semester's focus on Debussy at Michigan. I'll be playing this set at three other venues this fall. Debussy is likely the most important father of 20th and 21st century musical styles, always questioning traditions and exploring many fresh new ideas. He made possible many stylistic breakthroughs. This second book of Preludes represented a turn towards his later style, in which his more familiar "Impressionism" meets the Stravinsky style of Petrushka. There are various threads of connection one might find between Debussy and the other part of the recital. For example, there are the crosses between traditional art music and vernacular music, such as we find in Chambers, Thomas and Hsu in particular. In just this collection of Preludes, Debussy borrows from cakewalk in "General Lavine" and from theknown as an interpreter of Scriabin and Szymanowski, and my outside interests include golf, tennis, chess, and go.

MATTHEW BENGTSONNEW PIANO WORKS & DEBUSSY PRELUDES

]]>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:54:02 GMThttp://www.studiozstpaul.com/blog/interview-on-rimon-artist-salon-with-lisa-gutkinRimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, will present Lisa Gutkin(composer, multi-instrumentalist, and violinist in The Klezmatics) at Studio Z on Oct. 24 for a first hearing of her music-theater work-in-progress, "The Trail Forward," as part of the Rimon Artis Salon series. We interviewed David Harris, Rimon Executive Director, to find out more about the series and Lisa Gutkin.

​What is the Rimon Artist Salon series, and how long have you been doing it?

Amazingly this is the 12th year of the series. The Salons began as a way to explore how artists interpret or come