For Immediate Release
Contact: Cohn Dutcher Associates
 Lois Cohn, 917.339.7187, lcohn@cohndutcher.com
Dan Dutcher, 917.339.7157, ddutcher@cohndutcher.com
Laura Malick, 917.339.7183, lmalick@cohndutcher.com
David Mayhew, 203.533.5621, david@davidmayhew.net

CARAMOOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Presents the Caramoor Debut
of pianist
Joyce Yang
Friday, June 27th, 8:00 p.m.

Katonah, New York - Internationally-acclaimed 21-year-old pianist Joyce Yang, 2005 Van Cliburn Competition silver medalist, makes her Caramoor International Music Festival debut on Friday, June 27th, at 8:00 p.m. in the Spanish Courtyard with a program of works from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Joyce Yang, who has been described by the Dallas Morning News as "a brilliant pianist and a million-volt presence onstage," has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center, the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival, the Aspen Symphony, and with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center.  In November 2006, she made her New York Philharmonic debut with Lorin Maazel in Avery Fisher Hall, preceded by concerts with them in Korea.  She returned to the Philharmonic in June 2007 in New York City and in July 2007 in Vail, Colorado.  Ms. Yang will appear with the Philharmonic in June as well as later in the 2008-09 season.  In 1997, Ms. Yang moved to the United States to begin studies at the Pre-College Division of The Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Joyce Yang's Caramoor program features Lowell Liebermann's Gargoyles, Op. 29;  Brahms' Klavierstücke, Op. 119; Vine's Piano Sonata No. 1; Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue; and Schumann's Carnaval, Op. 9.

Tickets for Joyce Yang's recital are $25 and $35 and may be ordered by calling the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252 or online at www.caramoor.org.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, New York.

ABOUT CARAMOOR

Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built the great house and filled it with their treasures.  Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world.  Their musical evenings were the seeds of today's International Music Festival.  Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor - the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings - the Rosens established a Foundation to open Caramoor to the public in perpetuity.

Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years. During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built.

Caramoor is a Garden of Great Music. "We invite people to come early, explore our beautiful grounds, take a tour of the House Museum, visit our gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in a relaxed setting," advises Paul Rosenblum, Caramoor?s Managing Director. With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. ?Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all." - The New York Times

Art and Gardens
Concerts take place in two outdoor theaters: the large, acoustically superb Venetian Theater and the more intimate, romantic Spanish Courtyard.  Caramoor is more than just music - there is beauty at every turn.  The House Museum, the former summer home of Caramoor?s founders, Lucie and Walter Rosen, contains a vast collection of Renaissance, 18th-century, and Eastern art objects, including furniture, tapestries, sculpture, paintings, textiles, porcelain, and jade in twenty rooms that are open to the public.  There are entire rooms that were imported from European palaces and villas.  In fact, Caramoor is one of just five mansions in the country that incorporate entire rooms into its collection.  On Thursdays and Fridays, afternoon tea is served in the Summer Dining Room, overlooking the charming Spanish Courtyard.

Caramoor's gardens are also well worth the visit and include nine unique perennial gardens.  Among them are a Sense Circle for the visually handicapped, a Butterfly Garden, Tapestry Hedge, and Iris and Peony Garden, which may be enjoyed on one?s own or seen on a guided tour.

Enjoy a Picnic at Caramoor
Extend your Caramoor experience by arriving for concerts early and enjoying a picnic amidst the beautiful gardens.  Bring your own picnic or pre-order from Great Performances® by calling 212.337.6055.

House Museum
Guided tours of the House Museum are provided from Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. with the last tour at 3:00 p.m.  On Saturdays, during the Festival, tours are given from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., with the last tour at 4:00 p.m.  Tickets are $10 (children 16 and under free).

GETTING TO CARAMOOR

Caramoor is easy to get to by car and mass transportation.  

By car from the West Side of Manhattan and New Jersey, take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to Katonah.  Exit at Route 35/Cross River.  Turn right and, at the first traffic light, make a right turn onto Route 22 south. Travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Caramoor.  (For detailed directions call 914.232.5035 and press 2, or online at www.caramoor.org).  Parking at Caramoor is free.

By train, take the Harlem Division of the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (5 minutes away) is available.

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JOYCE YANG, piano

Friday, June 27                                 JOYCE YANG, piano
8:00 p.m.
Spanish Courtyard                            Liebermann            Gargoyles, Op. 29
$35, $25                                            Brahms                   Klavierstücke, Op. 119
                                                          Vine                        Piano Sonata No. 1;  
                                                          Bach                       Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
                                                          Schumann              Carnaval, Op. 9

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CREDITS
 Performances are made possible, in part, by Westchester Arts Council, with funds from Westchester County Government
Performances are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
 
TICKETS

Tickets may be ordered by calling the Box Office at 914.232.1252 or online at www.caramoor.org.  (For opening night Gala tickets, including cocktail reception, dinner, concert, and post-concert dessert and dancing, email events@caramoor.org or call 914.232.1492.)

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

ALL PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Press Tickets:
Laura Malick, 917.339.7183, lmalick@cohndutcher.com