Musical Accomplishments
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1981-1982 San Francisco Conservatory
1983 Second place winner of the Etude Competition in Santa Rosa
1984 Winner of the Senior Division of Napa Valley Symphony Association and the Bernice Dunn Fine Arts Award
1985 Winner of the College Division of Napa Valley Symphony Association
1986 Performed with Pacific Union College Symphony Orchestra, Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, by Peter I. Tchaikovsky
1986- Private Piano Instructor
1987 A winner of the Robert Mondavi Music Awards Concerto Competition
1989 Graduated from University of Redlands with a Bachelor in Music, Piano Performance
1988-1992 Staff Accompanist at University of Redlands
1994 Studied with Paul Glover in Portland, Maine
1998-1999 Studied with Robert Bowman in Chico, California
2002- Accompanying and Soloing in the Northern California area and has just finished a CD of Cuban Music Composers at Coyote Music Studios
2005 - Cuban Music CD Recordando released on the MSR Classics Label
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Musical Repertoire
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Elena Casanova, Piano with Amunka Dávila, Percussion
Program:
Picotazos Ignacio Cervantes
Ilusiones Perdidas Ignacio Cervantes
Tres Golpes Ignacio Cervantes
Los Ojos de Pepa Manuel Saumell
El Pañuelo de Pepa Manuel Saumell
La Trece René Touzet
Dancita No. 1 René Touzet
Dancita No. 2 René Touzet
Dancita No. 3 René Touzet
Siempre en Clave René Touzet
Danzas Cubanas Ernesto Lecuona
No Hables Más En Tres por Cuatro
Danzas Afro-Cubanas Ernesto Lecuona
La Comparsa Danza Negra Danza Lucumí
Spanish Suite Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucía Malagueña
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Elena Casanova, Piano
Les Pfutzenreuter, Music Director
Program:
Noches en los jardines de España Manuel de Falla
I. En el Generalife
II. Danza lejana
III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba
Rapsodia Española Isaac Albeniz
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Ukiah Symphony
Concerto No. 3 in C minor Ludwig von Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Franz Liszt
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Click here for Elena Casanova's Upcoming Performance Dates
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