Wilson and Uribe to perform “A Program of Music for Two Pianos” at Vassar, April 30

Richard Wilson and Blanca Uribe will perform "A Program of Music for Two Pianos" at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, in Skinner Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Included in the program are compositions by Claude Debussy, Robert Moevs, Manuel Infante, and Francis Poulenc.

Wilson was born in Cleveland, where he studied piano with Leonard Shure. He studied composition at Harvard with Robert Moevs. The composer of over seventy works in many genres, including opera,

Mr. Wilson has received such recognition as the Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy/Institute of Arts and Letters, the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a major commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Also active as a pianist, Wilson has performed as concerto soloist with the American Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest of The Hague, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Wilson holds the Mary Conover Mellon Chair in Music at Vassar. Since 1992 he has been Composer-in-Residence with the American Symphony Orchestra, for which he gives pre-concert talks.

Uribe was born in Bogota, Colombia into a family of many generations of professional musicians. She studied in Vienna at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with Richard Hauser, and in New York at the Juilliard School with Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin. Her extensive repertoire ranges from Scarlatti to works of the present. Particularly notable are her interpretations of the 32 Sonatas of Beethoven, which she has performed in cycle on several occasions, and the complete Iberia Suite of Isaac Albeniz. Uribe's many honors include the General Francisco de Paula Santander Medal, awarded for outstanding contribution to Colombian Culture, and the Order of Saint Charles, which she received in 1986 from the president of Colombia. Uribe occupies the George Sherman Dickinson Chair in Music at Vassar College.

For additional information, call the Department of Music at (914) 437-7294. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations may contact Cathy Jennings, Office of Campus Activities, (914) 437-5370, as far in advance as possible to request appropriate and reasonable accommodations.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Sunday, April 30th, 2000.