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Friday, October 20, 2023

7 PM

Doc Rando Hall; Beam Music Center on the campus of UNLV

38 stop, 53 rank - 3 manual Rudolf von Beckerath Organ

Meet Adam J. Brakel

The spellbinding and artistically masterful performances by Adam J. Brakel have led to him being compared to Liszt, Gould, Bernstein, and Paganini. National Public Radio hailed him as “an absolute organ prodigy with the technique and virtuosity that most concert pianists could only dream of…he is the Franz Liszt of the organ.” His playing is distinguished for its energy, passion, and transcendent virtuosity that serves the music without distracting, and, most importantly, musical maturity and communicative power. Mr. Brakel is Director of Music at St. James Cathedral and for the Diocese of Orlando, Florida.

The Reviews Are In!

“One of the most talented organists in the world.” (The Chicago Tribune, 2014)

“One of his country’s most outstanding talents in classical organ music…not just possessing virtuosity, but a mature empathy remarkable in so young a performer.” (The Sequencer, United Kingdom, August 2010)

“The Liszt piano transcription was absolutely phenomenally played.” (The Litchfield Review, Birmingham, England, September 2010)

“An absolute organ prodigy with the technique and virtuosity that most concert pianists could only dream of…the Franz Liszt of the organ.” (National Public Radio, Florida, August 2007)