Dongni Xie, Solo Piano, & Charlotte Hu, Solo Piano

Start: Thursday, August 7, 2025 7:30PM
End: Thursday, August 7, 2025 9:30PM

Dongni Xie - 7:30pm Dongni Xie is a prize-winner of multiple international piano competitions, including the 2017 Odyssiad® (Gold & Silver Medals). She is one of the guest artists of the prestigious Cliburn Foundation and one of the Legacy Pianists of the renowned Achúcarro Foundation. As an advocate of new music, Xie has premiered many solo and chamber works in the genre and serves as Artistic Director of the “In Bloom” musiCON Concert Series, which involves three nights of concerts in New York City, promoting and performing selected works by living composers from all over the world. She also co-founded the concert series Live! Again featuring new music by contemporary composers designed to connect the visual arts with music. Dr. Xie serves on the faculties of Southern Methodist University Meadows School of Arts and Dallas College. Charlotte Hu - 8:30pm Taiwanese American pianist Charlotte Hu has been praised by audiences and critics across the globe for her dazzling virtuosity, captivating musicianship, and magnetic stage presence. At the heart of Charlotte’s success is a story of strength, dedication, and resilience that has powered her dream of becoming a world-class artist — one that has included winning top prizes at the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and the Concert Artists Guild Competition, performing on classical music’s biggest stages, and fostering the next generation of musicians as an advocate for classical music through entrepreneurial and philanthropic initiatives. Charlotte presents captivating programs that tell human stories inclusive of gender and race. By juxtaposing audience favorites with underperformed treasures and newly commissioned works, Charlotte’s recitals consistently offer musical and narrative contrasts that encourage people to listen deeply and discover anew the work of even the most well-known composers. Hu is the founder of two piano festivals: the Yun International Music Festival in Taipei and the PYPA Piano Festival in Philadelphia. A Steinway Artist, Hu serves as an Artist-in-Residence at Temple University in Philadelphia and was recently appointed Associate Professor of Music at the Boston Conservatory - Berklee. Presented by the International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A. TICKET PRICES: Adults: $38 CSU Students: $17 Children under 12: Free