CofC Concerts
Music Fest Trio “Triumphs” at Simons Center
CHARLESTON MUSIC FEST performed on Friday, February 22 at the Recital Hall of the Simons Art Center at the College of Charleston. Lee-Chin Siow, violin, Natalia Khoma, cello, and Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano provided sterling readings of two rarely heard works: Mozart’s Piano Trio in C Major, K. 548 and Ernest Chausson’s Piano Trio in... Read »
Pianist Ciro Foderé Triumphs at Sottile
EMERGING URUGUAYAN PIANO VIRTUOSO Ciro Foderé delivered a magnificent recital on Tuesday evening at the Sottile Theatre as part of the College of Charleston’s dependable International Piano Series. Foderé—one of Artist-in-Residence Enrique Graf’s most accomplished and promising protégés—is a familiar figure to Charleston audiences, having given many fine recitals and several noteworthy concerto performances... Read »
Fiery Pianist Ciro Foderé Will Visit Sottile
THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES at the College of Charleston is heating up again. Ciro Foderé’s latest performances have been described as “masterful, electric, fiery and lyrical” and “edge-of-the-seat thrilling.” As a First Prize winner of the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofieff International Competition, he has performed Saint-Saens, Liszt, and Gershwin Concertos with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Rachmaninoff Third... Read »
This Piano Duo is Making Their Mark
THE TAN AND SEE PIANO DUO gave another spirited performance at the Simons Center on Monday night, this time in traditional native outfits. The occasion was the 101st birthday of College of Charleston music sponsor, John Zeigler. The celebratory house was packed and the program was plentiful. What a pleasure it is to watch... Read »
Steven Lin Fascinates in IPS Recital
STEVEN LIN’S TUESDAY EVENING International Piano Series recital at the Sottile Theatre brought many delights (and several surprises) to his substantial and appreciative audience. Lin, a rising young Taiwanese-American virtuoso, is now pursuing postgraduate studies at the prestigious Juilliard School; he has garnered top prizes at several important competitions, and will soon appear in... Read »
Steven Lin is Coming to the Sottile
PIANIST STEVEN LIN soloed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at 14. Since then, he has performed at Dublin National Hall, the Seoul Arts Center, Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Salle Cortot and the Louvre Auditorium in Paris. He has also been a soloist with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the... Read »
Welcome Back, Lee-Chin
IT WAS AN EVENING of exquisite music by Charleston Music Fest—but this concert was about much more than music. It was a resurgence. On Saturday night, violinist Lee-Chin Siow returned to the Simons Center recital stage for the first time since a car accident last year damaged her left arm, resulting in surgery and... Read »
Prats Delivers Stunning Recital at Sottile
ONE MUSIC WRITER recently called Cuban keyboard master Jorge Luis Prats “…the greatest pianist you’ve never heard of.” This characterization may well be a valid attention-getter for most of today’s piano fans worldwide, but (trust me) the “never heard of” part of it won’t hold true for long. And he is certainly no stranger to... Read »
Jorge Luis Prats “Returns” to Sottile
THE WESTERN CAREER of pianist Jorge Luis Prats was “reborn” after more than 30 years, and the College of Charleston International Piano Series is one of the prime beneficiaries. When he was 21, Prats won the Grand Prix at the “Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud” International Competition, began performing widely, and recorded for Deutsche Gramaphon. The doors... Read »
Schimpf Impresses in IPS Opener
DISTINGUISHED GERMAN PIANIST Alexander Schimpf delivered a varied and worthwhile recital Tuesday evening at the Sottile Theater. As winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition and other prestigious contests, he enjoys a thriving concert career; Tuesday’s appearance was one of more than 50 on his current tour of the United States. He opened his... Read »
