber ensembles\, and art song\, rooted in Macedonian folk tradi
 tion\, have \nbeen performed at festivals across the US\, Europe\, and Aus
 tralia.\nAn accomplished vocal coach\, Stojanovska serves on the faculty o
 f the Taos Opera \nInstitute alongside Elizabeth Futral\, Susanne Mentzer\
 , and Amanda Majeski\, and has \nserved as Pianist on Call for the Santa F
 e Opera. She prepared soprano Deborah \nMayer for her Metropolitan Opera d
 ebut in Die Walküre. Together with her sister Marina\, \nshe co-directs t
 he Stojanovska Sisters Piano Duo\, a partnership of more than 25 years. \n
 As a concert producer and curator\, she has presented international musici
 ans at the \nCathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi\, SITE Santa Fe M
 useum\, Guarneri Hall\, and \nPianoForte Studios in Chicago.\nAs an educat
 or\, Stojanovska has taught music theory\, aural skills\, and piano at \nN
 orthwestern University\, Indiana University South Bend\, the University of
  New Mexico\, \nand Merit School of Music in Chicago\, where she currently
  teaches. Beginning Fall \n2026\, she will serve as Performance Chair of t
 he Musicians Club of Women\, Chicago. \nShe holds a Doctor of Musical Arts
  in Piano Performance with a minor in Music Theory \nfrom Northwestern Uni
 versity’s Bienen School of Music\, where she studied with James \nGiles 
 and graduated Cum Laude with Program Honors\, an Artist Diploma and Master
  of \nMusic from Indiana University South Bend under Alexander Toradze\, a
 nd a Bachelor of \nMusic from Lynn University under Roberta Rust
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LOCATION:Santa Fe Campus\, Great Hall
SUMMARY:“Then & Now: A Piano Recital” - Natasha Stojanovska 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sjc.edu/event/then-now-a-piano-recital-natasha
 -stojanovska
CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances
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