Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Pianist Piotr Anderszewski

Soka Performing Arts Center presents the Grammy Award-nominated Piotr Anderszewski for a solo piano recital on Sunday, April 14, 2019, at 3 PM. Anderszewski is recognized for the intensity and originality of his interpretations, and has received several high profile awards throughout his career, including the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award and multiple Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Anderszewski will play Bach's Selections from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" and Beethoven's "33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli."

Tickets are $50 and are now available online at performingarts.soka.edu, at the Box Office at 1 University Drive in Aliso Viejo or by calling (949) 480-4ART (4287).

Appearing regularly at some of the world's best concert halls, including the Carnergie Hall and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, Piotr Anderszewski is regarded as one of the outstanding musicians of his generation. This current season he will appear with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra as well as a tour of the United States. In addition to superb live performances, Anderzewski's recordings have earned him a lot of reputation throughout his career. His recordings of Schumann was BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Year award in 2012, while his later recordings of Bach's English Suites earned him a Gramophone and ECHO Klassik Award.

Now is in its eighth season of presenting the best of live performances on its extraordinary stage, Soka Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California, is under the new leadership of General Manager Renee Bodie. The 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Designed to truly reflect the university's commitment to sustainability, the concert hall and adjacent Maathai Hall (featuring a black box theatre and dance studio) have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility's electrical needs.

Soka University of America is a private, non-profit, four-year liberal arts college and graduate program. The campus is ranked in the Top 25 National Liberal Arts Colleges in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2019." The university is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs and was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the sanctity of life. For more information, please visit soka.edu.

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