SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2011 AT 4:00PM

William Wellborn
Celebrating the bicentennial of Franz Liszt
 
William Wellborn, piano
 
Mephisto Waltz, No. 1
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 ‘Rákóczy March’
Sonata in B minor
excerpts from Années de pèlerinage: Italie
transcriptions of songs by Schubert, Chopin and Schumann.

William Wellborn enjoys a triple career as a pianist, teacher and lecturer, and has concertized widely in 26 states and 3 continents. William Wellborn presents a program of works in honor of Liszt’s bicentennial, including his Sonata in B minor. A specialist in the music of Liszt, in 2004 he had the honor of presenting an all-Liszt program on Liszt’s piano at Hofgärtnerei Museum in Weimar, and in 2009 he presented a Haydn program at the composer’s birthplace in Rohrau, Austria. Since 1999 he has directed European musical tours exploring the lives and music of great composers, and the 2011 tour celebrates the bicentennial of Liszt with travels through France, Switzerland, Austria, and Hungary. www.williamwellborn.com
 
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