Nov. 3, 2009

American classical pianist Jerome Lowenthal will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. Lowenthal, a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, will perform Franz Liszt’s complete “Années de Pèlerinage.”

Lowenthal is well known in the international piano community and has been performing since age 13 when he debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has performed more than 60 different concertos and has recorded for several record labels including RCA, Columbia and Arabesque. Lowenthal is recognized as a specialist of Franz Liszt, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Béla Bartók and virtuoso and late romantic music. He leads master piano classes across North American, Europe and Asia.

The performance at OSU is made possible through a grant from the Fae Rawdon Norris Endowment for the Humanities. The event is open to the public and admission is free. The music department is one of 24 in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Source: Joseph Dunn, journalism sophomore