Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs at Annual Meeting irl l l l l r i in ~m n'l i

Classical music for dermatologists

Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini" will begin the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's exclu- sive performance for Academy members and guests on Tuesday evening, December 4, in Chi- cago's Orchestra Hall.

World-acclaimed pianist Agustin Anievas will follow with a solo recital of one of his favorite works, Liszt's Piano Concerto Number 1 in E Flat Major. The New York Times critic Donal Henahan wrote, "Agustin Anievas offers a Liszt program that proves, if anyone still doubted it, that the New

Yorker can stand up to the best pianists in his age group. This recital avoids the super-rated, siam- bang style that passes for Liszt pianism in some circles."

Anievas began takingpiano lessons when he was 3½ from his mother at home in New York City. At the age of 4, he gave his first public recital. At 10, he became the youngest child to ever give a recital in Mexico's Palace of Fine Arts.

A student at Julliard, Anievas studied piano under Adele Marcus before touring the world from

Agustin Anievas, described as the pianist with "more than a touch of genius," will perform Liszt's Piano Concerto Number l in E Flat Major at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's exclusive performance for the Academy during the Annual Meeting. contOttted

67A

70A CSO performs at AAD meeting Journal of the American Academy of"

Dermatology

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing at home in Chicago's Orchestra Hall.

Carnegie Hall to the Far East. Since then, critics call Anievas " the modem tradition of the concert pianist, a superlative technician--his sound flawless, his attack p r e c i s e . . , what he can do is simply astounding."

Anievas is currently an artist-in-residence at the School of the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College in New York City.

Henry Mazer will then conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through Ravel 's Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand and "Bolero ."

This year marks the eighty-ninth season for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, hailed as one of the best symphony orchestras assembled in the world today. Chicago's 75-year-old Orchestra Hall was the first permanent concert hall built for a major orchestra in the United States.

Tickets for the December 4 performance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Agustin Anie- vas may be reserved through the Academy's An- nuaJ Meeting registration form.