“ As soon as he started, I realized that this was going to be something special so I put my notepad away to allow myself the luxury of experiencing the music as a member of a fortunate audience. Besides, much of the magic is hard to convey in words. “You had to be there” was never more true.”
Those were the words describing his performance this past summer where he played an outstanding performance of Rachmaninoff No.2. Deljavan, the only contestant to participate in Van Cliburn International Piano Competition twice, has a string of accomplishments at ripe old age of...26. Of course, there were others; Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Competition, Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition, Isang Yun Competition, to just name a few.
His performance style has been often described ‘charismatic,’ so much so that following his performance at Van Cliburn this past summer, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram coined explosion in shouts and stomps after his performances by audience, ‘Deljamania.’ Born and raised in Italy, Deljavan graduated with a degree from "G Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, followed by his study at the prestigious International Piano Academy Lake Como as one of 7 annually chosen pianists working under the tutelage of William Grant Naboré, Dimitri Bashkirov, Laurent Boullet, Fou Ts'ong, Dominique Merlet, John Perry, Menahem Pressler, and Andreas Staier.
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Ticket: $50 general admission, $30 teacher, $25 student
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