Jaap Nico Hamburger: Piano Concerto Assaff Weisman, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal & Vincent de Kort

• 1 Piano Concerto: I. Adagio 05:14
• 2 Piano Concerto: II. Molto allegro 07:44
• 3 Piano Concerto: III. Molto adagio 09:13
• Total Runtime 22:11

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Canadian composer Jaap Nico Hamburger presents his first recording with Leaf Music. Recorded at the Maison symphonique de Montréal under the direction of Vincent de Kort with pianist Assaff Weisman and Orchestra Métropolitain de Montréal.

Jaap Nico Hamburger is a Canadian Music Centre Associate Composer; President and CEO, Orange Music Inc., a Vancouver music production company; Member of the Board of Directors of City Opera Vancouver (2010-2020); and in 2019 was named Mécénat Musica’s Composer in Residence.

Assaff Weisman, piano
Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal
Vincent de Kort, conductor

Assaff Weisman
Weisman’s performances have taken him to some of the major venues in Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, including appearances at the Rudolfinum in Prague, Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Philips Hall in The Hague, and Lincoln Center in New York. He has appeared as a soloist with the Sioux City Symphony, the American Chamber Orchestra, the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Peru. His radio credits include WQXR’s “Young Artist Showcase”, Sirius XM, and The Voice of Music in Israel, as well as multiple appearances on WGBH radio in Boston, where he has recorded repertoire ranging from Bach to André Previn. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Weisman has collaborated with Isidore Cohen, Peter Wiley, and Michael Tree, among others, and he is a founding member and the executive director of the award-winning Israeli Chamber Project, with which he has toured since 2008.

Born in Israel, Mr. Weisman is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as a student of Herbert Stessin, and where he now is a member of the Evening Division piano faculty. Prior to his studies in New York, he studied with Professor Victor Derevianko in Israel, where he was a winner of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships. Mr. Weisman is a Yamaha Artist.

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