The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania is proud to present pianist John Novacek in a Sunday afternoon solo recital at Carnegie Mellon University. A meet-the-artist reception follows the recital.

Versatile, Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek regularly tours the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras. He studied piano with Polish virtuoso Jakob Gimpel at California State University, Northridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude. Subsequently, he earned a Master of Music degree from New York City’s Mannes College of Music, studying with Peter Serkin in piano and Felix Galimer and Julius Levine in chamber music.

PROGRAM
ROBERT SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Op. 16
BELA BARTOK Sonata, Sz. 80
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J. S. BACH Italian Concerto BWV 971
FRANZ LISZT Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541
FRANZ LISZT Rhapsodie Espagnole S. 254