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Roth to Headline WIU Piano Festival Sept. 12-13
September 8, 2014
MACOMB, IL — The third annual Western Illinois University Piano Festival will be held at the WIU School of Music Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13, in the COFAC Recital Hall.
Nicholas Roth will be the guest artist, performing a solo recital on Friday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. He will also conduct a master class for auditioned high school and WIU piano students on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m.-noon.
Roth began formal studies at age 12, receiving critical acclaim for his appearances by the age of 18. He appeared as a soloist with the St. Louis Symphony and the Indianapolis Symphony under Raymond Leppard, among others. Roth is featured in recitals and festivals throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Serbia and Spain.
Roth is a Yamaha Artist in Education, a Beethoven Fellow of the American Pianists Association, won first prizes in the chamber music competitions of Tortona and Pietra Ligure, Italy, and received a DAAD grant to further his studies in Germany. Roth holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University, Artist Diploma from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, and MM and BM degrees from Indiana University, where he was the recipient of the School of Music's highest honors. He studied with Ralph Votapek, Elisso Virsaladze, Helmut Deutsch, Edward Auer, Emilio del Rosario and Michel Block. Roth is an associate professor of piano at Drake University. His recordings with Blue Griffin Recording have garnered favorable reviews in Fanfare, American Record Guide, International Record Review and Gramophone.
All events are open free to the public. The WIU Piano Festival is sponsored by the WIU School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Visiting Lectures Committee and Council on Student Activities Fund.
For more information, visit wiu.edu/cofac/music/PianoFestival.php.
Posted By: Kolette Herndon (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
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