NEWS: CELEBRATING BEETHOVEN: The 2011-2012 Gina Bachauer International Piano Concert Series

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2011 Contact: Julie Anderson Tel: 801.297.4250 E-mail: juliea@bachauer.com CELEBRATING BEETHOVEN: The 2011-2012 Gina Bachauer International Piano Concert Series Three international pianists performing Beethoven and other masters of the piano Hinrich Alpers, Germany September 17, 2011, 7:30pm Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Janina Fialkowska, Canada February 9, 2012, 7:30pm Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah Dmitri Levkovich, Russia April 13, 2012, 7:30pm Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center The series begins September 17th returning Bachauer favorite Hinrich Alpers: Hinrich Alpers, pianist Saturday, September 17th, 7:30 p.m. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Salt Lake City, Utah 7:30pm – Jeanne Wagner Theater, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 W. 300 S. Salt Lake City). Tickets $15 (Students $10) - http://www.arttix.org/ - (801) 355-ARTS German pianist Hinrich Alpers, laureate of the 2006 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition and 1st Prize winner of the 3rd International Telekom Beethoven Competition, returns to Utah for a solo piano event, with music of Beethoven, Grieg, Schumann, and Liszt. "... music making of the highest order. Remember this name: Hinrich Alpers." (The New York Sun) "Radically compelling" (Straubinger Rundschau) We are pleased to offer you two complimentary tickets to attend this concert. Please contact our office at (801) 297-4250 before 4:00 p.m. on September 15th to reserve your tickets. For more information on Hinrich Alpers or other concerts in the series, please visit www.bachauer.com and click on Concert Series. Or call (801) 297-4250. ###