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Sanibel Music Festival: Jon Nakamatsu
Pianist John Nakamatsu launches the 35th Anniversary season of the Sanibel Music Festival on March 5. “Since winning the Gold Medal at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Mr. Nakamatsu tours year-round with today’s leading conductors and orchestras,” said Sue Pick, Sanibel Music Festival Board Member and Music Committee Chair. “In addition, he is Artist-in-Residence at the highly selective Chautauqua Piano Program. We are delighted to start our season with this prominent artist.”
The Nakamatsu program will begin with Chopin: Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 and Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 51, followed by Schubert: Four Impromptus, Op. 90. The concert will conclude with three pieces from Chopin: Fantasy in f minor, Op. 49, Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3, and Scherzo in E Major, Op. 54. Island residents Janet and Joseph Davie, and Gene and Lee Seidler, are sponsors.