Chopin: Grande valse brillante

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

Schumann: Selections from Scenes from Childhood

Tanya Végváry: Four Original Compositions

Tanya Végváry Plescia, piano, began piano studies with her father, and formal lessons at age six. As a young pianist, while studying with Tom Hulse, Tanya won several awards and honors including the Festival of New American Music honor, Grayce Kent Clark Scholarship award, Music Teachers Association of California Scholarship award, and the Edna S. Sibole Scholarship award. Végváry continued her studies at the California State University, Sacramento, where she studied with Frank Wasko and Richard Cionco. In 2012, Végváry performed a solo piano recital at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Her recording contains two of her original piano compositions—L’éclair and Geary Street—in addition to a program of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Faure, and Liszt. She graduated Summa cum Laude with a bachelor of arts degree in humanities, with an emphasis on religious studies, and a second bachelor’s of music degree in piano performance. 

Free, no tickets necessary (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)