The Millsaps College Bell Piano Series presents pianist Alon Goldstein on Friday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert, which will take place in the Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall, are $15 general admission and $5 for students and will be sold at the door prior to each performance. Covered parking is available from the Park Avenue entrance off State St. For more information, call 601-974-1422.
Alon Goldstein is one of the most respected young pianists on the international scene. Admired for technical prowess and musical intelligence, he is poised to lead his talented generation. Goldstein earned his masters degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he worked intensively with Leon Fleisher. He has earned glowing recommendations from Fleisher, Claudio Abbado and Zubin Mehta, among others.
In recent seasons, Mr. Goldstein has played with the Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Baltimore, Seattle, Vancouver, and Saint Louis Symphony orchestras under such conductors as Raphael Frübeck de Burgos, Peter Oundjian, and Leon Fleisher. Other recent highlights include recitals at the Metropolitan Museum and Peoples' Symphony Concerts in New York, Dame Myra Hess Memorial concert series in Chicago, The Phillips Collection and Strathmore Hall in Washington, D.C.
Millsaps professor Dr. Lynn Raley will give a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. in room 215 of the Ford Academic Complex. In addition, Goldstein will give a master class workshop at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall. This workshop is also free and open to the public. For more information, call 601-974-1422.
