A Key to Russia

It’s time to get out of music class and into a real-life scenario. Educate yourself on the finer aspects of cadenzas, chord progressions and classical history with Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations Russian Rapture: Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Siegel, an accomplished American pianist and international soloist, has performed with the London Symphony,...

By Carli Baylor

February 2, 2012

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It’s time to get out of music class and into a real-life scenario. Educate yourself on the finer aspects of cadenzas, chord progressions and classical history with Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations Russian Rapture: Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Siegel, an accomplished American pianist and international soloist, has performed with the London Symphony, Moscow State Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, just to name a few. Join him on this captivating journey as he demonstrates some of the world’s most renowned classical music and melodies. Each song includes commentary and history about its composers and content, and there is also a live question and answer session after the performance. Discover a new way to get cultured. Keyboard Conversations takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Bank of America Theatre at the Charles W. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson. Tickets are $23 to $28. For more information, call 972-744-4650 or visit eisemanncenter.com.
Mon., Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., 2012

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