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April 17, 2010
Lisa Leonard, piano7:30 Orpheum Theatre
"...communicates deep artistic understanding through a powerful and virtuosic technique."
At age 17, Lisa Leonard made her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in six concerts at the Kennedy Center. She has appeared throughout Europe, Japan, Russia, and North America with many orchestras including recent performances with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Mozart Players and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela. Leonard has served on the faculties of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Meadowmount School of Music, and the Las Vegas Music Festival and currently on the piano faculty of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music where she is also director of chamber music. A native of Washington D.C., she received her B.M. and M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music where she was the premiere recipient of both the Rubinstein and Balsam Awards, two of the highest awards given.
Assad* ~ Brazilian Fanfare
Saint-Saëns ~ Piano Concerto Nr. 4 in C minor, Opus 44
Higdon* ~ Blue Cathedral
Ginastera ~ Danzas Estancia
*KGS International Call for Scores
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