Acclaimed Composer and Pianist Gabriela Lena Frank to Perform at Lafayette

Grammy-nominated, and Latin Grammy-winner pianist and composer Gabriela Lena Frank will perform at Lafayette College’s Williams Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

She will give a composer’s chat before the concert at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=3054ce168c15f558554dc2305dc06e7c or by calling the box office at (610) 330-5009 from noon to 2 p.m., and 4 to 5 p.m. on weekdays, plus one hour before the performance.

With a Guggenheim grant, a Grammy, and numerous commissions from powerhouse programs throughout the country, Gabriela Lena Frank is a compelling and original voice in American music. Shaped by her parents’ cultural ancestries—her father is a Lithuanian Jew, her mother Peruvian-Chinese—and the rich musical vernaculars of her native California, she brings a range of musical influences into her music.

Her affinity for 20th-century music from South America and Eastern Europe suggests a repertory program to include compositions by Argentine master Alberto Ginastera and Hungarian pioneer Béla Bartók, as well as her original works for piano.

This recital is a featured part of Frank’s Lafayette residency, which will result in a new commissioned work for the Lafayette choirs, vocal soloists Andrew Garland and Susanna Eyton-Jones, concert pianists Molly Morkoski and Holly Roadfeldt, and the Chiara String Quartet, to be presented Sunday, April 13.

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Higher resolution image online: Gabriela Lena Frank, Gabi in Macchu Picchu, http://flic.kr/p/fzea1Q

Kathleen Parrish
Associate Director of Media Relations
Lafayette College
Communications Division
Easton, PA 18042
parrishk@lafayette.edu
www.lafayette.edu

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