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May 23, 2013 Thursday
World-class talent to perform at piano festival
Columbia
University of South Carolina Board of Trustees has issued the
following news release:
A piano gala concert launches the University of South Carolina's 11th
annual Southeastern Piano Festival June 9 - 15. The extravaganza is
hosted by the School of Music.
The festival's opening performance is set for 6 p.m. in the School of
Music recital hall, and will feature performances by Marina Lomazov,
festival artistic director, Joseph Rackers, festival program director,
and festival faculty members Charles Fugo and Phillip Bush.
The weeklong event will welcome pianists from across the U.S. to
Armenia to South Africa.
`We strive to bring the most talented and distinctive pianists in the
world to the festival,' says Lomazov. `The festival has become more
international each year, inviting the most celebrated concert
artists.'
In addition to the concert series, the festival also hosts the Arthur
Fraser International Piano Competition, which includes daily lessons
and master classes for the top pre-college piano students in
attendance.
For the first time, the festival will hold one of its concerts at the
Columbia Museum of Art, with a performance by virtuoso pianist Sergei
Babayan. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the
DuBose Poston Reception Hall in the museum.
A native of Armenia, Babayan studied at the Moscow Conservatory. He
has been a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony
and Detroit Symphony and winner of the Hamamatsu and Cleveland
international piano competitions. Since 2006 Babayan has performed
regularly with conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the
Mariinsky Theatre and White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and
principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
`We are thrilled to partner with a leading cultural institution in the
region for this important concert,' Lomazov says. `The Columbia Museum
of Art has for 50 years been the center of art activity in Columbia,
both in the visual and performing arts, and we are pleased to be part
of that rich history.'
Festival concert schedule
June 9 -- 6 p.m. Piano fireworks concert and opening ceremony
June 10 -- 7:30 p.m. Alumni concert featuring Micah McLaurin and Naomi Causby,
2010 Fraser Competition co-winners
June 11 -- 7:30 p.m. Rising star concert featuring Claire Huangci
June 12 -- 7:30 p.m. Petronel Malan
June 13 -- 7:30 p.m. Sergei Babayan, Columbia Museum of Art
June 14 -- 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition
June 15 -- 7 p.m. Fraser Competition winners concert
All concerts are held in the USC School of Music recital hall, unless
otherwise noted.
The Arthur Fraser competition and winner's concerts are free and open
to the public.
Ticket prices for June 9, 11 and 12 concerts are $20 for general
public, $10 for USC faculty, staff and military; June 13 tickets are
$30 for general public and $20 for USC faculty, staff and military;
June 10 concert tickets are $5. Student tickets for all festival
events are $5, and all concerts are free to those under 18.
To purchase tickets, call the Capitol Tickets box office at
803-251-2222 or online, www.capitoltickets .com. For more information
about the festival, go to southeasternpianofestival.com.
For more information please visit: http://www.sc.edu.
May 23, 2013 Thursday
World-class talent to perform at piano festival
Columbia
University of South Carolina Board of Trustees has issued the
following news release:
A piano gala concert launches the University of South Carolina's 11th
annual Southeastern Piano Festival June 9 - 15. The extravaganza is
hosted by the School of Music.
The festival's opening performance is set for 6 p.m. in the School of
Music recital hall, and will feature performances by Marina Lomazov,
festival artistic director, Joseph Rackers, festival program director,
and festival faculty members Charles Fugo and Phillip Bush.
The weeklong event will welcome pianists from across the U.S. to
Armenia to South Africa.
`We strive to bring the most talented and distinctive pianists in the
world to the festival,' says Lomazov. `The festival has become more
international each year, inviting the most celebrated concert
artists.'
In addition to the concert series, the festival also hosts the Arthur
Fraser International Piano Competition, which includes daily lessons
and master classes for the top pre-college piano students in
attendance.
For the first time, the festival will hold one of its concerts at the
Columbia Museum of Art, with a performance by virtuoso pianist Sergei
Babayan. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the
DuBose Poston Reception Hall in the museum.
A native of Armenia, Babayan studied at the Moscow Conservatory. He
has been a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony
and Detroit Symphony and winner of the Hamamatsu and Cleveland
international piano competitions. Since 2006 Babayan has performed
regularly with conductor Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the
Mariinsky Theatre and White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and
principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
`We are thrilled to partner with a leading cultural institution in the
region for this important concert,' Lomazov says. `The Columbia Museum
of Art has for 50 years been the center of art activity in Columbia,
both in the visual and performing arts, and we are pleased to be part
of that rich history.'
Festival concert schedule
June 9 -- 6 p.m. Piano fireworks concert and opening ceremony
June 10 -- 7:30 p.m. Alumni concert featuring Micah McLaurin and Naomi Causby,
2010 Fraser Competition co-winners
June 11 -- 7:30 p.m. Rising star concert featuring Claire Huangci
June 12 -- 7:30 p.m. Petronel Malan
June 13 -- 7:30 p.m. Sergei Babayan, Columbia Museum of Art
June 14 -- 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition
June 15 -- 7 p.m. Fraser Competition winners concert
All concerts are held in the USC School of Music recital hall, unless
otherwise noted.
The Arthur Fraser competition and winner's concerts are free and open
to the public.
Ticket prices for June 9, 11 and 12 concerts are $20 for general
public, $10 for USC faculty, staff and military; June 13 tickets are
$30 for general public and $20 for USC faculty, staff and military;
June 10 concert tickets are $5. Student tickets for all festival
events are $5, and all concerts are free to those under 18.
To purchase tickets, call the Capitol Tickets box office at
803-251-2222 or online, www.capitoltickets .com. For more information
about the festival, go to southeasternpianofestival.com.
For more information please visit: http://www.sc.edu.