Van Cliburn Piano Competition Finalist Davide Cabassi performs November 6, 2008

The Lakewood Cultural Center presents

Van Cliburn Piano Competition Finalist

Davide Cabassi

The Lakewood Cultural Center is pleased to present pianist Davide Cabassi at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 6 in the intimate 310-seat theater (470 S. Allison Parkway at Wadsworth and Alameda). Tickets are $26.00 for adults and are available by calling 303-987-7845, online at www.Lakewood.org or at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Senior, student and group discounts available. Free parking on site.

2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition Finalist Davide Cabassi is appreciated for the genuine warmth and sincerity he brings to his performances. Cabassi was featured prominently in the documentary film about the 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, In the Heart of Music, which aired on PBS stations across the U.S. Cabassi’s Colorado debut in Lakewood will feature Franz Schubert Impromptus Op. 142, No. 2 and Op. 90, No. 4 and the Sonata in D, No. 845 as well as Modeste Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition.

Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Radio Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, and the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, as well as with several Italian orchestras working with such conductors as Gustav Kuhn, James Conlon, Asher Fisch and Vladimir Delman. In recital, he has been engaged by most of the prominent musical associations of his native country and has played concerts worldwide, highlighted by appearances in Salzburg’s Mozarteum, the Gasteig in Munich, and Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow.

After graduating from Milan’s Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, where he was a student of Professor Ponti, Mr. Cabassi spent several years as one of the few select students at the International Piano Foundation in Cadenabbia, Italy, taking masterclasses with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Dmitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, and William Grant Naboré. Recently married, he is a faculty member of the Verdi Conservatory in Milan and directs a chamber music festival, Festivo dell’angelo, in Lecca, Italy.

This performance of Davide Cabassi is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Lakewood Cultural Center 2008 - 2009 Performing Arts Season programs are made possible in part through funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) – Metro Denver’s unique commitment to its nonprofit art, scientific and cultural institutions and The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado – Supporting community nonprofits while highlighting the contributions of gay men and lesbians. Our community partners are Aura Spa and Wellness Center at the Sheraton Denver West and the Rocky Mountain News – Closer to Home, also generously support the season.