The 2009
Festival
The
El Paso Chopin Music Festival is proud to
announce its
Fifteenth Encore Season! The
Festival continues its tradition of
bringing superb talent from around the world to
the El Paso area.
Featuring pianists from
Mexico, England, Germany, Hungary, Poland,
Canada, Russia, China, Taiwan, Yugoslavia, Moldova,
and the United States, the festival has received rave
reviews, with every concert playing to a full house..
The Festival's founder and artistic director,
Dr. Lucy Scarbrough,
was inspired to establish the Festival because of the great influence that
Chopin's music has around the world.
"Chopin
was one of the great world ambassadors." Dr. Scarbrough has said.
"His music is truly a universal language of beauty that knows no barriers of
nation or culture."
Chopin is the master of the
piano. He is credited with originating the modern piano style.
He had his own distinctive style that is readily recognizable.
The music of this fine romantic composer is featured in the
Festival to provide an opportunity for residents and visitors to the
tri-city region to hear the
piano played
with unsurpassed elegance, power, and expression.
Background Music: Etude in
A, Op. 25, No. 11"Winter Wind Etude"
El Paso, Texas
is truly an international city,
enjoying the distinction
of being the most populous US city located on the Mexican border, which it
shares with its sister city, Ciudad Juarez,
Chihuahua. Including nearby cities, such as Las Cruces, New Mexico,
the El Paso area is home to over two million inhabitants.
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