Concert Association Presents Final Concert Of Season Friday
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Teresa Smith-tsmith@timesuniononline.com
Two award-winning musicians will appear in Rodeheaver Auditorium Friday to close the 2006-2007 Lakeland Community Concert Association's season.
Augustin Hadelich is the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis gold medalist.
Yingdi Sun placed first in the 2005 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.Hadelich has established himself as a commanding and unique voice among the new generation of violinists. Articulate and stylishly convincing throughout the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary repertoires, his versatility is astonishing.
Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, Hadelich holds a diploma (summa cum laude) from the Indstiuto Mascagni in Livormo, Italy, and a graduate diploma from the Julliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He has been a participant in the Marlboro and Ravinia festivals and in numerous master classes with renowned violinists such as Uto Ughi, Christoph Poppen, Norbert Brainin, Pinchas Zukerman, Zacher Bron, Yehudi Menuhin and Miriam Fried.
Sun won the prestigious Liszt competition in 2005 when it took place in Utrecht for the seventh time. He has since embarked on a demanding two-year concert tour in the Netherlands and abroad.
The Shanghai-born Sun has performed as a concert pianist in Amsterdam's Congertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Opera Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Czech national symphony orchestras. He recently was the guest of the Chinese president as part of the festivities in honor of the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to China.
Friday's program includes Schubert's Duo in A major for violin and piano, D. 574; Liszt's overture to Wagner's "Tannhauser" for solo piano, S. 442; Ysaye Sonata No. 3 in D minor for solo violin Op. 27 ("Ballade"); and Franck's Sonata in A major for violin and piano.
Individual concert tickets are $15 each.
New subscribers may attend the Friday concert free purchase of a $35 2007-2008 season ticket.
Upcoming concerts include an appearance by the Purdue University Glee Club, Sept. 22; Presidio Brass, Oct. 20; Fort Wayne Philharmonic's Christmas Pops Concert, Dec. 16; Michel Lauziere - Master of the Unusual, March 1, 2008; and the Hunt Family Fiddlers, April 5, 2008.
Children, 18 years old and younger or still in high school, may attend free when accompanied by an adult member.
LCCA subscription cards are honored at community concerts in four other towns: Kendallville, LaPorte, Auburn and Kokomo. Reciprocal schedules are available.
For more information about LCCA, call June Staley, 574-269-7336.
