CONCERT 2 – Dina Yoffe Saturday, November 7, 2009 8 PM, at Magee Dina Yoffe came to international recognition by winning Second Prize in the Schumann International Competition, and Second Prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where...
CONCERT 1 – Sunwook Kim Sunday, October 18, 2009 3 PM, at Chan Centre 20 year-old Sunwook Kim became the first Asian to win the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006 and the youngest winner since Michael Roll back in 1963. “…this prodigiously...
CONCERT 4 – Antti Siirala Saturday, February 21, 2009 8 PM, at Magee Theatre Mr. Siirala’s debut recording of Schubert transcriptions for Naxos in 2003 received outstanding reviews. The following year, his recording of works by Brahms for Ondine received...
CONCERT 3 – Nelson Freire Thursday, April 23, 2009 8 PM, at Centennial Theatre Born in Brazil, Nelson Freire began piano studies at the age of three with Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, who had worked with a pupil of Liszt. He made his first public appearance at...
CONCERT 2 – Akiko Ebi Saturday, November 29, 2008 8 PM, at Magee Theatre Akiko Ebi, the Japanese pianist who is regarded as one of the most sympathetic and knowledgeable artists of French music and culture among all Japanese pianists. In 1975, Akiko Ebi won the...
CONCERT 1 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov Saturday, November 1, 2008 8 PM, at Magee Theatre Vladimir Ovchinnikov, the only pianist ever to win the top prizes at both the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1982) and the Leeds International Piano...
