RI pianist to perform in Norway

RI pianist to perform in Norway

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian pianist Kuei Pin Yeo will play a
number of solo piano compositions by Indonesian Mochtar Embut
today at the Festspillene i Bergen in Bergen, Norway.

This will be the first time that Embut's compositions have
been presented at an eminent music festival. It will be attended
by such big names in the world of music as Kiri Te Kanawa.

Kuei, the first Indonesian to obtain a doctorate in music from
the Manhattan School of Music, will also play compositions by
Edward Grieg of Norway as well as Claude Debussy and Chopin of
France.

Kuei will continue her tour at Voss church, in Voss, Norway
to commemorate 50 years of Indonesian Independence.

The founder of the Yayasan Music Jakarta, Kuei was labeled by
The New York Times as a responsive player who has perfect and
firm technique. She has won international piano competitions,
including the Harold Bauer Award, the Manhattan School of Music
Concerto Competition and the Gina Bachauer International
Competition. She won a scholarship at the American Scholarship
competition to study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. (als)