Global Seminar livecasts piano recital from Paris to Denver
Steinway & Sons Spirio, “the world’s highest resolution player piano.”
Photo: Steinway & Sons.
Professor of Piano Andrew Cooperstock loves all things French—the art, music, food and language—andhe’ll soon combine that passion with his love for teaching and performing.
In partnership with CU Boulder Education Abroad, a brand new Global Seminar——will engage a dozen student participants in Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, France. Eight of the students traveling to France with Cooperstock are from CU Boulder and four are joining the class from the University of South Carolina.
From July 24 to Aug. 7, the seminar will offer students opportunities to perform chamber music across France—including a unique occasion for a local audience to experience the performers from half a world away.
“One of the concerts in Paris is going to be at the new Steinway & Sons gallery there,” explains Cooperstock. “The students will perform chamber music and then—in the second half of the program—just the pianists will each play a short piece on the Spirio Steinway.
College of Music students Juhyun Hwang (MM ’26, piano) and James Morris (DMA ’25, piano)rehearse for their Spirio piano duet at CU Boulder before traveling to France for a two-week Global Seminar.
Photo: AndrewCooperstock
“A signal will be livecast from Paris to the Spirio piano in the new Steinway & Sons Denver location where audience members can hear the sound actually coming out of another Spirio piano, like a player piano—not from a speaker like a Webcast or Zoomcast or something.
“The sound is extremely accurate, so it should sound pretty much exactly like the Paris concert,” he adds.
In addition to the technologically remarkable Steinway recital, participating students will perform in a Baroque church in Aix-en-Provence and the American Church in Paris, among other venues, andrehearse great chamber music by American and French composers with talented peers. Students will also engage in guest master classes, studio classes and private lessons.
The students’ cultural immersion further includes French language lessons, a boat ride along the Seine, a trip to Notre Dame, a tour of the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) and more.
“The support of Stephanie Pund and Sylvie Burnet-Jones from Education Abroad, College of Music Dean John Davis and the college’s administrative team were really instrumental in supporting this class and recognizing its importance. It’s a lot of work on everybody’s part but well worth it!”
Join us to experience the livecast recital at Steinway & Sons on July 28, 11 a.m. (56 Steele Street, Denver)!
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