André Mehmari: Solo Piano
Moonwood
Saturday, September 28
Two performances.
Doors 4:30PM | Concert 5:00PM
Doors 7:30PM | Concert 8:00PM

André Mehmari: Solo Piano
A Benefit Concert supporting Open Space for Arts & Community

To music lovers and critics in Brazil, André Mehmari is a musical wonder and a source of national pride. For his work as a pianist and composer, he won the 2023 Grand Prize awarded by Brazil’s leading music journal. To the ear, imagine a meeting of Mozart and Keith Jarrett in Brazil, Mozart for the intensity of his creation, Jarrett for his relationship to improvisation at the modern piano. His standards, however, are the compositions that comprise what he calls “The Great Brazilian Songbook,” works written at the same time that the Great American Songbook was created, and equally rich in lyricism and sublimity.

All of the world’s songbooks and literature are his realm, a borderless inspiration expressed in his compositions and improvisations. The latter takes special form in his solo piano performances where he invites the audience to give him suggestions which, in the moment, he spins into an improvised suite. He invites you to come to the concert with the music you love and offer it for the creation of these one-time-only but forever memorable creations. Come hear one of the greatest musical minds of our time.

Hosted in the concert hall at Moonwood, a private home on Vashon Island, seating for this intimate performance is limited to 40 guests per show. André Mehmari: Solo Piano will benefit the vibrant arts and community programs offered by Open Space. Guests will be invited to make a donation to support Open Space’s mission of celebrating the unbreakable bond between arts and community by creating and co-creating extraordinary, community-building experiences that enrich and inspire.

Ticket holders will be provided with the Moonwood’s address on Vashon Island.