Pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi to Perform at UNH Dec. 5
 
The UNH Celebrity Series will present pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi Dec. 5, 2005, in the Johnson Theatre, PCAC.

Noted for his magical touch and spectacular technique, Antonio Pompa-Baldi emerged from the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with a coveted silver medal as well as the Phyllis Jones Tilley Memorial Award for the Best Performance of a New Work. He has brought his assured touch on the keyboard to some of the world's major concert venues, performing more than 70 engagements per season. As passionate a chamber musician as he is a recitalist and orchestral soloist, he is a frequent guest at numerous chamber music festivals. Antonio Pompa-Baldi, the first appointed Steinway Artist marking Steinway's 150th anniversary, serves as Distinguished Professor of Piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

The program includes Mozart’s Sonata K333, Czerny’s Variations on a theme by Rode Op. 33, Chaconne, by Bach-Busoni, and Chopin’s Sonata # 2 Op. 35 in B flat Minor.

“Pompa-Baldi knew how to suspend time, letting a phrase hover and expand in poised inner stillness… [He] relied on warmth, exquisite taste and unassertive but arresting technique…to justify his high standing in the recent Cliburn Competition.” - Los Angeles Times

Johnson Theatre is handicapped accessible. Tickets are available now by contacting the Memorial Union Building box office at 2-2290 or visit the web at http://www.unh.edu/celebrity to download a brochure.

Tickets: $30 general; $27 UNH ID/Seniors; Youth: $10, UNH Students: $10.