An All–Russian Romantic Piano Concert Featuring Alan Shewmon MD
You are cordially invited to Alan’s piano recital. This time he will treat us to an all-Russian romantic program with works by Borodin, Shostakovich, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Liapunov and Rachmaninoff, including his beloved 2nd piano concerto.
Sunday, November 8th @ 3:00pm
Location: Steinway Gallery, 8801 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Pianist Rufus Choi will provide the orchestral reduction of the concerto as well as the second pair of hands for Borodin’s four-hand version of “In the Steppes of Central Asia.”
About the pianist:
D. Alan Shewmon, MD received his BA from Harvard in 1971 as a music major. (Originally in the class of 1970, he took a year off to study piano intensively in Europe.) He went on to medical school at NYU. After a fellowship at UCLA in 1980, he has remained on the UCLA Medical School faculty, with joint appointments in the departments of Pediatrics and Neurology. From 1983 to 1999 Dr. Shewmon was director of UCLA’s Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory and played a key role in the emergence of UCLA as one of the preeminent centers in the world for pediatric epilepsy surgery. In 2011 he became Clinical Professor Emeritus at UCLA while continuing as Chief of Neurology at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. He retired from there in the fall of 2014 and now consults at various hospitals while focusing more on family and music.
Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline to register is Friday, November the 6th.
Cost: $10 – Seating is limited
Contact: Ethel Laczko, etheledu@yahoo.com
Refund Policy: We do not provide refunds for any of our events.