Pianist Josep Colom to Perform as Part of '5 @ 5 at DiMenna' Series, 5/9

Spanish pianist Josep Colom will be in concert on Saturday, May 9, presenting Dialogues Between Mozart and Chopin as the fifth program of 5 @ 5 at DiMenna, a solo piano performance series curated by Mirian Conti, at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street in Manhattan.

Colom will perform Mozart's Fantasy D minor K. 397, Rondo D major K. 485, Giga G major K. 574 and other of his significant solo piano works, counterpointed with Chopin's Escocesa Re major Op. 72 nº 1, Escocesa G major, Op. 72 nº 2, Prelude G major Op. 28 nº 3 and Prelude B minor Op. 28 nº 6, along with other Chopin masterworks.

Admission to the concert is $5.00. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1474780. For more information, call 516-586-3433 or visit www.mirianconti.com/5--5-at-dimenna.html or www.facebook.com/pages/5-at-5-at-DiMenna/321605638021535?fref=ts. For transportation information, visit www.oslmusic.org/dimenna-center/dmc-faq/directions-parking.

Josep Colom was born in Barcelona in 1947. At a young age, he won the international competitions of Jaen and Santander, and later on the Ministry for Culture in Spain awarded him the National Prize of Music. In the 70s, he lived in France and studied in the École Normale de Musique. He has played with all the Spanish orchestras but also in recitals and chamber music in all the major festivals and auditoriums, in Spain and internationally.

He has served as jury of many important piano competitions, including the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition and the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 1998 the Spanish Ministry of Culture awarded him the Premio Nacional de Música. Since 2010 he regularly teaches in Valencia at the Musikeon Postgraduate Programs, and gives masterclasses in Spain (Aula de Música de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares), Switzerland (Cours International de Blonay) and France (École Normale de Musique de Paris), among others. Visit him at http://www.josepcolom.com/.

5 @ 5 at DiMenna recital programs will feature world-class international pianists exploring an array of solo piano works from the last 400 years. Other 2015 dates and programs are:

May 30 - Jeffrey Biegel - Bach, Beethoven, Paderewski, Gershwin
June 20 - Enrique Graf - Uruguay and Russia and Others
September 12 - Douglas Humpherys - Sonatas from 1750s to 1950s
October 10 - Discovery Debut - TBA- Winner of the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition
October 17 - Jose Garcia -Leon - Earl Wild, Poulenc, Debussy, Surinach
October 24 - Lisa Yu - Dussek, Franck, Debussy, Mussorgsky

5 @ 5 at DiMenna is a Fractured Atlas sponsored project.