President’s Piano Series caps off with John Perry performance

The President’s Piano Series concludes Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Salmon Recital Hall with a concert performance by internationally-renowned pianist John Perry.

Among the works included in Perry’s program will be Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13 “Pathetique” and Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, as well as Four Impromtus, D. 899, Op. 90 by Franz Schubert.

Perry, a distinguished artist and teacher, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Eastman School of Music and was a student of Cecile Genhart. During those summers, he worked with the eminent Frank Mannheimer. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, he continued studies in Europe for four years where he worked with Wladyslav Kedra, Polish concert artist and professor at the Akademie für Musik in Vienna, and Carlo Zecchi, renowned conductor, pianist, and head of the piano department at the Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in Rome.

Perry is chair of the piano faculty of the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, and piano faculty of the Colburn Academy for gifted pre college students, professor emeritus at the USC Thornton School of Music, and visiting artist teacher at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. His recordings are available on the Telefunken, Musical Heritage Society, CBC, ACA and Fox labels.

The President’s Piano Series is hosted by the College of Performing Arts and features acclaimed pianists and ensembles from throughout the world in both solo and chamber music recitals. Tickets are $25 and available by calling the ticket office at 714-997-6812 or visiting the
President’s Piano Series website
.