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Tuesday, August 09, 2016 - 7:30 PM
to Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 10:00 PM
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Now in its fourth year as an international event, The Philadelphia Young Pianists' Academy (PYPA), returns to the Curtis Institute of Music this summer for eight days in August. Twenty outstanding young pianists ranging from ages 12 to 24 selected from the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Hungary, Belgium and Columbia will gather at Curtis to study one-on-one with five international concert masters; The PYPA Director Ching-Yun Hu, Charles Abramovic, Zhaoyi Dan, Douglas Humpherys and Alon Goldstein. Five highly talented alternate students will also be invited to attend as observers. The young pianists were invited based on a rigorous selection process that included submitting a written application and an audio recording for review.
Between Tuesday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the public is invited to the 240-seat Field Concert Hall at Curtis Institute to attend a series of solo concerts and master classes by each of the prestigious faculty of PYPA 2016 including Hu, Abramovic, Humpherys and Goldstein. A special concert with Hu and the Grammy-Award-winning Parker Quartet will also be featured.
Public concert highlights include these four solo recitals by PYPA faculty and a chamber music concert, all of which are ticketed events:
Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. - Ching-Yun Hu
Wednesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. - Charles Abramovic
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. Douglas Humpherys
Sunday, August 14, 4 p.m. Ching-Yun Hu with Grammy-Award Winning Parker Quartet
Tuesday, August 16, 7:30 p.m. Alon Goldstein
Two young artist concerts will also be presented in Field Concert Hall at Curtis Institute at no charge*:
Thursday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.
*Please note, seats for these two concerts must be reserved in advance.
For more information and for tickets, please visit www.pypa.info. General admission tickets for each of the PYPA faculty concerts are $25 in advance at www.pypa.info or at the door, and $12 for students with valid I.D. Cash only at the door. A pass to observe a session of a PYPA master class is $15.
Between Tuesday, August 9 and Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the public is invited to the 240-seat Field Concert Hall at Curtis Institute to attend a series of solo concerts and master classes by each of the prestigious faculty of PYPA 2016 including Hu, Abramovic, Humpherys and Goldstein. A special concert with Hu and the Grammy-Award-winning Parker Quartet will also be featured.
Public concert highlights include these four solo recitals by PYPA faculty and a chamber music concert, all of which are ticketed events:
Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. - Ching-Yun Hu
Wednesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. - Charles Abramovic
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. Douglas Humpherys
Sunday, August 14, 4 p.m. Ching-Yun Hu with Grammy-Award Winning Parker Quartet
Tuesday, August 16, 7:30 p.m. Alon Goldstein
Two young artist concerts will also be presented in Field Concert Hall at Curtis Institute at no charge*:
Thursday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.
*Please note, seats for these two concerts must be reserved in advance.
For more information and for tickets, please visit www.pypa.info. General admission tickets for each of the PYPA faculty concerts are $25 in advance at www.pypa.info or at the door, and $12 for students with valid I.D. Cash only at the door. A pass to observe a session of a PYPA master class is $15.
