ZOFO Piano Duet

Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi

Saturday, February 10th, 2024 at 3:00 PM
at the Berkeley Piano Club, 2724 Haste St, Berkeley

Echoes of Gamelan (Preview)

Balinese Ceremonial Music – Pemungkah transcribed by Colin McPhee (1900-1964) for two pianos (1934) and arranged for one-piano four hands by Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Leopold Godowsky – In the Kraton from Java Suite, arranged for one-piano four hands by Keisuke Nakagoshi
Balinese Ceremonial Music – Gambangan transcribed by Colin McPhee for two pianos and arranged for one-piano four hands by Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Claude Debussy – Sirenes from Three Nocturnes, arranged for one-piano four hands by Keisuke Nakagoshi
Balinese Ceremonial Music – Tabu Telu transcribed by Colin McPhee for two pianos and arranged for one-piano four hands by Eva-Maria Zimmermann
Terry Riley – Half-Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight arranged for one-piano four hands by Keisuke Nakagoshi

Gustav Holst, selections of The Planets

Mars, the Bringer of War
Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Uranus, the Magician
Neptune, the Mystic
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

ZOFO, is shorthand for 20-finger orchestra (ZO=20 and FO=finger orchestra)

“Four hands, 20 fingers, two bodies, one piano, and what appears to be a single
marvelous musical mind makes ZOFO the most exciting pair of performers Brisbane has
seen in a long time – if ever!”

– Your Time Magazine

Since joining forces as a professional duo in 2009, internationally acclaimed solo pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi – ZOFO – have electrified audiences from Carnegie Hall to Tokyo Japan with their dazzling artistry and outside-the-box thematic programming for piano-four-hands. This GRAMMY-nominated, prize-winning Steinway Artist Ensemble – one of only a handful of duos worldwide devoted exclusively to piano duets – is blazing a bold new path for four-hands groups by focusing on 20th and 21st century repertoire and by commissioning new works from noted composers each year.
For more information, go to www.zofoduet.com