Dear Roger:
You missed another fabulous piano performance … at the June 15th, 2007, Tri-Institutional Noon Recital at the Caspary Auditorium, The Rockefeller University … Ms. Dudana Mazmanishvili played:

• BACH : English Suite Nr. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811
• CHOPIN : Barcarolle in E-flat Major, Op. 60
• BEETHOVEN : Sonata quasi una fantasia in E-flat Major, Op. 27, Nr. 1
• SCHUMANN : Carnaval, Op. 9
• and an encore…

“If playing the piano were an Olympic discipline, then the performance of the young Georgian Dudi Mazmanishvili certainly would have secured her a place on the winners’ podium” Westphalenpost….

You would have been mightily impressed with her performance which was all played from memory with such strength and gusto.
Afterwards, one can enjoy a fabulous buffet lunch for $15 … in the Mid-20th Century Modern sleek dining room with a fabulous view of the gardens.
The $15 all-you-can-eat buffet lunch is at the dining room of the Rockefeller University. Open to all comers with proper attire. Soups, salads, cold chicken platters, warm beef, salmon, and other meat platters, cakes, coffee, tea or soda … all inclusive. Mid-20th Century Modern decor with a lovely view of the leafy campus. On a nice day, there are tables outside. The entrance is on York Avenue and 66th Street. The lunch is prepared by Restaurant Associates so I must say that it is not haute cuisine, simply plain and healthy.
I hope to see you there for the last two performances of the season … the last will be on June 29th, 2007 … just after my birthday.
Your friend,
Peter
Dudana Mazmanishvili, web site
Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals, Caspary Auditorium, The Rockefeller University, 66th Street and York Avenue (#2 on this campus map – pdf), Recitals Hotline: 212-327-7007, ext. 1