The Composer's Piano: Johannes Brahms - Late Piano Works: Fantasien Op.116, Drei Intermezzi Op.117, Klavierstucke Op.118, Klavierstucke Op.119; Conversation: Brahms and his Pianos (with pianist Gwendolyn Mok and producer David Bowles)

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About The Composer's Piano: Johannes Brahms - Late Piano

Born in New York City, pianist Gwendolyn Mok has appeared in many of the world's leading concert halls, including The Barbican, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, and The Hong Kong Performing Arts Center. She is also frequently invited to play and record with major international orchestras, most notably the London Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra and the Residency Orchestra of The Hague. In his 90th year, world re-known Ravel expert, pianist Vlado Perlemuter chose Gwendolyn Mok to be the last student to whom he would pass on his knowledge of Ravel. In 1994, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Mok a grant to study with Perlemuter for one year. Since 1995, she has been performing Ravel's works in recital and was invited to teach the works at the London Royal College of Music, Welsh College of Music and Drama, The Dartington International Summer School in Devon, England, Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, among others. In 1996, Mok made her official London debut in two concerts featuring music of Ravel in Somerset House, on a restored 1868 Erard grand piano in the Great Room of the Courtauld Galleries. Citibank UK sponsored Mok's production, Ravel and the Post Impressionists and two additional productions in 1997 and 1998: Mendelssohn in London, Letters Home in the Raphael Gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and A Gershwin Showcase, a re-creation of a 1930s radio showcase featuring a 27-piece jazz band and soloists, in the sumptuous deco-period ballroom of London's Mayfair Hotel. Gwendolyn Mok is a recording artist for Nonesuch/Elektra, Musical Heritage Society, Cala Records and EMI Classics and MSR Classics. Her debut CD with The Philharmonia featuring Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major (Cala Records) was nominated for an Alternative Edison award in the concerto category. A second CD on Cala, of Saint-Saen's Africa-Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra with the London Philharmonic Orchestra has been equally applauded and is broadcast frequently, as is her 2-CD set featuring Ravel s complete works for solo piano, Ravel Revealed (MSR Classics). Currently the Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at San Jose State University School of Music and Dance, Gwendolyn Mok began her studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She attended Yale University, where she completed her undergraduate studies, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she earned her Doctorate.