2/2 Menahem Pressler Masterclass -Debussy Etude XI Rachel Trenbeth/ Do hear Debussy at Competitions?

2010 Menahem Pressler Piano Masterclass
10:50 Is Debussy played at International Competitions? / Gaspard de la Nuit
Debussy: Etude XI - Pour les Arpèges composés
Rachel Trenbeth, piano
(Rachel studies with Dr. Lishan Hung.)
Crowell Hall, Biola University - La Mirada, CA (5/01/10)

Rachel was also a brilliant flutist and principal flute of the BSO. Listen to her solos in Carmina Burana:
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She performed both parts of the Martinu Flute Sonata for her Junior Flute Recital. She pre-recorded the piano part and performed the flute on stage live.

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Debussy composed this cycle, and other masterful late works, in the summer of 1915. He had withdrawn to a country house near Dieppe with his family and composed with fevered concentration. The self-critical composer was very proud of his Études: "I confess that I am pleased to have created a work which – false vanity aside – will occupy a special niche. in point of technique these Études will usefully prepare pianists for a better understanding of the fact that the portals of music can only be opened with formidable hands." Debussy's Études are today a milestone along the path of those desirous of becoming concert pianists.
(Henle)