Archie Richards Performs Classical Piano (In person)
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Join pianist Archie Richards a performance of classical music that will feature works by Frederic Chopin, including the Scherzo in C# Minor, which Artur Rubinstein played many times. A few pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Franz Liszt will also be featured. This program is presented in partnership with the Department of Senior Services.
Archie studied with Kyriena Siloti at the Longy School of Music. Then in her eighties, Kyriena was the daughter and assistant of Alexander Siloti. He in turn was widely considered the best of Franz Liszt’s students and was world renown in the early-20th Century. While Archie was with Kyriena, his performance of a major Beethoven sonata was played on WCRB-AM Radio in Boston on a Sunday morning.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Location:
- Druker Auditorium
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Concerts & Performances
- Accessibility:
- Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons with disabilities requiring assistance. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Newton’s ADA/Sec.504 Coordinator, Jini Fairley, two weeks in advance of this event: jfairley@newtonma.gov or (617) 796-1253. For Telecommunications Relay Service, please dial 711.