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The Dakota Valley Symphony is pleased to announce that fourteen-year-old pianist Aaron Kurz of Dallas, Texas, has won our third annual Young Artists Competition. Aaron’s winning audition earned him the opportunity to perform with the symphony on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 p.m. at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.
Aaron began his piano studies at the age of three and at age seven was named the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Kid of the Month. At age eleven he was invited to study in Vienna, Austria, at the University of Music. Since then this talented young man has won several international piano competitions, made his debut at Carnegie Hall and performed live on FOX TV’s Good Day morning show.
According to Dakota Valley Symphony music director Steve Ramsey, “Aaron is an incredibly gifted young musician. His audition displayed technical proficiency and artistry far beyond his years. We are delighted to present Aaron in his first public performance in Minnesota where his extended family lives.”
Tickets for the April 25th concert are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students and can be purchased at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, at www.DakotaValleySymphony.org or at www.ticketmaster.com.
This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota
on November 4, 2008.
The Dakota Valley Symphony has received arts employment support from the Minnesota State Arts Board made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts through funds allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. |