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Pianist Daniel Pollack in Concert

Pre-concert lecture at 2:30 p.m.

Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, visit our event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873337 beginning Monday, October 18, at 9 a.m.

Internationally renowned pianist and USC Thornton faculty Daniel Pollack, a child prodigy who performed with the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, has performed for audiences worldwide. In 1958, at the height of the Cold War, Pollack traveled to Moscow for a new-music competition named after Tchaikovsky, one of Russia’s most famous composers. It was there that Pollack, in the words of the New York Times, “forged a kind of soulful bond with Russia during one of the most momentous cultural events of the Cold War.”

Pollack mesmerizes concertgoers and critics, who have praised “his astonishing pianism” (Washington Post) and “his dramatic tension, poignant lyricism” (Diapason magazine, Paris). Pollack will celebrate the births of two composers, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Barber and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin. The concert will also feature works by Ferruccio Busoni and Claude Debussy. Tim Page, professor in the USC Thornton and Annenberg schools, will present a pre-concert lecture.

Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu

Location: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski