Toradze Piano Studio Performs at IU South Bend

The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University South Bend presents the Toradze Piano Studio in concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 28, in the Campus Auditorium of Northside Hall.

Toradze Piano will continue their 2007-2008 performance season with a program featuring performances by Reiko Harigaya, Vakhtang Kodanashvili, Mariam Lominadze, Giorgi Samadalashvili and Tinatin Saralidze. The evening will include the following musical selections:

Partita No. 6 by Bach

Sonata in E-flat major Op. 7 by Beethoven

Variations on a Theme of Corelli by Rachmaninoff

Fantasy in C Major Op. 17 by Schumann

Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major by Mozart

Three movements from the ballet Petroushka by Stravinsky

The Toradze Piano Studio is a unique phenomenon in today’s musical world – an assembly of several generations of pianists – students and associates of Alexander Toradze. The studio was established in 1991 at Indiana University South Bend with the appointment of Alexander Toradze as Martin Endowed Professor in Piano. Soon it began touring as a piano ensemble-the first of its kind in the United States. Toradze's idea of the "touring conservatory studio" is rooted in the Russian/European educational practice - and is filled as much with tradition as emotion.

A "class" concert with an influential professor would be one of the most important performance opportunities for the young aspiring musician. The "class" would also travel outside the conservatory, to gain performance experience on the road, to recruit new young talent and educate the public. In this tradition, the Toradze Piano Studio has provided both an educational environment for young musicians from many different countries as well as a performance platform for its more experienced members. The studio is equally unique as it comprises an extended family - with members sharing their lives, learning and performing together.

Tickets are available to adults for $10 in advance and $12 at the door, senior citizens for $5 in advance and $7 at the door and students from $3 in advance and $5 at the door. The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 11-6 and one hour prior to the performance.

Please call the Arts Box Office for more information (574) 520-4203.