The International Piano Series at the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present a performance by celebrated pianist Stephen Beus on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, in the Sottile Theatre, 44 George St.
Beus also will offer a master class, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, February 4, at 10 a.m., at the Recital Hall in the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 Saint Philip St.
Despite his youth, Stephen Beus has a interpretive voice that is all his own.
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Within a span of four months, Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and received the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis). He also won the Juilliard School Concerto Competition, thus making his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing “Prokofiev Concerto No. 3.”
VIDEO: Watch Beus in performance.
Born and raised on a farm in eastern Washington, Beus began lessons at age 5 and made his orchestral debut four years later. He went on to win numerous national and international competitions throughout his youth, capturing the attention of both audiences and critics.
“In some ways, Beus doesn’t fit the mold of the typical competition winner,” Fanfare magazine says. “His playing is strikingly original and, despite his youth, he has an interpretive voice all his own. Above all, his playing is so natural as to seem effortless and the sound he produces has extraordinary richness and depth, not quite like anyone else’s.”
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Beus has recorded on the Endeavor Classics and Harmonia Mundi labels and is a Steinway Artist and currently teaches at the University of Oklahoma. He holds degrees from Whitman College, The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University.
TICKETS: Buy tickets here.
General admission is $20 and free for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door, by phone at 843.953.6575 or online at the link above.
Housed within the College of Charleston School of the Arts, CofC Concerts includes five extraordinary series: International Piano Series, Magnetic South, Charleston Music Fest, 2nd Monday Series and CofC Ensembles (CofC Concert Choir, Opera and Orchestra), featuring international, national and regional artists, as well as the award-winning student ensembles in the College’s department of music.
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