World Migration: Weaving a Tapestry of Cultures With Pianist Raffi Kasparian

Primary tabs

Program Type:

Performance

Age Group:

Adults
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Program Description

Event Details

Featuring music from Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and the Americas, United States Army Band retired pianist Raffi Kasparian explores the influence much-loved composers Scott Joplin, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Debussy and more had on each other, transcending political and geographic boundaries.

Raffi Kasparian is a music major who has been playing piano since the age of 14. He has obtained degrees in music with a doctorate in piano performance from the University of Michigan. He has performed piano throughout the United States, Canada, and the Philippines; his repertoire includes classical piano composers such as Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Kabalevsky, along with his own original compositions and arrangements of well-loved popular and church music in the classical style.