Anton Mejias performs US Premiere of Lasser’s responses to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier

“One of the great Bach players of our time,” Finnish-Cuban pianist Anton Mejias performs the United States premiere of 12 new preludes by composer Philip Lasser in response to, and alongside Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. A distinguished member of The Juilliard School faculty since 1994, Philip Lasser is Director of the European American Music Alliance Summer Music Institute and Academy and is known for creating a unique sound world that blends the colorful harmonies of French Impressionist sonorities with the dynamic rhythms and characteristics of American music.

Program
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Philip Lasser Twelve Preludes