Joseph Satava, pianist, will perform Keith Kramer's solo piano work Spatial Extremes on December 1^st, 2006 at 8pm at An Die Musik in Baltimore, Maryland as part of a Baltimore Composers Forum concert presentation, which is a free event. The directions to An Die Musik are: from I-95 in Maryland, take I-395 N via exit 53 toward downtown. I-395 N becomes S Howard St. Then turn right onto W Mulberry St./US-40 E. and then take a left onto N Charles St. Charles Street is the main corridor running through Baltimore City, separating the east side of town from the west. Baltimore Street separates north from south. An die Musik is 4 blocks north of Baltimore Street. An Die Musik is seven blocks north from Harborplace and two blocks south of the Washington Monument, The Peabody Institute of Music and The Walters Art Gallery. There is metered parking on the street. No charge after 6pm or on Sunday. A pay parking lot is around the corner from us. Make a left on Franklin St. An Die Musik faces the back entrance to the Cathedral of the Assumption. The front of the Cathedral faces the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

An Die Musik, 409 North Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
410.385.2638 or 888.221.6170

Biographies of the Performer and Composer:

Joseph Satava, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is currently a doctoral candidate at the Peabody Conservatory of Music as a student of Julian Martin. Joseph received his Masterâs degree at the Juilliard School and his Bachelorâs degree at the Peabody Conservatory where he was a recipient of the Pauline Favin award in piano. His primary teachers include Marc Durand, Jerome Lowenthal, Ann Shein, and Olga Radosavljevich. He has performed in master classes with renowned artists such as Paul Schenly, Phillipe Bianconi, Philippe Entremont, Gaby Casadesus, Blanca Uribe, and John OâConner. Joseph has taken prizes in several piano competitions; among them: The Young Keyboard Artistâs Association International Piano Competition, The Miecyslaw Munz Piano Competition held at the Peabody Conservatory, the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, second prize in the National Society of Arts and Letters Career Awards Competition in Washington, DC, and second prize in the Peggy and Yale Gordon competition held at the Peabody Conservatory. Notable appearances with orchestra have included: the Suburban Symphony Orchestra in Cleveland, OH, the Cleveland Heights Chamber Orchestra, the Millennium Orchestra in Gijon, Spain, the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra in Denver, CO., and most recently, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra as a result of being chosen as a Toradze fellow. Joseph has appeared in Alice Tully Hall as part of the Focus! Festival for contemporary music. He has performed at the French Consulate in New York City and the French Embassy in Washington D.C. as a part of the ÎRising Starâ series. Satava has been invited twice to perform for the Texas Conservatory for Young Artists in Plano, Texas, and most recently he was in recital at the Steinway Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

Keith Allan Kramer, composer, currently resides in Maryland and is a music professor in Bel Air, Maryland. His compositions are performed frequently in America and abroad. Keith is also the recipient of several composition prizes. He has studied with Thomas DeLio, John Van der Slice, Ladislav Kubik and Stuart Saunders Smith. Keith received his D.M.A. in composition from the University of Miami and his M.Mus. in composition from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Please click on a date below to view information about recent concerts.
Baltimore, Maryland: December 1, 2006
Towson, Maryland: October 25, 2006
New York, New York: March 25, 2006