Derison Duarte and friends present works by Beethoven, Granados, Previn and Bernstein

Derison Duarte, piano, with Randall Love, Hannah Wang, Timothy Holley, and Louise Toppin perform works by Beethoven, Granados, Previn and Bernstein. Brazilian born pianist Derison Duarte has received much acclaim for his performances throughout the United States. He has performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, Missouri Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Boise Philharmonic. He has been invited to present recitals as a guest of the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Oberlin College Conservatory, the Boston Conservatory, Duke University, Brown University, the Seattle Arts Museum, the Maestro Foundation Series in Santa Monica, and the Bunka Kaikan Series in Tokyo among others. In addition to winning the 1997 American Pianists Association Fellowship, Mr. Duarte has been a major prize winner in many national and international competitions including the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Kingsville Young Performers International, Nena Wideman Concerto Competition, Grace Welsh Prize for Piano, and Young Keyboard Artists International as well as a laureate of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. Mr. Duarte teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University and Duke University.