Internationally known American pianist Dan Franklin Smith will provide a program of classical solo piano works titled “Music from the Old World and the New”. His work as a solo artist has been described as “breathtakingly beautiful…”. 
In the U.S., Smith has appeared as soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist at such venues as the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Cleveland Museum’s Distinguished Artist Series, and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.Â
 He has also toured in Bermuda, Taiwan, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and has been featured on several radio broadcasts in the U.S. This summer he received rave reviews in a tour of Germany playing the works of German/Italian composer Busoni.
Smith is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he studied with Benning Dexter, and later in New York with the well-known concert pianist, Constance Keene. His achievements also include a premiere recording of Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg’s piano concerto in 1999, a recording of solo piano pieces for Sveriges Radio in 2000, Swedish TV, other recital and orchestral dates in Sweden, England, Germany and France.
Tickets $15. 7:30 p.m. Main Stage.
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