Thursday, February 29 – 7:30pm
CLASSICAL PIANO PARTNERS – ON-STAGE AND OFF!  
RAN DANK and SOYEON KATE LEE, Piano Duo  
(2008 First Prize) - (HHIPC juror/performer)           
Featuring works by Rachmaninoff, plus Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring!” 
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, HHI
     
Steve Shaiman, Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank pre-concert chat                                  

  
                                                                                                                                               Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee play Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring'
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Friday, March 1 – 7:30pm
JAZZ PIANO PARTNERS – ON-STAGE AND OFF! 
BILL CHARLAP and RENEE ROSNES, Piano Duo 
Program to be announced from the stage 
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, HHI

Steve Shaiman, Renee Rosnes and Bill Charlap pre-concert chat

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Saturday, March 2 – 7:30pm
QUINTESSENTIAL QUINTETS 
ANGELA CHENG, piano, and VERONA STRING QUARTET 
(HHIPC juror/performer) 
Featuring Piano Quintets by Schumann and Dvorak 
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, HHI

 

  

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Sunday, March 3 – 5:00pm
JAZZ MEETS CLASSICALAARON DIEHL, piano, and DAVID WONG, bass
Featuring 24 Preludes by Sir Roland Hanna
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, HHI

  

    

 
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Monday, March 4 – 7:30pm
GRAND FINALE: RHAPSODY & FANTASY
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and John Morris Russell, Music Director 
DREW PETERSEN (2011 2nd Prize) – Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue(100th Anniversary)
WYNONA YINUO WANG (2022 Medalist) – Busoni: Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 44
ORLI SHAHAM (2019 Juror) – Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
First Presbyterian Church, HHI

  
Drew Petersen kicks off our grand finale with a high-energy rendition of Gershwin's iconic "Rhapsody in Blue!"

 
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Wynona Yinuo Wang mesmerizes the crowd with her performance of Busoni's rarely heard masterpiece, The Indian Fantasy (based on native American themes)

  
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Orli Shaham joins the HHSO and Maestro JMR for Rachmaninoff's ever-popular "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" as the culmination of our festival!
 
  
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And, of course, we can't leave out the special surprise ending...  A SIX HANDS ENCORE (complete with a whole bunch of 'stage business!')

  
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Maestro JMR with our three sensational soloists and Director Steve Shaiman enjoying the post-concert reception!