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Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts
is proud to present the return of:
Lino Rivera, Concert Pianist with: Passion, Parody and Humor
Admission to the concert is free (really!), with a suggested donation $15 per person. You are most welcome to attend whether you choose to donate or not. Half of the proceeds from this concert will go to Lino’s chosen charity, YeaMusic, whose mission is to provide the youth of East Jefferson County with musical opportunities including instruments, instruction and performances.
Born in the Philippines, Lino Rivera has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and accompanist on three continents. He makes it his mission to advocate and premiere contemporary works; to explore and meet the artistic, creative, and technical challenges of piano transcriptions; and to discover and perform obscure solo piano repertoire throughout the ages.
Lino is a celebrated performer for Composers, Inc., an organization based in San Francisco that is dedicated to promoting works by contemporary American composers, where he has performed three World Premieres in past seasons. In a recent review from the San Francisco Classical Voice:
Bay Area pianist Lino Rivera played the North American Ballads of Frederic Rzewski superbly in September’s concert from Composers Inc. These are big pieces, requiring endurance and virtuosity, and yet they have an immediacy that really gets to an audience, based as they are on recognizable tunes. They are also brilliantly colorful and fiendishly pianistic. Rivera made them come alive in a half-hour of remarkable music-making. The concert featured an abundance of new American music, played to the hilt and rewarded with a nonstop standing ovation.
Rivera currently serves as Professor of Music at Saint Mary’s College of California. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Santo Tomas, the University of Hawaii, and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. Lino maintains active concert engagements across the country, and is a regular performer, teacher, and chamber music coach at music festivals here and abroad.
The program will include selections from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Schumann and Debussy. The selected pieces illustrate the theme of contrasts – light and dark; intense and ethereal, serous and parody. The concert will enchant and educate audience members who will have the opportunity to listen and learn from a world class musician.
Trinity United Methodist Church is located at 609 Taylor Street, across from the Community Center, in Uptown. Attendees should plan on arriving early – doors will open at 6:30. Masks are encouraged for in-person attendees.