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Andy Manis

Pianist Kangwoo Jin.

The Salon Piano Series returns with a concert filmed at Luther Memorial Church (and featuring a piano restored by series hosts Farley’s House of Pianos). Music by Beethoven, Scarlatti and others will be performed by Kangwoo Jin, a performer in concerts and festivals around the world and a recent Collins Distinguished Fellowship doctoral student at UW-Madison. Jin is also a longtime educator and currently a faculty member at the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. Find tickets ($10) here.

press release: This Salon Piano Series concert will be recorded at Luther Memorial church in Madison. Jin will play a Mason & Hamlin piano which was restored by Farley’s House of Pianos for Luther Memorial. The complete program includes works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Liszt, Robert Schumann, and Henry Bishop.

Kangwoo Jin is an accomplished pianist performing nationally and internationally, with performances in Germany, Italy, China, Indonesia, and Korea. Jin has given live performances on Wisconsin Public Radio and WORT 89.9 FM, and appears frequently as a guest artist at music festivals, universities, and various concert series. Recent invitations include UW-River Falls, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Tongji University in Shanghai. He has also been invited as a guest artist by Kawai USA for the Kawai Concert at the annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention and Technical Institute in Florida.

Jin completed the Bachelor of Music degree at Hanyang University in South Korea and earned his Performer Diploma and Master’s of Music at Indiana University, where he worked as an associate instructor. He is the recipient of the J. Battista Scholarship for performance excellence at Indiana University and the Collins Distinguished Fellowship for his doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Concert Program:

• Scarlatti - Sonatas (ca. 1756-1757)
• Beethoven - Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ("Moonlight") (1801)
• Liszt - Transcriptions for Piano
• Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 (1830)
• Bishop - Home, Sweet Home

This is an online event. When you purchase a ticket, you will receive information about how to view the video. The video will be available for viewing starting on April 25 at 4pm CDT and will be available on-demand through May 9.