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Brazilian pianist to play tonight

Brazilian pianist Arnaldo Cohen will play tonight at the Concert Hall as part of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts series. The event starts at 8 p.m.

Cohen, who brings a very genuine style of music, won first prize at the 1972 Busoni International Competition in Italy. He has worked with such acclaimed conductors as Kurt Masur, Klaus Tennstedt, Kurt Sanderling and Yehudi Menuhin.

As reported in the Fresno Bee, his concert will combine works by Brazilian composers with Romantic works, including Liszt’s Spanish Rhapsody and Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28. It will also include the works of Brazilian compers Alberto Nepomuceno, Radames Gnattali, Luiz Levy, Grancisco Braga and Ernesto Nazareth.

Ticket prices are $12.50 for general admission, $7 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information, call 278-2337.

To audition, or not to audition?

The theatre arts department will hold auditions for Henry IV, Part 1 on Thursday at 4 p.m. and Friday at 7 p.m. in the John Wright Theatre. Terry Miller will direct the play.

Each session will begin with an hour of fight workshop/audition, and then performers will be given scenes to read. These scenes are likely to include Act II, Scenes 3 and 4; Act III, Scene 1; and Act V, Scenes 2 and 3.

The callback audition will be on Monday at 4 p.m.

For more information, call department business and promotions manager Pamela Dyer-Smith at 278-7512.

Please send event details at least two days in advance and no later than 5 p.m. Contact the features editor Chhun Sun at [email protected] or 278-2556 for more information.