Pianist Ning An to play free solo recital

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Pianist Ning An to play free solo recital  

Renowned pianist Ning An, who has performed as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Moscow Radio Symphony and numerous others, will play a solo recital of works by Liszt and Chopin in the Concert Hall of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17.

An will also present a master class with OSU piano major performers on Friday, Sept. 16, from 3-5 p.m. in the Concert Hall

An is a laureate of the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition in Brussels, the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the American Pianists Association, the Kosciusko Chopin Competition, the Stravinsky International Piano Competition, the Paloma O'Shea Santander Competition in Spain, and won the audience prize at the 2002 Rachmaninoff International Competition.

An's visit is made possible by a grant from the Fae Rawdon Norris Foundation for the Humanities. Both the solo and master class presentation are free and open to the public.

For more background on An, click here.

Also, see the music calendar for future performances at http://music.okstate.edu/calendar.php