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MEDIA CONTACT: Skalny Center (585) 275-9898 or Sharon Dickman sdickman@rochester.edu
585.275.4128
November 21, 2006
EVENT: Recital by award-winning Eastman School of Music pianist
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, in Lower Strong Auditorium on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public; light refreshments will be provided.
Igor Lipinski, a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music High School in Tarnow, Poland, and sophomore at the Eastman School of Music, will perform pieces by a range of composers, including Franz Schubert, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Grazyna Bacewicz.
The 19-year-old pianist, who is studying with Professor Douglas Humpherys at Eastman, is the recipient of the Grand Prix for Young Pianists at the Paderewski Festival at Kasna Dolna, Poland, and the Grand Prix Award in the piano category at the Paderewski Festival in Buffalo, N.Y. He also was given the City of Tarnow Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts. Lipinski has presented several recitals in the United States, including those in Buffalo, Honolulu, and Pittsburgh, and has played at the River Theater in North Tonawanda and at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautaqua.
The recital is sponsored by the University of Rochester's Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies and Department of Music. The center's continuing Skalny Lecture and Artist Series offers musical performances, lectures, films, and other presentations about Poland and Central Europe.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-9898.
About the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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