2025 Summer Concerts
All concerts start at 7:00 PM (Except July 26)
Pre-lectures start at 6:15 PM
All concerts at Barshinger Center at F&M College campus
July 18 7:00PM William yang
Twenty-three-year-old William Yang won first prize at the 2025 National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. Along with the $100,000 first prize, he also receives a recording project on the Steinway label and a concert tour that includes a performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in June, 2025.
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July 19 7:00PM duo althea
First Prize winner of the 2024 Lancaster International Piano Festival Chamber music Competition, Italian Duo Althea, features Nicola Possenti , piano; and Paolo Pellegrini, clarinet.
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July 20 7:00PM Brahms piano quartets concert
LIPF faculty will perform all three Brahms piano quartets in this concert.
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July 21 7:00PM A Milena mollova Celebration concert
Winner of many awards from authoritative international competitions such as: The first international Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow, the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud international competition for pianists and violinists in Paris, the international Munich competition of the ARD – the largest public media in Germany, and the Ludwig van Beethoven international piano competition in Vienna, world-renowned pianist and pedagogue Milena Mollova belongs to those few Bulgarian musicians fortunate to have formed as artists in the school of such giants of musical performance and artistry as prof. Emil Gillels, Prof. Dimitar Nenov and Prof. Panka Pelishek.Program
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July 23 7:00PM wael farouk
Egyptian-American pianist and LIPF’s Artist-in-Residence Wael Farouk has performed internationally in such venues as the White Hall in St. Petersburg, Schumann’s house in Leipzig, and Carnegie Hall in New York, where his solo debut in 2013 was described as “absolutely masterful.”
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July 24 7:00PM american string quartet with alexander kobrin & Christopher shih
Internationally recognized as one of the world's finest quartets, the American String Quartet has spent decades honing the luxurious sound for which it is famous. The Quartet is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. They have performed in all fifty states and have appeared in the most important concert halls worldwide.
Two Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalists Alexander Kobrin and Christopher Shih will join them this evening to perform the Schumann and Franck piano quintets.
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july 25 7:00PM alexander kobrin
“He surrendered neither the smoothness nor the dynamic fluidity that the modern piano allows, and he gave his sense of fantasy free rein, and creating an almost confessional spirit .” — The New York Times, as well as called the “Van Cliburn of today” by the BBC, pianist Alexander Kobrin, LIPF’s Artist-in-Residence, has placed himself at the forefront of today's performing musicians.
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July 26 3:00 PM Wael Farouk & Xun Pan with Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Artist-In-Residence, Wael Farouk, and Co-Artistic Director, Xun Pan, take the stage for an unforgettable concert with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra! Featuring Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 and Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op 54.
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