095 SECOND OF PRESIDENTIAL CONCERTS FEATURES RENOWNED PIANIST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 29, 2006
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

Free Oct. 10 Music Event Will Showcase Labra-Makk, Public Invited

(MURFREESBORO)—World-renowned pianist Aima Maria Labra-Makk will present the second of four concerts billed as the Presidential Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Labra-Makk, who enjoys a career as a solo concert pianist, chamber musician and educator, will perform works by Liszt, Haydn, Takacs and other Viennese composers during her MTSU performance.
“She’s a splendid, brilliant pianist,” said Dr. Jerry Perkins, music professor and coordinator of keyboard studies at MTSU. “Her music has lots of technique.
“She will be playing in New York and Washington, D.C., as well as MTSU on this tour,” he added.
Labra-Makk also performs in key cities and venues in Europe such as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Haydnsaal in Eisenstadt, Mirabell Palace in Salzburg and in venues in Asia as well. She has performed in international festivals such as the Vienna International Festival and the Liszt-Beethoven Symphonies for Piano Series in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Considered an authority on the music of Hungarian pianist and pedagogue Jenö Takacs, Labra-Makk and has recorded all of his works.
The Oct.10 concert is free and open to the public.
Subsequent concerts for the Presidential Series include the Boston Brass at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and the Blair String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10.
For more information on this and other events in the McLean School of Music, please call (615) 898-2493 or visit the calendar of events at www.mtsumusic.com.

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