Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 7, 1995 TAG: 9504070030
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The 15th annual Bartok-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition, that's what!
Pianists from all over the world will convene at Radford University for the competition. The event also features a master class and public performance by Gyorgy Sandor, who's serving as principal judge of the competition for the 12th consecutive year.
Sandor, the Hungarian-born protege of composer Bela Bartok, is the only pianist to record all of the composer's works for piano. His efforts earned him the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque award.
Sandor will lead the master class at 3:30 p.m. today in 101 Powell Hall on the Radford University campus. The class is free and open to the public.
Sandor's solo recital is Sunday at 2 p.m. in Preston Auditorium. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for children and free for Radford University students and staff.
Wait! There's more.
Robert Mayerovitch, winner in the adult category at last year's competition, performs tonight at 8 in Preston Auditorium. Admission prices are the same.
Critics have called Mayerovitch a musician who plays with "the force of a jackhammer and the finesse of a surgeon."
Saturday is the big day for the 100 contestants who will vying for the top prizes in the piano competition. The event features six levels of competition, from kindergarten to adult. Pianists participating this year include Alan Gillies of Australia, Lazlo Somfai of Hungary and Peter Bartok, son of Bela Bartok.
Finals start at 1:30 p.m. in Preston Auditorium. The competition is open to the public and admission is free.
The conference, which began in 1981 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bartok's birth, this year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. Bartok, who began composing music when he was 9 years old, continued working until he died in 1945.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: The Blacksburg Junior Woman's Club will have its annual Antique Sale and Quilt Show this weekend at the Blacksburg Community Center. This is the 27th year for the popular event, and dealers from Virginia and surrounding states will have lots of treasures for sale.
Furniture, jewelry, china, crystal, silver, vintage clothing, tools - whatever you desire, you're likely to find this weekend.
Today's hours are 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for kids, ages 2-12.
In addition to the antique sale, you'll want to take in the quilt show which features a variety of quilting styles and applications. A new handmade queen-size quilt will be raffled Sunday. You can purchase tickets at the show.
Food and baked goods will be available each day, so come hungry. The Blacksburg Community Center is on Patrick Henry Drive.
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? On Monday, it's Turkish cuisine. On Tuesday, we'll have Chinese.
French fare is Wednesday and Thursday is Thai cookery. Next Friday, let's wash it all down with an African feast.
Great food is just part of the International Week celebration happening at Virginia Tech. The Cranwell International Center will have the luncheons from 11:30 to 1 p.m. each day. Call 231-6799 or 231-6527 for details.
The celebration gets off to an exciting start Saturday with the International Street Fair on College Avenue and Draper Road in downtown Blacksburg. The fun runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Movies, guest speakers, sporting events and special displays will continue throughout the week. This is your opportunity to travel around the world in 10 days! The celebration continues through April 16.
HE'S A PRO: Ted Lange, the director and actor who's remembered for his role as Isaac, the bartender, on "The Love Boat," will join Radford University students this week for the theater arts department's production of "Galileo." It opens Monday and runs through April 15.
Lange has appeared in other popular television shows, including "Evening Shade," "In the Heat of the Night" and "That's My Mama." His theatrical credits range from "Hair" to "Biloxi Blues" to "Driving Miss Daisy," and his film credits include "Penny Ante," "Terminal Exposure" and "Othello."
Lange also has directed several TV shows and movies and has written original films and plays.
Next week, he will play Galileo, the 16th century Italian physicist, philosopher and inventor. The play goes inside Galileo as he struggles with issues of morality, truth and scientific method.
"Galileo" features original music by Bruce Mahin, choreography by Margaret Devaney and video by Ted McKosky, all members of the Radford University faculty.
Curtain time is at 8 each evening in Porterfield Theatre. To reserve tickets ($5 for the public), call the theater box office at 831-5289.
THE LOVABLE RAGAMUFFIN: The Virginia Tech Union's next Broadway Series show is "Oliver!" The Lionel Bart musical, based on Charles Dickens' tale of Oliver Twist, is on stage Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Burruss Hall.
The traveling production by the Troika Organization features the endearing songs that earned the original show the Tony Award for best music and best lyrics. Songs like "Food, Glorious Food," "Consider Yourself," "Where Is Love" and "As Long As He Needs Me" still stir our hearts.
Tickets for "Oliver!" are on sale now at the box office in Squires Student Center. They are $16 for adults, $8 for children under 12, $13 for Virginia Tech faculty and staff or $5 for Tech students.
LOVE AND LAUGHTER: "Songs of Love, Songs of Laughter" - that's what you'll hear at the Virginia Tech Concert Choir's upcoming performances.
The choir, led by Kevin Fenton, will perform Saturday and Monday at 8 p.m. in Squires Recital Salon.
The "Songs of Love" portion of the concert features selections from "Liebeslieder Walzer" by Johannes Brahms, and the "Songs of Laughter" portion includes Sam Pottle's "Jabberwockey," a piece that sets the words of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" to music.
Admission is free both nights.
LOOK! BOOKS! Virginia Tech's University Libraries will have the annual gift book sale today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. near the lobby area of Newman Library.
You can pick up hardbacks for $2 or paperbacks for $1. Some special books will be priced a little higher.
While you're browsing, make sure you pick up a raffle ticket for the quilt made by members of the library staff. The "Sampler" pattern quilt will be raffled at 2 p.m.
Proceeds from the quilt raffle and the book sale will go to the Virginia Tech Foundation to support library programs.
by CNB