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Piano Series
The Piano Series at Sacramento State presents up to four Artist Recitals and multiple masterclasses each year, featuring a wide variety of professional performers from around the country.
Admission to masterclasses is free. Artist concerts are held at 7:00 p.m. in the Capistrano Concert Hall; Recital admission is $20 general, $15 senior, and $10 student.
Guest Artist: Chih-Long Hu
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Chih-Long will also present a free masterclass on Friday, November 8, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.
Hu will perform Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, Chopin's Sonata in B-flat Minor, and additional works by Maria Niederberger and Fritz Kreisler.
A native of Taiwan, Chih-Long Hu‘s performance career was launched after receiving honors including the Taipei National Concert Hall Arising Star, the Chi-Mei Artist Award, and prizes from the Mauro Monopoli International Piano Competition in Italy, the Concurs International De Piano D’Escaldes-Engordany in Andorra, the Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, and the San Jose International Piano Competition in California. Hu holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree from Taipei National University of the Arts.
Guest Artist: Jon Nakamatsu
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Jon will also present a free masterclass on Friday, Novmeber 22, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.
Jon Nakamatsu will perform works by Bach, Beethoven (Sonata in D Major, Op. 28), Mendelssohn, Liszt (Three Petrarch Sonnets), and Chopin. Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance and electrifying solo, concerto and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981—Mr. Nakamatsu subsequently developed a multi-faceted career that encompasses recording, education, arts administration and public speaking in addition to his vast concert schedule.
Guest Artist: Anton Nel
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Anton will also present a free masterclass on Friday, February 21, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.
Anton Nel will perform works by Bach, Czerny, Toru Takemitsu, and Schumann. Nel, winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall continues to enjoy a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He was also a prizewinner at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition in England and won several first prizes at the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition in Palm Desert in 1986. The New York Times referred ot him as "an uncommonly elegant pianist" and stated that he is "an expert interpreter of Romantic music".
Parking and Driving Directions
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