Bethlehem, Pa., January 21, 2016— Steinway pianist Arianna Goldina will perform at this year's Betty Aierstock Memorial Concert in recognition of Moravian College’s status as an “All-Steinway School” on Sunday, January 31, at 4:00 p.m. in Foy Concert Hall. Goldina will perform a program that includes: Schubert’s Sonata in A minor, Opus post. 164/D 537, Schumann’s Novelletten, Op. 21, Nos. 1,2, and 8, while exploring a wide array of colors and moods through the complete cycle of Scriabin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 11.
Goldina has created a multi-faceted career as a teacher, pianist, and adjudicator. As a member of the Goldina-Loumbrozo piano duo team, she has been heard in numerous music centers in the United States, Canada, England, France, Italy, Germany, the Baltic States, Russia, and Scandinavia. Dr. Goldina has appeared with some of the most accredited symphonies and been featured on the ABC TV network in the United States and on French and Russian National TV. The duo received public attention after winning first prize at two major international duo-piano competitions: the 7th Valentino Bucchi Competition of 20th Century Music in Rome, Italy and the 2nd Murray Dranoff Two- Piano Competition in Miami.
Goldina is notable for adjudicating several international piano competitions, such as the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition and the Murray Dranoff International Two-Piano Competition. She also served as an Associate Artistic Director of the Murray Dranoff Foundation and on the Executive Board of the Piano Teachers Congress of New York.
For this event, Goldina will commemorate Franz Schubert, who was an Austrian composer that is accredited as the last classical composer and one of the first romantics. The event will also honor Robert Schumann, a German composer and influential music critic, along with Alexander Scriabin a Russian composer and pianist. Goldina currently is an artist-lecturer at Moravian College. She received a Master of Music degree from the Julliard School of Music and a Ph.D. in Piano Performance from New York University.
She received a Master of Music degree from the Julliard School of Music and a Ph.D. in Piano Performance from New York University.
General admission is $15 or $10 for senior citizens and students with I.D. For more information on this event, please visit the Moravian Music Department web page www.moravian.edu/music.
Foy Concert Hall is located on Moravian College’s Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus in historic downtown Bethlehem. Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact Bill Bauman of the Music Department at (610) 861-1650 or email music@moravian.edu.
In July of 2013, Moravian College received a gift from the late Betty Louise Aierstock Moore ’45 that will secured the acquisition of an additional 10 Steinway & Sons pianos, achieving the designation as an “All-Steinway School.” This noteworthy distinction is held by only 113 colleges and universities nationwide. Steinway, a preeminent name in music, is widely known for providing students and faculty with the highest quality pianos for instruction and performance.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the Music Department at Moravian College provides its students with high-quality personalized music degree programs that are comprehensive and offer training in the theory, history, and performance of diverse styles. Music is taught within in a liberal arts context, integrating intellectual, artistic, and personal growth. The music program’s academic opportunities give music majors foundations for careers in teaching, performing, composing, research, and more.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.