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Piano works of Louis Karchin and John Harbison featured at ppIANISSIMO Festival Bulgaria, March 2020

Piano works of Louis Karchin and John Harbison featured at ppIANISSIMO Festival Bulgaria, March 2020

Pianist Se-Hee Jin is the Founder and Music Director of the American Living Composer Series. The composer portrait series continues in 2020 with a concert of music by John Harbison (Pulitzer Prize winner 1987; Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Louis Karchin (New York Composer; Professor of Music, New York University). Dr. Jin will present her solo recital at the renowned ppIANISSIMO International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music in Bulgaria in March 2020.

The recital will be held on March 28, 2020 at the Concert Hall in the National Academy of Music at Sophia, Bulgaria. As a part of ppIANISSIMO Festival - International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music. Works scheduled to be performed:

Louis Karchin

Three Epigrams
Ghost Waltz (European-premiere)
Sonata-Fantasy (world-premiere)

John Harbison

Gatsby Etudes (European-premiere)
Nocturne(European-premiere)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (European-premiere)

Dr. Jin has been acclaimed for her keen musical intelligence and exquisite sensitivity. She currently serves as Teaching Assistant Professor of Piano at Oklahoma State University. As a solo pianist, Dr. Jin has been featured in various recitals including concerts at the Weill-Carnegie Hall, Kaufman Music Center, Bentley Recital Hall, and Seiji Ozawa Hall.

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