FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 23, 2011

George Sebastian Lopez, Pianist Presents a Sunday Afternoon Concert At Webster University

What/Who:

Pianist George Sebastian Lopez presents a Sunday afternoon concert at Webster University.

The program includes Partita No. 4 in D Major by J.S. Bach; Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor by Serge Rachmaninoff; and the St. Louis premiere of "From the Temple of Dendera: Twelve Etudes inspired by the Egyptian Zodiac" by Boston composer and St. Louis native Andrew List.

George Sebastian Lopez, pianist, has been featured across the globe as recitalist, soloist with orchestra and collaborator. Mr. Lopez received critical acclaim for his interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and has performed the complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos in his last two concert seasons. He was invited by the Holland Music Sessions, now one of the top performing arenas for up and coming musicians in Europe, to go on a world tour for which he performed in Paris, London, Cologne, New York's Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and in Los Angeles where he was hailed by the L.A. Times for his "...musical perspective, continuity and kaleidoscopic colors."

When:

Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, 4 p.m.

Where:

Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 E. Lockwood Ave., Webster Groves

Cost:

$5 for the general public

More info:

Call the Fine arts hotline at 968-7128.

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