You may have noticed that most of the artists who appear on our piano series have won prizes at prestigious piano competitions, such as the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. While there is some debate about the value of piano competitions, there is no doubt that these competitions have launched many successful careers. Finalists in these competitions …
We are excited to announce the COPI season for 2015-2016. For the Steinway Piano Series, we have two wonderful soloists coming: Gilles Vonsattel and Vadym Kholodenko. Vonsattel started out in Political Science and Economics, but ended up in music winning the Naumberg International Piano Competition and an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Kholodenko’s career has been steadily rising, …
We are sorry to announce that Jon Kimura Parker will be unable to play in Sunday’s Steinway Piano Series concert due to an injury. Award winning pianist Kuok-Wai Lio will be filling in for Mr. Parker. Mr. Lio will perform on Sunday May 3 at 4pm in the LaSells Stewart Center. The Master Class on …
Our visiting artists often give a master class while in town. Students benefit performing before an audience and receiving instruction from these renowned pianists. However, they are not the only ones who benefit; the audience also gains much. In addition to enjoying great music in an intimate setting, the audience hears the artist talk about his or …
Upcoming guest artist, Simon Trpčeski, declared in an interview for International Piano Magazine, May/June 2013 that his first love was the accordion, not the piano. Trpčeski said that when he was 3 1/2 or 4 years old, his father gave him a small accordion on which he immediately began picking out melodies. Before long, he was …
Prodigies are always fascinating. One wonders how they accomplish so much in such a short time. Next month we will have the rare opportunity to hear one such fascinating person, Conrad Tao, speak about his life at the piano and then perform in recital the next day. Conrad Tao, who will open our piano series …
In 2005, there was a community effort to raise money to purchase a concert grand piano for the auditorium in LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis, Oregon. This one-year effort – involving many, many small donations as well as a few larger ones – was so successful, there was enough money to purchase a 9-foot Steinway …
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