April 15, 2010
Pianist to present lecture-recital on Heitor Villa-Lobos
Alexandre Dossin, faculty member at the University of Oregon, presents a lecture-recital on the life and music of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Brechemin Auditorium. Villa-Lobos is considered the single most significant creative figure in 20th century Brazilian art music. The event, titled “Piano Music of Heitor Villa-Lobos,” will include a lecture on the composer’s life and music, interspersed with performances of his most representative piano works.
Currently on the piano faculty at the University of Oregon School of Music, Dossin is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia. He studied with and was assistant of Sergei Dorensky at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Willliam Race and Gregory Allen at University of Texas at Austin.
A prizewinner in several International Piano Competitions, Dossin received the First Prize and the Special Prize at the 2003 Martha Argerich International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Other awards include the Silver Medal and second Honorable Mention in the Maria Callas Grand Prix, and Third Prize and Special Prize in the Mozart International Piano Competition.
Tickets for the recital are $10, cash or check at the door. For more information, call 206-685-8384 or go to www.music.washington.edu.
