Anderson & Siprashvili to Perform Two-Piano Concert February 24, 2007

The Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council (PCAC) will host its annual four-hand, two-piano concert by Mark Anderson and Tamriko Siprashvili. The concert, benefiting PCAC's Arts in the Schools program, will begin with two the 1911 version of Stravinski's Petruska. After intermission, it will continue with Winter and Spring, two of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, and a rousing arrangement of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas. The performance will conclude, by popular demand, with Ravel's Bolero.

"We are looking forward to performing for our community once again and believe that the audience will be very pleased with this year's program and the new effects we've added," says pianist Mark Anderson. "Petruska is one of the great works of the 20th Century. Since the ballet has a story line connected to the music, we will add a multimedia touch by projecting the text of the story on a big screen onstage throughout the performance of this piece. We want the audience to be aware of the extramusical storyline and its development as we play. We feel this is certain to add to their enjoyment."

Mark Anderson, who was raised in the Tri-Valley, and Tamriko Siprashvili, a native of Georgia in the former Soviet Union, have received broad recognition for their performances as soloists and duo pianists. They met at the Leeds piano competition in England and eventually married and settled in Pleasanton, Calif.

In 2005, Mark and Tamriko opened the Anderson Siprashvili Music Academy in Pleasanton, which combines a comprehensive keyboard, guitar, voice, strings, woodwinds and theory curriculum with technology as an educational tool.

$15, $20, $25.

Official Website: http://www.pleasantonarts.org