This is the launch of the Co-Incite Salon. A salon dedicated to creativity and creative thought.  Our first Salon will be A Musical Conversation with Edmund Arkus. Arkus, a classical pianist and an incredibly knowledgeable musicologist in his own right will share insights on what shapes the music of a variety of musical giants as he plays passages of their music in an informal and engaging way. The event is meant to be casual, in the spirit of sharing and stimulating conversation.  Light snacks & beverages for conversation will be provided.

Edmund Arkus, Pianist

Edmund Arkus studied with an array of renowned teachers including Rosina Lhévinne, Wolfgang Rose, and Leopold Mittman.  Mr. Arkus has performed for many years in the United States, Japan, and England to high critical acclaim. He has been presented in solo recitals, as a soloist with orchestras and he has collaborated in many chamber music concerts and sonata recitals. Mr. Arkus has also performed on radio in New York on WNYC, WFUV, and WQXR, as well as live performances broadcast over National Public Radio from Washington DC, WGBH Boston, BBC radio in England, and NHK-TV in Japan.

Over the last fifteen years, he has collaborated regularly with Keisuke Wakao, Assistant Principal Oboist of the Boston Symphony. Among the numerous concerts they have presented, Edmund and Mr. Wakao have performed together at Jordan Hall in Boston, at Opera City Recital Hall, and Hillside Terrace Plaza Hall in Tokyo.

For the last ten years, Edmund Arkus has performed chamber concerts with Mr. Wakao and members of the Boston Symphony, NHK Orchestra (Tokyo), Berlin Philharmonic, and Orchestre de Paris in Tokyo, Hakodate, Osaka and Ogaki, Japan and South Korea, as well as in Cleveland, Ohio, the Berkshires and Boston, Massachusetts. Edmund was a piano double in Mozart in The Jungle from Amazon. 

Edmund Arkus has also been sought out as a piano teacher for many years.  Along with his many private students, he has taught piano at Queens College Music Department and the Third Street Music School Settlement.  He also had the great opportunity to present many Master classes in Japan.