❧ Pianist Jannie Burdeti ~ Schubert & Chopin
- Jan 29
- 3 min read
Updated: 3 hours ago
Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 7:30 pm
$30 per ticket
The 50th concert in the York Place Musical Salon.
❧ About the Concert
[Note: the program for this concert has changed slightly from what we announced previously.]
From the banks of the Danube to the depths of the human soul, this program explores one of music's most profound romantic journeys. Pianist Jannie Burdeti presents an evening of remarkable diversity and poetic expression, beginning with Schubert's monumental Sonata in A major. As one of Schubert's final and most introspective compositions, written under the looming awareness of his own mortality, it offers music of exceptional and poignant beauty.
From there, the mood lifts and shimmers: Adolf Schulz-Evler's dazzling Arabesques on Johann Strauss’s 'By the Beautiful Blue Danube' takes the beloved waltz and spins it into a cascade of pianistic brilliance, all glittering figuration and Viennese warmth. It is music that dances, that flows, that delights.
The evening concludes with one of the most personal and profound collections in piano literature: Chopin's complete 24 Preludes. These short pieces capture every aspect of the romantic imagination, ranging from nocturnal dreams to storms, from sorrow to serene tranquility.
Program:
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 959
Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on Johann Strauss’s 'By the Beautiful Blue Danube'
Chopin: 24 Preludes
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Tickets will be available on Monday, June 8, 2026 at 9:00 am on this page.
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We gratefully acknowledge a generous donation from an anonymous patron who has sponsored the York Place Musical Salon since 2024. This support helps further our goal of presenting performances of the highest caliber. Thank you.
❧ About Jannie Burdeti
Dr. Jannie Sing-Yen Burdeti made her New York debut at the age of 14, appearing in the Young Virtuosos Gala Concert in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Since then, she has performed as a soloist with orchestras and at festivals in the US, Canada, Germany, Austria, Holland, and Italy. Also an accomplished chamber musician, she has collaborated with luminaries such as Roberto Diaz, Norman Fischer, Paul Hersh, Axel Srauss, Joseph Swensen, and the Calder Quartet.
Dr. Burdeti was a recipient of the DAAD German Exchange Grant for research on European Contemporary Music, which funded a year of study in Freiburg, Germany. During that time, she performed chamber music works by a range of notable German composers, among them, Günter Bialas, Harald Genzmer, Nicholas A. Huber, Wolfgang Rihm, Matthias Spahlinger, and Jörg Widmann.
In recent seasons, she has presented recitals in diverse halls such as the Ruïnekerk in Bergen, Holland, the Telekom Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, and the Steifel Theater in Salinas, Kansas. The Südkurier Newpaper called her playing “not only extraordinary technically, but delivered the composer’s intention masterfully.”
Dr. Burdeti received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Boris Slutsky. She has also received mentorship and guidance from Felix Gottlieb (pupil of Emil Gilels), Meng-Chieh Liu (Curtis Institute of Music), Leon Fleisher (Peabody Conservatory), Hung-Kuan Chen (Juilliard School and Yale University), Arie Vardi (Hannover Hochschule für Musik), and Menahem Pressler (founder of the Beaux Arts Trio).
A deeply committed educator, Dr. Burdeti has served on the faculty at the Peabody Conservatory's Preparatory Division in Baltimore, MD and the Music City Academy in San Francisco, CA. She currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
This concert is Jannie's second appearance in the York Place Musical Salon. In October 2025, she was part of the "From Classical to Klezmer" ensemble with Connie Gitlin and Adam Dobres.