Pianist Anthony Tobin

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The solo recital April 5th on Vladimir Horowitz's piano went well. This Steinway D was the piano Horowitz played around the world including his triumphant return to Moscow. He also played this instrument 4 days before he died. My program included Chopin, Mozart, Debussy, and Prokofiev. Below is a sample from Prokofiev's 3rd Sonata.

June 28th I will perform Debussy, Chopin, and Brahms with Chaparral Eurythmy at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden. I am working on collaborations with composer Manfred Bleffert and sculpture artist Joyce DiBona. November 23-28 I will perform a six concert tour of The Netherlands promoted by Imke Jelle van Dam.

I recorded Chopin's Bb minor Scherzo during a March 29th run-through of my April 5th program:

Piano Studio

I maintain a private piano studio in North Austin and teaches K-12 students at the Regents School of Austin. Tobin accepts students of all ages and levels on an ongoing basis. Listen to some of my students on YouTube. I welcome students of all ages and levels on an ongoing basis, from K-12 students including beginners, to college age and professional adults, from beginner to advanced levels. I invite your inquiry via email or tel: (512) 821-3828. I am happy to answer questions about philosophy, materials, techniques, and rates.

Debussy Project

I am developing a website, documentary film, and lecture recital about the role of light, sense of place, and visual stimuli in Debussy's piano works. I interviewed pianists Daniel Pollack and Stewart Gordon about their perspectives on pianistic style and musicologists Roy Howat, James Briscoe, Marie Rolf, and Richard Langham Smith at the International Debussy Congress. January 2009 I interviewed Elliott Antokoletz and will interview Austin Symphony Conductor Peter Bay in late April. Bay's discussion and demostration of elements of Impressionism in La Mer and singer Rose Taylor's performance and discussion of the song "Pan" from Chansons de Bilitis should be very illuminating. Watch UT Professor Rose Taylor and I perform "The Flute of Pan" on Vladimir Horowitz' Piano April 5th:

Below is an April 2009 sample of footage and sequences that may appear in my documentary about the French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy. It has some of the interviews, scenes, people, and piano works that will appear in the final film. But it is a rough cut that may change completely. Debussy scholars Marie Rolf, Richard Langham-Smith, Row Howat, and Stewart Gordon appear and I perform selected piano works. Scenes are places that were relevant during Debussy's life with the exception of "Footprints in the Snow, which is temporary footage. I am interested in constructive criticism, positive or negative, about what is effective and what could be included. This is only a beginning and does not include my own demonstration and analysis.