Wednesday, October 31, 2012
daniel rieppel portrait
Daniel Rieppel

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital of the works of Franz Liszt by pianist Daniel Rieppel at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, in the University Capitol Centre recital hall.

The program will feature:

  • Sposalizio from Annees des Pelerinage: "Deuxième année: Italie," S. 161
  • Legende #2: St. Francois de Paule, marchant sur les flots, S. 175
  • Soiree des Vienne #6 (apres Schubert), S. 427
  • Funerailles from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 154
  • Sonata in B minor (1852-53), S. 158

Rieppel, a native Minnesotan of Austrian descent, holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. He has worked often as a chamber musician with members of the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and his new chamber ensemble, the Schubert Trio. As a soloist, he has appeared with the South Dakota Symphony, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, among many others. As a recipient of several travel grants from the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota, he has conducted research in Vienna on Schubert’s piano sonatas manuscripts. His research has garnered invitations to lecture and perform in New York City, Oxford University, and University of Leeds, England, and Vienna.

Rieppel serves as associate professor of piano at Southwest Minnesota State University and music director of the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra. He also serves on the faculties of Webster University, Vienna, and the St. Paul Conservatory of Music.

The School of Music is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For accommodations at the concert contact the School of Music at 319-335-1603. For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events visit the new Arts Iowa website.