Sunday October 19


BAABDATH NEW CHURCH
(Google Maps: Les Musicales de Baabdath)


Performance starts at 8 PM
Free Admission
No tickets/No reservations
First come first seated
500 seats
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Latecomers will not be allowed in unless performance has an intermission
Children under 6 years old are not admitted
Concert hall is wheelchair accessible (not restrooms)

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Arrive a bit early and enjoy a free cup of freshly brewed coffee, courtesy of The Freedom Brew.
During the intermission and after the performance, savor a glass of wine gracefully offered by Pillars winery along with simple bites by Les Chapiteaux.

 


Concert Partners





PROGRAM

This concert is held in the context of the 2025 Strings of Hope – Classical Piano Mentorship Program in partnership with Goethe-Institut Libanon and in collaboration with the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music. The performance features five advanced piano students of the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music presenting the results of an intensive 1-week piano mentorship program held in Beirut under the guidance of German pianist and pedagogue Holger Groschopp.

Christian Issa | Elena El Khoury | Faris Abdulal | Peter Chamoun | Rami Tannous

 

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
Chaconne from the Partita in d minor for solo violin arranged for piano left hand
by Johannes Brahms
Rami Tannous
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Johannes Brahms
(1833 – 1897)
Intermezzo op. 118 No. 2 A major
Peter Chamoun
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Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 – 1827)
Sonata No. 18 E flat major op. 31 No. 3
 3rd movement (Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso)
4th movement (Presto con fuoco)
Elena El Khoury
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo op. 117 No. 2 b flat minor
Faris Abdulal
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Serge Rachmaninoff
(1873 – 1943)
Prélude c sharp minor op. 3 No. 2
Christian Issa

—– Intermission —–


Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue d minor (from Wohltemperiertes Klavier, first book)
Faris Abdulal
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 15 D major op. 28
1st movement (Allegro)
Peter Chamoun
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita 2 in c minor (BWV 826)
1st movement (Sinfonia)
Christian Issa
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Franz Schubert
(1797 – 1828)
Impromptu B flat major op. 142 No. 3
Elena El Khoury
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Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
Oiseaux tristes (No. 3 from Miroirs)

Alexander Scriabin
(1872 – 1915)
Impromptu op. 12 No. 2
Rami Tannous
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STRINGS OF HOPE
CLASSICAL PIANO MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
2025

The Strings of Hope – Classical Piano Mentorship Program is organized in partnership with Goethe-Institut Libanon, and in collaboration with the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of music. The program is dedicated to nurturing and empowering the next generation of classical musicians in Lebanon. 

Aimed at advanced piano students of the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music, the mentorship program offers intensive work on selected repertoire from the European, and especially the German piano tradition. Under distinguished German pianist Holger Groschopp’s guidance, participants refine their interpretative and technical skills, deepen their understanding of musical style, and cultivate a richer sense of sound and artistic expression.

The classical piano mentorship program is part of the 3rd edition of the wider chamber music mentorship program launched in 2021 in partnership and with the support of Goethe-Institut Libanon.