Weekend Discovery Concert – Young Artists’ Concerto Concert


Downtown Music continues its collaboration with the young prize winners of the New York International Piano Competition, a biennial event sponsored under the auspices of the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation.  Mackenzie Melemed and Angie Zhang play the Mozart Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488, and the Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15.  They will be accompanied by our resident chamber orchestra, Downtown Sinfonietta, which features members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Mackenzie Melemed was a Prize Winner of the Sixth New York International Piano Competition in June, 2012.  He is First Prize Winner of the 18th International Hamamatsu Piano Academy Competition in Japan.  Mackenzie is a recent winner of the Juilliard School’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, awarding him a full-tuition scholarship.  Upon being accepted into the accelerated B.M./M.M program, he will be both a senior and a first-year master’s student at The Juilliard School in New York.

Angie Zhang, became the Second Prize Winner of the Eighth New York International Piano Competition in June 2016.  She won the 2016 Juilliard Concerto Competition as well as a top prize in the PianoArts North American Competition.  Angie has appeared as soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.  She has been featured on National Public Radio’s popular show, “From the Top,” as well as Aspen Public Radio, Portland’s All Classical KQAC, Seattle’s KING FM, and WGBH in Boston.

Adults $25, Seniors (65+) $20, Students $15

Event Location and Ticket Information

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Grace Episcopal Church
33 Church Street
White Plains, NY
Handicap Accessible? Yes

Date: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Times: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Ticket pricing:

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$25 - Adults
$20 - Seniors (65+)
$15 - Students

Presenter: Downtown Music at Grace
Presenter Phone: 914-949-0384
Presenter Website: www.DTMusic.org

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