Thursday, July 09, 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Award winning pianist Alex Beyer performs Solo works of Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev, Ravel with Special Guest, violinist Darwin Shen.
About Alex Beyer:
Alex acquired an impressive array of prestigious concert appearances nationally and internationally. He has been a guest soloist with the Milwaukee, Charlotte, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, and Bridgeport Symphony Orchestras, among others. First prize awards came in the Renee Fischer Competition and MTNA State and Regional Competitions. He was a finalist in the 2012 Gina Bachauer International Competition, a 2011 MTNA national finalist and a prizewinner in the 2010 PianoArts Competition. Beyer received the Jeniam Foundation Scholarship from the Stamford Symphony in 2012 and in the same year was a US Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Warmly received at the 2015 US Chopin Competition, he received Sixth Prize. He was the recipient of Third Prize, as well as the Beethoven and Concerto special awards at the 2015 Dublin International Piano Competition.
About Darwin Shen:
A dedicated teacher, Darwin maintains an active teaching studio with prize-winning students throughout the country at the high school, college and graduate levels.
His second CD is slated for release in the Fall of 2015. It will feature unaccompanied works by Bach, Bartok, Paganini and Ysaye.
Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased at www.pequotlibrary.org., or $30 at the door on the evening of the concert. Admission begins 30 minutes prior to start time.
Concerts in this series:
June 25 - Cello sonatas of Beethoven and Debussy
July 9 - Solo works of Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev, Ravel
August 20 - 2 Piano works of Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff
Location: Pequot Library. 720 Pequot Avenue, Southport, CT
Contact: (203) 259-0346 ext. 15