AmerKlavier
Shaped by extraordinary artistic and pedagogical vision, AmerKlavier leitmotif is to explore new dimensions of artistic and educational spheres by merging rigorous professional training with the real concert life experience, and to expand and engage the artistic potential of young musicians in various artistic/educational projects. Integrating dynamic performance element into the learning process enhances multiple layers of students' awareness and enables them to absorb the broad spectrum of meaningful communication within the context of contemporary perception of the performing arts. AmerKlavier concept cultivates the format of featuring young rising talents alongside distinguished masters and promotes the highest standards of artistry and collaboration while building a nourishing cultural environment for wide audiences.
As a part of The United Sounds of America festival founded and directed by Eteri Andjaparidze in Chicago, IL, Amerklavier was initialy conceived as a retrospective of American piano music of all forms and genres, with the title inspired by Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 106, Hammer-Klavier.
Subsequently, AmerKlavier has emerged as an independent unique model of advanced piano performance study that seeks to uncover and address individual qualities and needs of aspiring pianists, while helping them attain professional fluency as they carve out their musical profiles. Innovatively designed and based on the world's finest traditions of the art of piano playing, AmerKlavier Studio offers specialized guidance and encourages professional exchange between artistic generations through extensive masterclasses, workshops and performing opportunities. It is dedicated to professional excellence, as well as exceptional camaraderie, and is the first piano performance studio named to the prestigious International Steinway Artists roster.
AmerKlavier has presented myriads of thematic festivals and programs including The United Sounds of America: American Music Festival dedicated to 9/11; American Piano Forms: Sonata, Variations, Etude, Rags and Pieces; Pour le piano; Grand Piano à la Russe: A Taste of Georgia; The Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach; Complete Piano Sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev; Complete Nocturnes by Chopin; Complete Poems by Scriabin; Complete Opera for Two Pianos and One-Piano Four/Six Hands by Rachmaninoff; Complete Concerti for Two Keyboards and Strings by J. S. Bach; Complete Piano Quartets by Brahms, and other musical offerings.
AmerKlavier has been a Steinway Ensemble since 2003.