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Pianist Alexandre Dossin at the Heyde Center

October 23, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CDT

Piano Music from American Composers George Walker and Carl Lackmund
Sun, Oct 23, 2:00 pm
The evening’s concert recital will be dedicated to American piano music by George Walker and Carl Lachmund. George Theophilus Walker (June 27, 1922 – August 23, 2018) was an American composer, pianist, and organist, and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which he received for his work Lilacs in 1996. Carl V. Lachmund (1857-1928) was an American pupil of Liszt; he studied with the Hungarian master in Weimar between the years 1882-1884.
Considered by Martha Argerich an “extraordinary musician” and by the international critics a “phenomenon” and “a master of contrasts,” Steinway Artist Alexandre Dossin keeps an active performing, recording and teaching careers.
Alexandre Dossin is Professor of Piano and Chair of Keyboard at the University of Oregon School of Music. Originally from Brazil, Alexandre Dossin is a graduate from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia) and holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin (USA). Several years ago, he taught piano at UW – Eau Claire.
Tickets: Adults $20, Seniors $15, Youth $10

Venue

Heyde Center for the Arts
3 S. High St.
Chippewa Falls, WI
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