The Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein Cultural Arts Program Fund presents a piano recital featuring Benjamin Warsaw performing a musical tapestry of classic, 20th-century contemporary compositions for the virtuoso pianist: Couperin, Chopin, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Schulhoff, Shemer, Gulda, Part, and Warsaw.
This concert is open to the community. There will be a reception following the concert. No admission charge or reservation is required. A $20 entrance donation for the Cultural Arts Fund is appreciated. Students are welcome to attend gratis.
Questions? Please contact the Cultural Arts Committee Chair: Ivan Millender (ivanmillender@earthlink.net; 404.406.6333).
About Benjamin Warsaw
Young American pianist Dr. Benjamin Warsaw is a classical pianist, composer, teacher, and accompanist who performs solo and ensemble concerts throughout North America. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Warsaw is currently Associate Professor of Music at Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus, Savannah, GA. He teaches piano and other music-related courses there and is the founder and Artistic Director of the Piano in the Arts concert series. During the summers, Dr. Warsaw has been on faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Blue Lake Fine Arts, Chautauqua Institution, and the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival. In 2015, Dr. Warsaw released his debut album, Warsaw Plays Warsaw, featuring a set of 24 Preludes of original music for piano. He was honored to have been selected as Georgia Music Teacher’s Association’s 2017 composer of the year, for which he wrote Microcosms, a collection of short piano pieces for the developing pianist. Dr. Warsaw holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Boston University and is an ASCAP composer.
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