Flatiron Festival, Offering II: From Versailles to Hollywood: Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
8 PM Performances
9:30 PM Post-Reception

Gotham Arts is thrilled to host the Flatiron Festival, a chamber music series directed by pianist and composer Asiya Korepanova, featuring seven "offerings" between May 31 and June 14, 2026.

Flatiron Festival
Offering II

From Versailles to Hollywood

Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Wine will be served.

Program

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
from Suite in A minor (1737)

Allemande
Sarabande
Gavotte

César Franck (1822–1890)
Prélude, Aria et Final

Intermission

Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)

From En vacances
Invocation à Schumann
Où l'on entend une vielle boîte à musique

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales

Stephen Prutsman (1960–)
Original Score for One Week (1920) starring Buster Keaton, performed with screening of the film.

About the Artist

Jeffrey LaDeur is known for his rare blend of insight, spontaneity, and approachable, communicative stage presence. Clic Musique Magazine (France) lauded “…an irreproachable legato, a beautiful palette of nuances, and an always well-balanced sound.” Having inherited a rich tradition of pianism and interpretation from Annie Sherter, student of Vlado Perlemuter and Alfred Cortot, LaDeur has established himself as a compelling exponent of classic and new repertoire. In March of 2018, LaDeur made his solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall on the centennial of Claude Debussy’s death. He appears regularly with orchestra and maintains a repertoire of over 40 concerti. LaDeur is the founder and artistic director of the San Francisco International Piano Festival and president of the American Liszt Society, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.

LaDeur’s most recent solo recording features music of Liszt and was released by Music & Arts in April of 2022. Critic Henry Fogel wrote, “The beauty of his coloration, the rightness of his phrasing, and his sensitive dynamic shaping, all draw the listener into Liszt’s world.” A chamber musician of distinction, Jeffrey’s collaboration with mezzo soprano Kindra Scharich has produced To My Distant Beloved, an album exploring the connections between Beethoven and Schumann through cycles in song and solo piano works. LaDeur has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Robert Mann, Bonnie Hampton, Ian Swensen, Axel Strauss, Geoff Nuttall, and the Alexander String Quartet.

An active educator, Jeffrey offers masterclasses frequently as guest artist in universities throughout the United States and coaches gifted pre-college piano and string ensembles at Young Chamber Musicians in Burlingame, California. LaDeur holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music in piano performance and chamber music, respectively. Jeffrey counts among his teachers Mark Edwards, Douglas Humpherys, Yoshikazu Nagai, and Robert McDonald.

What's the music?

Asiya Korepanova