MusicUNB presents recent UNB PhD in education graduate Dr. Dotan Nitzberg In Recital-FR

Event date(s): October 28, 2024
Time(s): 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

Join us for a unique recital by pianist Dr. Dotan Nitzberg, who recently obtained his PhD in education from UNB. He will perform beloved works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Liszt, along with his own composition written as part of his thesis, titled “Theatrical Suite, op.1 for Piano Solo: An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Study of Teaching, Learning, and Life Within the Fields of Music and Education- Perspectives of a Twice-Gifted Autistic Adult”.

This recital is the perfect way to start your week. 

Pay-What-You-Can
Memorial Hall Auditorium
Monday, October 28 @ 12 p.m.

In his own words:

The performance that the audience is about to hear is a non-verbal musical performance for educational purposes. I consider it as such, given that after giving several recital-lecture presentations in which I play and speak, I believe the time has come for me to see how I can communicate my ideas to the audience with very few verbal cues (if any), and rather, let the music speak mostly by itself.

Considering my activity as a musician and researcher entails performance, writing, and creativity, it seems to me most logical to include pieces of my favorite standard piano literature (more explicitly, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Liszt) as well as my own original composition (in tandem with projecting the visual presentation accompanying it).

Generally, all pieces (or rather, compositions) included at this recital program were chosen, discussed, and used in my research for the sake of exploring, demonstrating, documenting, reflecting upon, and testing some of the working tactics I use as a musician of 2GA (Twice-Gifted Autism) throughout the process of coping with, learning, and polishing pieces of music. This statement refers to the pieces to be played on this recital, as well as to any other pieces I choose to handle.

In other words, I consider this recital a significant opportunity for me to play those pieces in public not only for the mere intention of giving them a run-through on stage with the presence of live audience, but also to demonstrate what type of journey I, as an individual and musician of 2GA, go through whilst coping with challenges related to the learning of musical text, technique, musicianship, and interpretation in creative and at times idiosyncratic manners.

Building: Memorial Hall

Room Number: Auditorium