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Piano Series
The Piano Series at Sacramento State presents up to four Artist Recitals and multiple masterclasses each year, featuring a wide variety of professional performers from around the country.
Admission to masterclasses is free. Artist concerts are held at 7:00 p.m. in the Capistrano Concert Hall; Recital admission is $20 general, $15 senior, and $10 student.
Guest Artist: Anton Nel
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Anton will also present a free masterclass on Friday, February 21, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.
Guest artist Anton Nel will be performing:
- Bach’s Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major
- Chaminade’s Theme Varié in A Major
- Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A-flat
- Beethoven’s Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Nel, winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall continues to enjoy a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He was also a prizewinner at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition in England and won several first prizes at the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition in Palm Desert in 1986. The New York Times referred ot him as "an uncommonly elegant pianist" and stated that he is "an expert interpreter of Romantic music".
Guest Artist: Fanya Lin
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Fanya will also present a free masterclass on Friday, March 7, at 2pm in our Concert Hall.
Guest artist Fanya Lin perfoms works by Scriabin, George Crumb, Saint-Saëns, and featuring Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor.
A native of Taipei, Taiwan, Fanya is a top prizewinner of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Concours International de Piano France-Amériques, New York International Piano Competition, and Seattle International Piano Competition. Fanya earned her Doctoral Degree at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Lydia Artymiw and her Master’s Degree at The Juilliard School with Professor Hung-Kuan Chen and Jerome Lowenthal. Currently, Dr. Lin is serving as the Associate Professor of Practice in Piano at the University of Arizona.
This recital and master class are generously sponsored by the John and Joyce Schaeuble Fund for Classical Piano Performance.
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