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Free concert-conference on Music and talent, to be held at Salle Claude Champagne, Universit茅 de Montr茅al on January 19th 2013, at 4pm. Organized by the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music at 91社区, the evening features 16 year old pianist virtuoso Tiffany Poon, who will play from her repertoire, plus Gary McPherson (Melbourne University) and Danick Trottier (Universit茅 de Montr茅al) who will demystify musical talent!

PROGRAMME

This bilingual, free event, jointly organized by CRBLM and OICRM, is open to all. It will be held at the SALLE CLAUDE CHAMPAGNE, Universit茅 de Montr茅al. No registration required.

4pm. Conference byProf. Gary McPherson (Melbourne University)

followed by Tiffany Poon at the piano (first part)
Scarlatti 鈥� 鈥淪onata in E Major, K380鈥�; 鈥淪onata in A major K322鈥�, 鈥淪onata in G major, K455鈥�
Beethoven 鈥� 鈥淪onata No.23 in F Minor, Op.57 鈥淎ppassionata鈥�

5pm. Conference byProf. Danick Trottier (Universit茅 de Montr茅al)

followed by Tiffany Poon at the piano (second part)
Mathieu 鈥� 鈥淧rintemps Canadien鈥�
Ravel 鈥� 鈥淪onatine鈥�
Chopin 鈥� 鈥淰ariations Brillantes in B-Flat Major, Op.12鈥�
Liszt 鈥� 鈥淗ungarian Rhapsody No.2鈥�

The conference-concert will be followed by questions to Gary McPherson, Danick Trottier and Tiffany Poon.

ABOUT GARY MCPHERSON
Gary McPherson, Ormond Professor and Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in Australia, studies giftedness: the characteristics and development of people who have an unusually high potential for greatness. Tiffany Poon, an exceptionally talented young pianist, clearly possesses that qualification. A student at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, Tiffany already participates in an active recital schedule, displaying extraordinary artistry, musical maturity, and a profound love of playing the piano.聽 Professor McPherson, working with Tiffany鈥檚 family, has observed Tiffany鈥檚 growth as a musician over her lifetime. On January 19th 2013, Prof. McPherson will talk about giftedness and traits of child prodigies, including current research in this field, before Tiffany sits down at the keyboard to share her talent in a piano recital that will leave the audience spellbound.

Gary McPherson has served as President of the Australian and International Societies for Music Education, given over 55 keynote addresses in 16 different countries, and presented guest lectures at over 65 universities in more than 20 countries. Gary鈥檚 published research has examined the acquisition and development of musical competence, and motivation to engage and participate in music from novice to expert levels. Of particular interest is his work on exceptional abilities during childhood, as evidenced in two longitudinal studies he has undertaken with highly involved students musicians in Australia and the United States, and his case study of Tiffany Poon, who is currently studying at Juilliard in New York.

ABOUT TIFFANY POON
Tiffany Poon, age l6, was born in Hong Kong. She began formal piano lessons at the age of 4.聽聽 At age 9, Tiffany moved to the United States to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in New York with a full scholarship.聽 She currently studies piano with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky.聽 She is also a high school junior at the Calhoun School.

Tiffany has won numerous prizes at piano competitions, including Gold Medal at the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey in 2006 and the Grand Prize and First Prize at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2007.聽 Most recently, she won the First Prize and the Best Performance of Concerto Award at the VIII Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in September 2012.

Tiffany made her concerto debut at the age of 10.聽 Since then, she has given solo recitals across the United States, as well as in Italy, Australia and China.聽 She has performed at such prestigious concert venues as Carnegie Hall鈥檚 Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Hall in New York City and Sala Mozart in Bologna, Italy.聽 Tiffany has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre.

Tiffany was granted the title of Honorary Citizen and was presented with the Key to the Frontier by the mayor of Fort Smith for her outstanding performance with Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra in March 2008.聽 She was selected as 鈥�2009 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist鈥� and was awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.聽 She has appeared on NPR鈥檚 鈥淔rom the Top鈥� live taping radio show at Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alabama.聽 Tiffany was also awarded the David & Goldie Blanksteen Fellowship Grant by Salon De Virtuosi at the age of 11 and she became the youngest prize winner in its 21 years of history.聽 She has been a grant recipient from the Children鈥檚 Foundation for the Arts since 2008.

Her upcoming performances include a solo recital in the XIV International festival 鈥淭he Young Musical Kremlin鈥� in Moscow on April 19th, and also a concert tour in Italy and Germany in November.

ABOUT DANICK TROTTIER
Danick Trottier est charg茅 de cours 脿 la Facult茅 de musique de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al et agent de recherche 脿 l鈥橭bservatoire interdisciplinaire de cr茅ation et de recherche en musique (OICRM), o霉 il codirige l鈥櫭﹒uipe de sociomusicologie. Trottier d茅tient un doctorat en musicologie (Universit茅 de Montr茅al/EHESS) et a finalis茅 en 2010 un stage postdoctoral 脿 l鈥檜niversit茅 Harvard. Il fut responsable de 2006 脿 2010 des recensions francophones 脿 la revue Intersections et a 茅t茅 r茅dacteur invit茅 pour le num茅ro des Cahiers de la Soci茅t茅 qu茅b茅coise de recherche en musique intitul茅 芦脡thique, droit et musique禄. Il a publi茅 dans des revues telles Argument, Circuit, Filigrane, Intersections et Les Cahiers Debussy. Ses recherches portent sur la professionnalisation en musique, le d茅veloppement de public et la critique musicale de l鈥檈ntre-deux-guerres, de m锚me que sur les logiques comm茅moratives et les processus de canonisation.