Sunday, May 11, 2014

Pianist Lorenzo Medel presents night of classical piano recital


May 24, 2014, 7:30 PM
Brother Rafael Donato Center for the Performing Arts
La Salle Greenhills

Featuring:
Lorenzo Medel, piano
Jourdann Petalver, piano

Programme:
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20
Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004
Igor Stravinsky Firebird
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Expectations are high for piano prodigy Lorenzo Medel in his upcoming solo piano recital this May 24, 2014, 7:30 PM at the Brother Rafael Donato Center for Performing Arts in La Salle Greenhills. This recital will be his first since completing his first year of studies at the Eastman School of Music in New York under the Russian pedagogue Professor Natalya Antonova.

In this concert, Lorenzo will be performing Franz Joseph Haydn’s Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20, Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004, Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird and Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 with Jourdann Petalver assisting him.

Lorenzo was born in Manila in 1995 and began his piano studies in 2006 at age 10 under Prof. Mauricia Borromeo of the University of the Philippines, College of Music.  He is currently into his Bachelor of Music, Major in Piano Performance at the Eastman School, University of Rochester in New York and will be an incoming sophomore on September 2014. He has won top prizes in various piano competitions here in the Philippines like the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) and he became the country’s representative at the first Steinway Youth Piano Competition regional finals held in Singapore back in 2012.

For tickets and other inquiries:
0917-891-7979 or 716-1854, enzopiano@yahoo.com

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