Pianist, orchestra to perform
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The Orchestra at Temple Square will be joined by internationally acclaimed piano soloist Mykola Suk for its concert on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Abravanel Hall.
Mr. Suk and the orchestra will perform Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 1" in E Minor. The orchestra will also perform Respighi's "The Pines of Rome" and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7." Igor Gruppman will conduct.
Ever since winning the first prize and gold medal at the 1971 International Liszt-Bartok Competition in Budapest, Mykola Suk has enchanted and captivated audiences all across the world. Born and schooled in Kiev, he went on to study at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory with Lev Vlasenko. He has been on the faculties of the New England Conservatory in Boston and Columbia University in New York and is currently an assistant professor of music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Free tickets are available at the Conference Center ticket office (door 4) or at www.lds.org (click on "Temple Square Events" on the right side of the home page). Tickets are limited to those 8 years of age and older. The doors at Abravanel Hall will open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
A special master class with guest artist Mykola Suk and conductor Igor Gruppman, in cooperation with the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the mezzanine level. All are welcome.
