Rasson Bet-Yonan: 1985-86 Piano Sonata,
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Rasson Bet-Yonan: 1985-86 Piano Sonata, “Theme & Variation in Four Movements” Archive: audio file |
CHICAGO, Illinois — Rasson Bet-Yonan, has entered the studio to record his 1985-86 piano sonata entitled, “Theme & Variation in Four Movements”. The piece exemplifies the history and culture that encompasses all that is known to be Assyrian.
Adam Chlastawa, a native of Poland, is performing the piece. Chlastawa started playing the piano at the age of six and has performed in Chicago, Poland, and Japan.
“Theme & Variation”, is being recorded at Chicago Recording Co. on a Steinway Grand Piano. Bet-Yonan, currently teaches music full time.
More details will be made available soon.
https://www.rassonbetyonan.com
https://www.chicagorecording.com
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| Rasson Bet-Yonan | Adam Chlastawa and Rasson Bet-Yonan | Adam Chlastawa, Rasson Bet-Yonan, and Dennis Tousana |
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Rasson Bet Yonan interview with BraGhalid' Khoyada - The Echo of Alliance - April 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois — The new Assyrian radio program sponsored by the Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation conducted an interview with Rasson Bet-Yonan regarding his new album release. The radio show can be listened to weeknights Monday thru Friday on 1590 AM Radio, 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM CT (UTC-06).
Also streaming live on the web at www.wcgoradio.com
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| Adam Chlastawa |
Adam Chlastawa - winner of the 1999 Chicago Chopin Piano Competition.
Adam Chlastawa, a native of Poland, began playing the piano at the age of six. With honors from each academy, Chlastawa graduated in 1997 from music school in Tarnow, Poland and in 2002 from the Chicago Music Conservatory at Roosevelt University under the direction of renowned pianist and Professor, Pawel Checinski.
Chlastawa has participated in various music festivals and seminars conducted by top world-famous pianists. Among these renowned pianists are Janusz Olejniczak, Pawel Skrzypek, Lee Kum-Sing, and Jerome Rose. In 1994, Chlastawa was awarded Third Prize at the National Ignacy Jan Paderewski Contest in Poland. In 1996, he received an honorable mention at the International “Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam” Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
In the United States, Mr. Chlastawa won First Place at Chicago Music Conservatory Concerto Competition and received Second Prize at the Kankakee Piano Concerto Competition performing the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2. In 1999 he was awarded First Prize at the Chicago Chopin Competition sponsored by Kosciuszko Foundation. Adam also won many scholarships at local scholarship contests.
Adam Chlastawa has performed many solo recitals throughout the United States as well as in Poland, Hungary, Taiwan, and Japan. He has participated in the program, “Paderewski Piano on Tour,” sponsored by the Copernicus Foundation and the Polish Museum of America. Chlastawa has also appeared as a soloist with the Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 and has also recorded for a radio station in Chicago. In 2003, Chlastawa gave a series of piano master classes and a performance in Japan sponsored by the Tochigi Chopin Institute of Tochigi City, Japan.