YouTube of Amy Briggs Dissanayake Playing David Rakowski's Schnozzage

This video filmed in Brandeis University's Slosberg Hall features Amy Briggs Dissanayake playing David Rakowski's 23rd Etude, "Schnozzage". A lot of us may have at one time tried playing with the nose as a "third hand" (I once tried it for adding voices to orchestral reductions but got a sore schnozz), but David Rakowski integrates the technique seamlessly and with eloquence into this meditative etude, played without a hint of irony by Dissanayake.

YouTube of Marlyn Nonken Playing David Rakowski's Fists of Fury

One of the most talented pianists I knew at Eastman was Marilyn Nonken, who has since become one of the finest interpreters of contemporary music. Here she is playing David Rakowski's 25th Etude, "Fists of Fury".



(Via Sequenza21)