
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 9, 1991                   TAG: 9102090175
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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RU PIANO FESTIVAL BEGINS APRIL 12

Gyorgy Sandor, pianist, will be at Radford University April 12-14 as artist-in-residence at the 11th annual International Bartok-Kabalevsky Piano Competition.

Sandor will again serve as judge for the final level of competition, conduct a master class and present a solo recital.

The festival begins April 12 with Sandor's master class at 3 p.m. A recital by winners of the 1990 competition, Edit Patocs and Victoria Fischer, will be held at 8 p.m.

Preliminary competition, in which contestants play prepared pieces by composers Bela Bartok and Dmitri Kabalevsky, begins at 9 a.m. on April 13. The final competition begins at 1:30 p.m.on the same day.

The festival ends with a recital by Sandor at 2 p.m. April 14.

The competition is for pianists of all ages, and all events, except for the preliminary level of competition, are open to the public.

For more information or to register for the competition, call Kathryn Obenshain at 831-5177.

by CNB