The College of the Arts and Department of Music are pleased to host the 2009 Inter-American Piano Festival at California State University, Stanislaus, from January 23 through January 31. This week long special event is being coordinated by Dr. Stephen Thomas, CSU Stanislaus Professor and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies, and Maestro Dario Ntaca, Director of CISMAL (Centro de Inclusión Social por la Música para América Latina y el Caribe).
The mission of the festival is to establish a meeting point for pianists of both hemispheres. The festival will provide opportunities for young pianists from Central, South, and North America will receive intensive artistic training with international artists Dario Ntaca (Argentina), Yin-Yin Zhao (China), and Stephen Thomas (USA). The festival will include daily master classes open to the public and lectures on music of the Americas. The Festival will also feature a recital by internationally acclaimed pianist, Yin-Yin Zhao on Monday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. as well and a series of final gala concerts on Saturday, January 31 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 p.m. to be held in the Bernell and Flora Snider Music Recital Hall, which was opened in 2003 with an inaugural concert by Van Cliburn.
All performances and masterclasses will be held on the California State University, Stanislaus campus in the Bernell and Flora Snider Music Recital Hall located at One University Circle in Turlock, CA. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be available at the door and are $10 for general admission and $8 for students, seniors and CSU faculty and staff. More information is available at http://www.csustan.edu/Music/Pages/InterAmericanPianoFestival.html.
The mission of the festival is to establish a meeting point for pianists of both hemispheres. The festival will provide opportunities for young pianists from Central, South, and North America will receive intensive artistic training with international artists Dario Ntaca (Argentina), Yin-Yin Zhao (China), and Stephen Thomas (USA). The festival will include daily master classes open to the public and lectures on music of the Americas. The Festival will also feature a recital by internationally acclaimed pianist, Yin-Yin Zhao on Monday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. as well and a series of final gala concerts on Saturday, January 31 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 p.m. to be held in the Bernell and Flora Snider Music Recital Hall, which was opened in 2003 with an inaugural concert by Van Cliburn.
All performances and masterclasses will be held on the California State University, Stanislaus campus in the Bernell and Flora Snider Music Recital Hall located at One University Circle in Turlock, CA. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be available at the door and are $10 for general admission and $8 for students, seniors and CSU faculty and staff. More information is available at http://www.csustan.edu/Music/Pages/InterAmericanPianoFestival.html.