Italian-American pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi will present Mozart’s “Sonata in B-flat Major, K333,” Chopin’s “Sonata No. 2, Op. 35,” Brahms’ “Rhapsodies Op. 79” and Bach-Busoni’s “Chaconne” at a concert Wednesday.
Described by Donald Rosenberg of The Plain Dealer as “a musician of myriad superlative qualities,” Pompa-Baldi was the first-prize winner of the 1999 Cleveland International Piano Competition in addition to being a top-prize winner of both the 1998 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition and the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He continues to regularly perform internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with such orchestras as the Boston Pops, Houston Symphony, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under such conductors as Hans Graf, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Theodore Kuchar. Additionally, Pompa-Baldi currently serves as distinguished professor of piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music and as honorary guest professor and visiting professor at three universities in China, including the China Conservatory of Music.
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Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 4
Tickets: 180-380 yuan
Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, Nanshan District (南山区南山文体中心)
Metro: Line 1 to Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B
