Art of Piano: Fabio Bidini & Micah Yui

Fabio Bidini and Micah Yui, faculty at the Colburn School, perform pieces by Rachmaninoff, including Symphonic Dances, his final major composition. From Italy, Bidini is one of his generation’s top-flight pianists, and has appeared with major symphonies around the world. His discography comprises 13 CDs, released under the labels BMG, Classichord, Musikstrasse, EPR, and True Sounds. He’s a Steinway artist, and has been awarded first prize in 11 of Italy’s most prestigious national piano competitions. Yui, meanwhile, is an acclaimed Canadian pianist, whose playing contains "blazing enthusiasm, power, and technical assurance” (Los Angeles Times). She’s played solo recitals around the world, including at venues in Zurich, Tokyo, New York, Toronto, and Copenhagen. She’s also given radio performances on CBC, NHK, and WQXR, plus orchestral performances with the Syracuse, Edmonton, Victoria, Montreal Metropolitan, Asheville, and Baltimore Chamber orchestras.