Market Square Concerts presents pianist Ann Schein

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On Saturday, March 29 at 8 pm in Whitaker Center, pianist Ann Schein, one of the best interpreters of Chopin today and a pupil of the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein, will perform “Les Adieux,” or “Farewell” Sonata by Beethoven, poetic Sonatine by Ravel, exuberant “L’isle Joyeuse” (“Joy Island”) by Debussy, virtuosic Tarantella by Liszt and the epic Sonata in B Minor by Chopin.  This performance is a part of mini-residency co-presented by the Harrisburg Symphony, which includes two performances of the Chopin F Minor Piano Concerto with the HSO on March 22 & 23, as well as a piano master class at Messiah College on March 28 at 5 PM.

Single tickets are $30, seniors $25, college students with valid ID $5, free admission for school-age children and $5 for one accompanying adult for all concerts. Tickets may be purchased at THE BOX OFFICE in person, by phone at 717 221-9599 or 717 214-ARTS, online http://www.marketsquareconcerts.org/#!march-29 or https://itkt.choicecrm.net/templates/WHIT/?prod=livestage or email drichter@marketsquareconcerts.org. Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

From her first recordings for Kapp Records, and her highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital debut as an artist on the Sol Hurok roster, Ann Schein’s amazing career has earned her high praise in major American and European cities and in more than 50 countries around the world. She has performed with conductors including George Szell, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, David Zinman and Sir Colin Davis, and with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at the White House during the Kennedy administration. In 1980-81, Ann Schein extended the legacy of her teachers, Mieczyslaw Munz, Arthur Rubinstein, and Dame Myra Hess performing 6 concerts of the major Chopin repertoire in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall throughout an entire season to outstanding reviews and sold-out houses, the first Chopin cycle presented in New York in 35 years.

She has received many distinguished honors for her Chopin performances and recordings. The Marston label has included her Nouvelle Etude in A-flat Major recorded for Kapp Records in 1958 in their special collection of outstanding Chopin performances, entitled “A Century of Romantic Chopin”, and chosen by Gregor Benko and Ward Marston where her biography reads, “Ann Schein was trained in her native United States, where she studied with both Mieczyslaw Munz and Arthur Rubinstein. Her first recordings, made when she was 18 and 19, established her as one of the premiere Chopin pianists of our time.”

Complete information on Market Square Concerts’ 2013-14 season is at: www.marketsquareconcerts.org   

Price: Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors, $5 for college students and free for k-12