Cincinnati Business Courier
Dozens
of aspiring concert pianists will again descend upon Cincinnati this
spring for an international showcase of classical music.
The Art of the Piano Festival is presented by Awadagin Pratt,
professor of piano and an artist-in-residence at the University of
Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. The festival, in its eighth
year, spans 22 days – May 26-June 16 – at Werner Recital Hall at CCM.
More than two dozen aspiring concert pianists from around the world will
listen, learn and play alongside 15 of the world’s top soloists,
composers and faculty.
The festival
features a full roster of recitals, nine concerts and unprecedented
access to intimate master classes. This year’s artist-faculty include Leon Fleisher, Sergei Babayan, Francesco Libetta, Olga Kern, Simone Dinnerstein and Vladimir Feltsman, whose piano concerts sell out around the world.
Pratt
burst onto the global classical music stage in 1992 when he became the
first African-American pianist to win the prestigious Naumburg
International Piano Competition. Since then, Pratt has played at the
White House and Carnegie Hall, on “Sesame Street” and with nearly every
major orchestra in the U.S.
“During the Art of the Piano, students have opportunities they can’t access anywhere else,” Pratt said in a statement.
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