Greetings!  Concert Artists Guild is pleased to offer complimentary
tickets to the New York recital debut of pianist Anthony Padilla on Tuesday,
December 5, 7:30 PM, at Merkin Concert Hall - 129 West 67 Street, New York.
Tickets may be obtained by contacting Amy Frawley at 212-333-5200 Ext.14.

Anthony Padilla is the top prize winner of the 2000 Concert Artists Guild
International Competition.  Praised by the Chicago Tribune for performances
of "enormous freshness, vitality and poetry," he made his orchestral debut
with the Seattle Symphony at the age of sixteen.  Mr. Padilla has been
performing extensively ever since, as guest artist with orchestras and at
concert series throughout the world.

In a recent San Diego Union-Tribune review (November 15, 2000), Mr.
Padilla's performance at the La Jolla Chamber Music Society is described
as "impassioned...  bringing tears to many eyes and the artist back to the
stage three times after uproarious applause."

Other performance highlights include the Schleswig-Holstein Festival,
Ravinia, Holzhausen, Victoria, Sarasota, Cascade, Bay View and San Luis
Obispo Mozart Festivals; tours of France, Belgium, Switzerland and
Thailand, and recital appearances throughout the United States.

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Mr. Padilla studied with Nelita
True, Jeffrey Kahane, Natalya Antonova, Bela Siki, Donald Walker and the
late Jorge Bolet.  Awarded the prestigious Beethoven Fellowship by the
American Pianists Association in 1991, Mr. Padilla was also a finalist
in the Gina Bachauer, Cleveland, William Kapell, and Walter Naumburg
International Piano Competitions.  In addition, he has won top honors
from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Society of
American Musicians, the Music Teachers National Association, the National
Chopin-Koszciuszko Foundation, the Harvard Musical Association and the
Theodore Presser Foundation.

Founded in 1951, Concert Artists Guild is a leading non-profit organization
dedicated to the nurturing and development of emerging classical musicians.
Winners of the CAG annual music competition are presented throughout the
world, in recital and as soloists with major orchestras.  Distinguished CAG
alumni include David Shifrin, Ani Kavafian, Barry Douglas, Evelyn Lear,
Martina Arroyo, Carol Wincenc, Jennifer Koh, the Alexander and Miami String
Quartets, Ofra Harnoy and numerous familiar figures in the classical music
field.

   Concert Artists Guild
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   New York, NY 10019
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