Do you enjoy the classics, or maybe just a modern twist on the classics? The Center is proud to present performers who are classically trained in music, opera, dance and more!
IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD
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June 9 • 2pm
If Music be the Food is a collaboration between the University of South Florida of Music, the Carrollwood Cultural Center and Tampa Bay Harvest. The program was designed to help with the increasing need for food aid in the Tampa Bay community. READ MORE about ther performers.
FRANZ MANTINI, pianist
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October 19 • 8pm
Franz Josef Mantini, pianist and graduate of the University of South Florida, took an unusual route to the concert stage. Although he had piano lessons since his youth, it was not until he auditioned for then USF distinguished artist-in residence Jacques Abram that he became serious about the music. Inspired by the teaching of Abram and the beauty of the piano literature, Mantini renewed his studies with enthusiasm, performing frequently and winning the school’s Concerto Competition before graduating in 1987. READ MORE/BUY TICKETS
EAST MEETS WEST with XU HUI, pianist
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November 8 • 8pm
Chinese pianist Dr. Xu Hui (“Shue Whey”) delighted audience in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee with her “passionate expression and brilliant technique,” when she began the 2008/09 season with two sold-out performances of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra. READ MORE/BUY TICKETS
CHRISTMAS WITH EMILE PANDOLFI, pianist
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December 6 • 8pm
It has been said that he plays “luxurious arrangements” with an “ethereal quality”; that he plays in a “free-flowing, emotional manner that seems to go to the music’s very soul.” (Stereophile Magazine) Without a doubt, when you hear Emile Pandolfi play, you know that you are hearing one of today’s finest pianists. READ MORE/BUY TICKETS
