1999 Ellis Duo-Piano Winners
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Amy
& Sara Hamann,
Duo-Pianists 1999 Ellis Duo-Piano Winners
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Amy and Sara Hamann began their studies at the ages of five and four, respectively, in the Yamaha School of Music. Eventually, they were inspired to enroll as piano performance majors at the University of Minnesota School of Music where they studied with Dr. Paul Shaw.
Heralded as "having the eloquence and capacity to maintain their audience under their powers" by Denise de Ceuninck from L'Impartial, Las Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Amy and Sara have been captivating audiences and critics alike wherever they appear.
As winners of the 1989 Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies' Concerto Competition, the Hamanns made their first professional appearance at the former World Theater in Saint Paul. Other appearances include a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for the opening ceremonies of the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis; Ravel's Mother Goose in a special concert for children; Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, and recitals and master classes at the First Quebec International Duo-Piano Festival.
The sisters have been enjoying a busy season with travels to New York City and a tour of Switzerland, which was highly praised by the critics, and concerts in Beijing, China, Rome, Italy, and the Czech Republic.
In addition to winning the 1999 National Federation of Music Clubs Ellis Competition, Amy and Sara were awarded the Lucile Parrish Ward Award for the best performance of American music.
| Arensky | Suite No. 1, Opus 15 |
| J.S.Bach | Sheep May Safely Graze |
| W.F.Bach | Sonata in F Major |
| Benjamin | Jamaican Rumba |
| Brahms | Sonata in F Minor, Variations on a Theme by Haydn |
| Chopin | Rondo in C Major |
| Clementi | Two Sonatas for Two Pianos |
| Corigliano | Kaleidoscope |
| Debussy | En blanc et noir |
| Diemer | Homage to Cowell, Cage, Crumb & Czerny |
| De Falla | Ritual Fire Dance, From El Amor Brujo |
| Gershwin | Three Preludes |
| Gould | Pavanne |
| Griffin | Do Not Go Gentle Sonata |
| Hindemith | Sonata |
| Infante | Andaloucian Dances |
| Lizst | Concerto Pathetique in E Minor, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
| Lutoslawski | Variations on Theme by Paganini |
| Martinu | Three Czech Dances |
| Milhaud | Scaramouche |
| Mozart | Fantasy in F Minor K608, Sonata in D Major K448 |
| Pinto | Scenas Infantis |
| Rachmaninoff | Suite No. 1 Opus 5, Suite No. 2 Opus 17 |
| Ravel | Bolero |
| Saint-Saens |
Carnival of the Animals, Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Dance Macabre Opus 40 |
| Schumann | Andante and Variations |
| Starer | Sonata for Two Pianos (1981) |
| Stravinsky | Petrushka |
| Bach | Concerto in C Major, Concerto in C Minor |
| Bartok | Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion |
| Martinu | Concerto for Two Pianos |
| Mendelssohn | Concerto in E Major |
| Mozart | Concerto in E-flat Major |
| Poulenc | Concerto in D Minor |
| Arensky | Six Childrens Pieces Opus 34 |
| Beethoven | Sonata Opus 6, Symphony V Opus 67 |
| Bizet | Jeux d'enfants |
| Brahms | 21 Hungarian Dances, Variations on a Theme by Schumann Opus 23 |
| Debussy | Petite Suite |
| Dvorak | Legenen Opus 59, Slavonic Dances Opus 46 |
| Faure | Dolly Suite Opus 56 |
| Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue |
| Mozart | Andante & Variations |
| Poulenc | Sonata for Piano Four Hands |
| Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf |
| Ravel | Ma Mere L'oye, Rhapsodie Espagnole |
| Rachmaninoff | Six Pieces Opus 11 |
| Schubert | Andante Varie in B Minor, Fantasy in F Minor Opus 103, Four Polonaises Opus 51 |
| Schumann | Twelve Pieces |
| Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker Suite |