How often does one have the opportunity to hear a rising musical star before his or her name becomes a household term? On Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 8:00 p.m., 18 year-old Chinese virtuoso Hao Chen Zhang will perform Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26, in C major with the Norwalk Symphony. Mr. Zhang, a student of the world-renowned pianist and teacher Gary Graffman, has won every international competition that the famous prodigy Lang Lang has won. This challenging concerto will demonstrate Mr. Zhang's enormous technique and musical gifts.
Since this concert highlights the music of Russia, it begins with Mikhail Glinka's Overture from the Opera Russlan and Ludmilla and ends with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Op. 64, in E minor.
The Library invites you to check out these works prior to or after the concert.
