Golka's "Beethoven Project" continues through the fall
Renowned young pianist Adam Golka resumes his "Beethoven Project"
Fort Worth, TX
8/25/2006
At age 19, when most young people are barely in college or beginning a
job, recent TCU Artist Diploma graduate Adam Golka is spending the year
performing Ludwig van Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas at nine free, public
concerts in Fort Worth.
The series, sponsored by the TCU School of Music, began last spring
with the first four recitals. The remaining five are scheduled this
fall, beginning Labor Day Weekend. All are on Sunday afternoons at 2:30
p.m. in Ed Landreth Auditorium on the TCU campus. (Golka is presenting
the sonatas in the order Beethoven composed them, beginning in 1795.)
Details for the upcoming concert dates are:
A detailed description of each program in the Beethoven project is
available on his Web site at www.adamgolka.com. Golka always adds
personal commentary during his performances, adding insight and
historical perspective to Beethoven's work.
A first-generation American, Golka is the son of musicians who fled
Communist-controlled Poland in the 1980s in search of a better life. He
attended public school in Katy, TX, until eighth grade when his family
opted for home-schooling. At 15, he moved to Fort Worth to study in
TCU's Artist Diploma Program under José Feghali, noted Brazilian-born
pianist and gold medal winner of the 1985 Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition.
Golka already has nearly 150 concerto performances behind him,
including well-reviewed appearances with the Houston, Dallas, San Diego
and Fort Worth symphonies, the Shanghai Philharmonic and Sinfonia
Varsovia. His international career began at age 16 when he won
the gold medal at the 2nd China Shanghai International Piano
Competition. He also took the "audience favorite" award after his
final-round performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto.
For more information about Adam Golka, visit his Web site at www.adamgolka.com.
Media contact: Sandra Record Internal Communications Manager 817-257-5060 s.record@tcu.edu
