Pianist Claude Frank, an
internationally-acclaimed interpreter of the piano
literature of Beethoven, opens the 2001-02 Union College chamber
concert series with an all-Beethoven program on Monday, Oct. 1, at
8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
The program includes Sonatas No. 16 in G, Op. 31, No.
1; and No 21 in C, Op. 53, “Waldstein.”
Mr. Frank has been a soloist with the great orchestras of
five continents, including the New York Philharmonic,
Chicago Symphony, Boston
Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and
the National Symphony.
A renowned teacher, Frank is on the faculty at the Institute
of Music in Philadelphia; he is a professor at the Yale School
of Music.
Tickets at $20 ($8 for students) are available in
advance at the Office of Communications, Union College (518) 388-6131
and at the door at 7 p.m. For more information, call 372-3651.