Davis Architects Guest Artist Series: Roberto Plano
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Samford University 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35229
Presented in conjunction with the Fletcher and Nell Morris Piano Competition
Brock Recital Hall
First Prize Winner of the 2001 Cleveland International Piano Competition and Finalist at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005, Roberto Plano lives in Italy, where he teaches regularly at the new Accademia Musicale Varesina which he founded. Mr. Plano has been described, as the “Pavarotti of the Piano” for his lyricism, and also defined by Chicago radio commentator Paul Harvey as the heir of Rubinstein and Horowitz.