Emilio del Rosario Benefit Concert
A benefit concert has been organized in honor of Emilio del Rosario, beloved brilliant pianist and distinguished teacher.
Emilio del Rosario taught piano for more than 40 years at the Music Institute of Chicago until his diagnosis with cancer two years ago. He received his Bachelor of Music Magna Cum Laude and Master of Music with honors from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and the Artist's Diploma from the Santo Thomas University in Manila, Philippines. He has studied piano with Leon Fleisher, Mieczyslaw Munz, Erno Balogh, Julio Esteban and his aunt, Isabel Veloso, music composition with Benjamin Lees, Steven Grove and Walter Spencer Huffman, chamber music with William Kroll and Robert Gerle, and conducting with Reginald Stewart and Walter Hangen.
Mr. del Rosario has performed in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, as an orchestra soloist and as a collaborating artist in recitals throughout the United States and Asia. He has appeared at the Carnegie Recital Hall, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the United Nations, the Cultural Center of the Phillipines Symphony and many other of the worlds finest recital halls. Among his honors are the Steinway Prize, the Paul Thomas Prize at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Philippines Outstanding Artist Award, the Distinguished Teacher Award at the White House, and the National Foundation of the Arts' Distinguished Teacher Award.
Mr. del Rosario has given master classes for several teachers' associations in the United States and Japan, and has been on the faculty of the Young Keyboard Artists' Piano Institute in Michigan, the Peabody Music School in Baltimore and the University of Maryland.
All proceeds from the benefit concert and preceding silent auction will go towards a trust fund set up to help defray Mr. del Rosario's debilitating medical expenses.
The concert will take place at the Nichols Concert Hall of the Music Institute of Chicago on October 10th, 2009. There will be a silent auction preceding the concert at 6 PM, followed by the concert at 7 PM. Colleagues and former piano students will perform works by Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lutoslawski, Bach, Bartok, and Brahms. Tickets are $40 / adult and $10 / student (grade 12 or younger).
For more information, donations, or to obtain tickets, please call 847-905-1500 ext. 108.
Emilio del Rosario taught piano for more than 40 years at the Music Institute of Chicago until his diagnosis with cancer two years ago. He received his Bachelor of Music Magna Cum Laude and Master of Music with honors from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and the Artist's Diploma from the Santo Thomas University in Manila, Philippines. He has studied piano with Leon Fleisher, Mieczyslaw Munz, Erno Balogh, Julio Esteban and his aunt, Isabel Veloso, music composition with Benjamin Lees, Steven Grove and Walter Spencer Huffman, chamber music with William Kroll and Robert Gerle, and conducting with Reginald Stewart and Walter Hangen.
Mr. del Rosario has performed in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, as an orchestra soloist and as a collaborating artist in recitals throughout the United States and Asia. He has appeared at the Carnegie Recital Hall, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the United Nations, the Cultural Center of the Phillipines Symphony and many other of the worlds finest recital halls. Among his honors are the Steinway Prize, the Paul Thomas Prize at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Philippines Outstanding Artist Award, the Distinguished Teacher Award at the White House, and the National Foundation of the Arts' Distinguished Teacher Award.
Mr. del Rosario has given master classes for several teachers' associations in the United States and Japan, and has been on the faculty of the Young Keyboard Artists' Piano Institute in Michigan, the Peabody Music School in Baltimore and the University of Maryland.
All proceeds from the benefit concert and preceding silent auction will go towards a trust fund set up to help defray Mr. del Rosario's debilitating medical expenses.
The concert will take place at the Nichols Concert Hall of the Music Institute of Chicago on October 10th, 2009. There will be a silent auction preceding the concert at 6 PM, followed by the concert at 7 PM. Colleagues and former piano students will perform works by Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lutoslawski, Bach, Bartok, and Brahms. Tickets are $40 / adult and $10 / student (grade 12 or younger).
For more information, donations, or to obtain tickets, please call 847-905-1500 ext. 108.