In honor of Black History Month, Zyahna Bryant, a student activist and community organizer studying at UVA, will be hosting a conversation on equal access for students of color and the navigation of predominately white institutions.
Forte Chamber Music proudly presents a performance by Albert Cano Smit and Will Hagen. Chosen pieces will include works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Stravinsky.
Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit was a first prize winner at the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, as well as a first prize winner at the 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano competition. He is a recipient of the 2020 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize from the Juilliard School.
Violinist Will Hagen was a third prize winner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, one of the highest-ranking Americans in the competition's history. He will perform on the 1732 "Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan" Antonio Stradivari, on generous loan from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.
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