The second concert of this year's
Chamber Music series will feature pianist Arnaldo Cohen on Saturday, October 23 at 8 p.m. in Union College's Memorial Chapel.
This will be Cohen's fifth
appearance in this series. He will perform Schoenberg's
Three Pieces, Op. 11; Beethoven's 32 Variations in c, WoO 80 and Sonata No. 8 in c, Op. 13 (“Pathetique”);
and Chopin's Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28.
In the years since Arnaldo Cohen came to the attention of
the critics and public, the Brazilian-born pianist has enjoyed an increasingly
successful career taking him to the major concert halls of Europe
and South America.
Mr. Cohen started his musical studies at the age of five,
graduating from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with an honors degree
in both piano and violin, while also studying for an engineering degree. He
became a professional violinist in the Rio de Janeiro
Opera House Orchestra, but continued his piano studies with Jacques Klein, a
disciple of William Kapell.
Strongly encouraged by Klein to pursue a piano career, he continued his
training in Vienna with Bruno
Seidlhofer and Dieter Weber.
He made his New York
debut during the 1996/1997 season and returned the next season to perform in
recital at the Tisch Center
for the Performing Arts, receiving huge critical acclaim.
In 2004-2005, Mr. Cohen performs with several orchestras,
including the Baltimore Symphony, Forth Worth Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and
Edmonton Symphony, and returns to the Jacksonville,
Des Moines, and Peoria
Symphonies.
Tickets are $20 for general admission; $8 for students. The
performance is open to the public.