Piano recital to benefit arts

Piano recital to benefit arts

JAKARTA (JP): Noted pianist Ananda Sukarlan will perform a solo recital at the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta on Thursday.

The event, part of a series of charity concerts to support local youth in the arts, is hosted by the Jakarta Foundation for the Arts.

Sukarlan will play works by great composers, such as F. Chopin, L. V. Beethoven, Mochtar Embut, Jaya Suprana and Aaron Copland.

He has recently returned from New Zealand, where he performed six concerts and held lectures at three universities, as well as playing Igor Stravinsky's Piano Concerto with the Wellington Symphony Orchestra.