The AR-RA Piano Duo - A Latvian and Armenian piano duo formed in 2011 with performances in Latvia, Russia, and Armenia. The 2014 Salkind Festival will be the AR-RA duo’s first appearance in America.
Canadian pianists Anne Louise and Edward Turgeon have been performing professionally as a piano duo since 1996 and have received critical acclaim as one of the top piano duos of our time.
Italian pianists, Sara Bartolucci and Rodolfo Alessandrini formed the Firenze Piano Duo in 1990 and the duo has won numerous awards and distinctions.
An Australian and American ensemble based in San Francisco, the Angelo Piano Duo is known for concerts that feature an eclectic mix of musical styles.
Canadian pianists, Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann became a piano duo while studying with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover, Germany and later with Jean-Eudes Vaillancourt at the Université de Montréal.
Based in San Francisco, ZOFO Duet is the dynamic partnership of internationally acclaimed pianists, Keisuke Nakagoshi (from Japan) and Eva-Maria Zimmermann (from Switzerland).
The 5th Salkind Festival (August 7-10, 2014) featured A Baltic Voyage, which highlighted the rich musical heritage of the countries that border the Baltic Sea - Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland and Germany.
"The festival audiences were not only gifted with the musical treasures of
"A Baltic Voyage," but were witness to artistic history being made."
San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV)
Preview: "This Festival Has it All, Even Ballet" - SF Classical Voice
Review: "Duos to Die For at Salkind Piano Duo Festival" - Ken Iisaka, SFCV
Review: "Salkind Festival Makes It Big" - Janos Gereben, SFCV