Diehn Concert Series: Edmund Battersby, piano
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- Date/Time
- 03/23/2015 8:00 PM EST - 9:00 PM EST
- Location
- Diehn Center for the Performing Arts
- Fee
- Ticket required
- Description
- This concert is in conjunction with the Harold Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition March 21, Harold Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition finals and the March 22, master class for winners of the Harold Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition. Throughout the course of his career as pianist, orchestral soloist, chamber player, and teacher, Edmund Battersby has earned the highest praise from his audiences, critics, and colleagues alike. The American Record Guide claimed his landmark recordings of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, on modern and period instruments, put him "in the company of Brendel, Serkin, Schnabel, and Pollini." His many CDs for Musical Heritage Society, Naxos, Koch, and others over the years have been noted, impressively, the 1992 Grammy short list for Goyescas of Granados among them. Battersby gained the admiration of Olivier Messiaen, George Crumb, George Rochberg, Elliot Schwartz, and William Bolcom through live and recorded performances directed by the composers. He has played recitals worldwide, and has performed with conductors such as McGegan, Schwarz, and Schuller, with orchestras ranging from the Indianapolis Symphony to Pittsburgh Symphony. A frequent guest at the U.S. Library of Congress, Battersby has performed on its series with the Vermeer Quartet and elsewhere with the Tokyo Quartet and the Orion Quartet. Battersby is the artistic director of Harbor Music, the Artur Balsam Chamber Ensemble Classes for Piano and Strings, supported by the Indiana University Foundation since 1999. Tickets: $10 Students, $15 General Tickets can be purchased online at http://oduartstix.com, or by calling (757) 683-5305 during regular box office hours.
