FOR MORE INFORMATION:
ROXANE CASE, Cultural Events coordinator
charmon1@cord.edu
CONCORDIA PRESENTS ACCLAIMED PIANIST
Events Include Concert, Piano Master Class, and Lecture
Moorhead, Minn. -- Concordia’s Cultural Events will present pianist Ji-Hyang Gwak in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Christiansen Recital Hall, Hvidsten Hall of Music.
Gwak has established herself as a performing solo artist and chamber musician with appearances across the United States, in the Czech Republic, England, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Korea, earning international praise. She is the top-prize winner of the Sicily International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition, and the Michigan MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition. She also received prizes in numerous competitions such as 39th Joongang Music Concours and the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York City. She was selected to participate in summer festivals including CCM Prague Festival in Czech, Sicily Piano Festival in Italy, UFIPF (University of Florida International Piano Festival) in Gainesville and PianoTexas in Fort Worth.
Tickets for the concert are $20 general admission and $10 students under 18. Visit ConcordiaTickets.com.
Gwak will also present a piano master class at 9:40 a.m. in Christiansen Recital Hall on Jan. 26 and a lecture, “Music Study in Korea,” at 9:20 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, also in Christiansen, both in the Hvidsten Hall of Music. The class and lecture are free and open to the public.
For additional events this year visit: ConcordiaCollege.edu/CulturalEvents.
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