Concert Announcement for all of you in the New York metropolitan area:

   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   Contact: Jeffrey James
   May 1, 2000
   516-797-9166

   WESTCAN FOODS INTERNATIONAL CO.  PRESENTS VAKHTANG JORDANIA CONDUCTING
   THE AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT AVERY FISHER HALL ON MAY 24
   Saint Saens' Symphony No. 3 and Pianist Tatsuya Nagashima performing
   Copland's Piano Concerto are featured

   WestCan Foods International Co., in cooperation with Monica Robinson,
   Ltd.  and Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, will present Vakhtang Jordania
   conducting The American Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, May 24, 2000
   - 8 PM at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center.

   Works to be performed will be Camille Saint Saens' Symphony No. 3 in
   c minor "Organ Symphony", Op. 78, Aaron Copland's Piano Concerto,
   with pianist Tatsuya Nagashima and Verdi's Overture from La Forza
   del destino.

   Vakhtang Jordania's most recent concert with the American Symphony
   Orchestra led the New York Times to write, "...(he) conducts with
   technical assurance and flair...the (American Symphony) responded
   with fine playing, especially the luminous strings...(he) was received
   as a returning hero." Biographical information about Vakhtang Jordania
   and pianist Tatsuya Nagashima is included on a separate page.

   Tickets for the May 24 concert are $45, $30 and $18 and are available
   at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or by calling CenterCharge at
   212-721-6500.

   For further information about Vakhtang Jordania, please call Jeffrey
   James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 - phone and fax.

   FOR MAY CALENDAR LISTINGS -

   Event: Vakhtang Jordania Conducting the America Symphony Orchestra
   Date, time, location: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 - 8 PM at Avery Fisher
   Hall, Lincoln Center
   Program:
   Camille Saint Saens - Symphony No. 3 in c minor "Organ Symphony", Op. 78
   Aaron Copland - Piano Concerto
   Verdi - Overture from La Forza del destino
   Soloist for the Copland: pianist Tatsuya Nagashima
   Admission: $45, $30 and $18
   Tickets and concert information - Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or
   CenterCharge at 212-721-6500.
   Information about Vakhtang Jordania: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting -
   516-797-9166

   Conductor Vakhtang Jordania was born in the Republic of Georgia,
   where he studied piano from the age of five.  After graduating from
   the Tbilisi Conservatory, he studied symphonic and operatic conducting
   at the Leningrad Conservatory, graduating with honors.  A top prize
   at the 1971 Herbert von Karajan Competition catapulted him to the
   highest circle of Soviet artistry.  From his assistantship with the
   legendary Yevgeny Mravinsky until his defection to the United States
   in 1983, Mr. Jordania held positions as music director of the
   Leningrad Radio Orchestra, the Saratov Philharmonic, and the Kharkiv
   Philharmonic.  The Tchaikovsky Competition was under his baton twice.
   Conducting for more than one hundred concerts a year, he regularly
   toured the USSR, collaborating with musicians such as David and Igor
   Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Kiril Kondrashin, and
   Emil Gilels.

   Immediately after his defection, he made his Carnegie Hall debut,
   which was hailed by the New York Times as "a confident and spirited
   performance...the full house leaped to its feet." Success quickly
   followed in France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Japan, Korea,
   Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and South America.  In the United
   States, his appearances in New York, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City,
   Minneapolis, Rochester, Denver and Fort Worth brought more critical
   acclaim.  Since his defection, he has held music director positions
   with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, the Spokane Symphony, the
   Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, and currently
   with the Russian Federal Orchestra of Moscow.

   Mr. Jordania has regularly conducted at many prestigious opera
   houses, including Russia's Bolshoi and Kirov theaters and, in the
   United States, with the Minnesota Opera, where he conducted the North
   American premiere of Dvorak's Rusalka.  He is currently the artistic
   advisor of the Kharkiv Opera and principal guest conductor of the
   Korea Opera Company in Seoul.

   His recordings began in the Soviet Union, where he recorded extensively
   for the Melodiya label.  He recorded many soundtracks, including the
   award-winning film Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa.  He has
   also recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundset Summit,
   Helicon, Trained Ear, Cantabile, and Angelok 1 and been nominated
   for Grammy Awards.

   Pianist Tatsuya Nagashima burst onto the international scene in 1993
   as the First Prize winner of Italy's Ibla Competition.  Born in Taiwan
   to a musical family (his father is a an important pianist in Taiwan
   and his mother a prominent opera singer), Mr. Nagashima began playing
   the piano at the age of four.  Shortly thereafter, his family moved
   to Tokyo, where he began his performance career with a public recital
   at the age of nine.

   Mr. Nagashima is increasingly in demand as a guest soloist
   with orchestras of international distinction including the Royal
   Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, American Symphony
   Orchestra, Russian Federal Orchestra, St. Petersburg Festival
   Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, and as a recitalist
   at major festivals and venues around the world, from Carnegie Hall
   to Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow.

   A stream of recognition, including numerous awards at national and
   international competitions, which have accelerated his climb to the
   international stage.  His performances have been broadcast on radio
   and television in Japan, Taiwan, Italy, Russia, Germany, and the
   United States.

   Tatsuya Nagashima earned his Artist Diploma from Musashino Academia
   Musicae in Tokyo and Bachelor and Master of Music degree from the
   North Carolina School of the Arts.  His distinguished teachers include
   Ian Hobson, Eric Larsen, Teruko Wakao and his father, Pan-An Chen.
   In 1999, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Kharkov Institute
   of Music in the Republic of Georgia, and was invited to serve as the
   youngest-ever juror at the Ibla Grand Prize International Piano
   Competition in Italy.

   Mr. Nagashima's recordings are available on the Angelok 1, NEM and
   Orion Classics.

Jeffrey James