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June 14: Sichuan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert |
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By Sophie Cai |
| On Saturday, June 14, 2008, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church (207 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877), Stanley Cai and his piano teacher, Ms. Tatiana Pikayzen, will perform piano works during a benefit concert to raise money for the China Sichuan earthquake relief efforts. The concert is free and open to the public, but donations will be collected for the earthquake victims. |
| Stanley is a seventh-grader at East Ridge Middle School who has played piano since the age of four. As a semifinalist in the prestigious 2008 Tureck International Bach Competition, First Place winner in the 2008 Renee B. Fischer Piano Competition, First Runner-up in the 2007 New Haven Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, winner of the 2006 Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, 2006 Carnegie Hall performer, and First-Place winner of the Schubert Club Bach, French, and Chopin piano competitions, Stanley has performed extensively over the past several years and is eager to share his music with the Ridgefield community. |
| Ms. Tatiana Pikayzen who graduated with honors from the Moscow Conservatory in her native Russia and was a winner of the Eleventh International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. A faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, she continues to perform with world-class orchestras and give master classes throughout North America, Europe and Asia. In the words of acclaimed violinist Igor Oistrakh, Ms. PikayzenĄ¯s playing is marked by Ą°mastery of all the virtuosic challenges of the instrumentĄ[and] subtleties in interpretation [which] show the depth of her classical style. |
| Please join us for an afternoon of beautiful music as we commemorate the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and show our support for those who have survived. Amidst the sorrow that has enveloped the millions affected by this tragedy, together we can help the people of Sichuan to emerge from the rubble and rebuild. |
| Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there! |