Hi Everyone,
Congratulations with the Spring Break to all of you who have it, already have had it, or just about to have it!
My Spring Break will be more than exciting, and now I will tell you why...
...Yes, because we are celebrating the 200th Birthday of Frédéric François CHOPIN (3/1/1810) at the
World Financial Center in New York City!
CHOPIN 200 is a weeklong series of performances celebrating the 200th birthday of Romantic classical composer Frederic Chopin. The festival features 200 hours of the composer’s works performed on five pianos by an eclectic line-up of pianists, including NPR From the Top host Christopher O’Riley; Claire Huangci, winner of the Chopin Competition of Europe; Kimball Gallagher; Vassily Primakov; Jeffrey Swann and the winner of the Chopin Competition in Miami (held the last week of February).
My performances will be on
- Tuesday, March 2 at 2:00 p.m. on the Steinberg Piano (Stage F)
- Thursday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. on the Sauter 200 Piano (Stage B )
The Admission is Free.
To see the complete schedule please click on the links below:
Day 1 - March 1, 2010 Day 2 - March 2, 2010 Day 3 - March 3, 2010 Day 4 - March 4, 2010 Day 5 - March 5, 2010 The WFC is located on 220 Vesey Street New York, NY 10281.
How to find a stage? Just download the
Plan of the Piano Locations.
Don't miss the one-in-200-years opportunity! I really hope you can make it - it should be something extraordinary!!!
Yours,
Elina Akselrud
elinaakselrud.com