International Piano Series

The School of the Arts at the College of Charleston is featuring the 18th season of the International Piano Series.

Individual tickets are $20. Credit-card reservations and more information can be obtained by calling 953-6575. College of Charleston students and those under 18 years old are admitted free. All concerts will be at 8 p.m. Tuesdays in the Sottile Theatre, 44 George St.

Volodymyr Vynnytsky: Ukraine, Jan. 15:

A Charleston favorite through his appearances during Piccolo Spoleto and Charleston Music Fest, Vynnytsky is a laureate of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition in Paris. He has performed with the leading orchestras of Ukraine, as well as with the Poznan Symphony Orchestra in Poland, the Paris Radio and Television Orchestra, the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic and many others. Vynnytsky has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory, Paris' Theatre Champs d'Elysees and St. John's Smith Square in London.

Paolo Andre Gualdi: Italy, Feb. 12:

Gualdi has been a featured soloist with many orchestras, has given numerous recitals, including appearances at the American Liszt Society, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Macon Concert Association, Cincinnati Conservatory, Eastman School of Music and Elon University. He has won the top prize in many piano competitions, including the Francoise Grimaldi National Competition and First Prize in the Southeastern Piano Competition, the Bartok-Kabalevsky International Competition and the "De Martino Award" at the Ibla International Piano Competition. Gualdi studied at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Conservatory Arrigo Boito in Parma, Carnegie Mellon University under Enrique Graf and is assistant professor of piano at Emmanuel College while pursuing a doctorate in Piano Performance at the University of Georgia.

Jorge Luis Prats: Cuba, April 15:

Cuba's foremost pianist and a local favorite, Prats won first prize in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition in Paris. He was the Gold Medalist in the "Katia Popova" International Competition in Bulgaria, and the Amadeo Roldan Piano Competition in Havana, Cuba. Prats has performed as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic in London, the BBC Orchestra, the Manchester Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Mexico City Orchestra, the Colombian Philharmonic, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar Orchestra, the Municipal Orchestra of Caracas, the Berliner Staats-Oper and the Lamoreaux and Pas de Loup Orchestras of France. He has toured throughout Latin America and Spain with the Cuban National Symphony.