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Robert Landes to give guest piano recital at BYU Sept. 19

Brigham Young University’s School of Music welcomes guest artist and alumnus Robert Landes who will perform a violin recital Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

Landes will be accompanied by Kurt Hansen, piano. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.

They will perform Mozart's Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 305, the Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78 by Brahms and Schubert's Fantasy in C Major for Violin and Piano.

Originally from Payson, Utah, Landes received a bachelor’s degree in violin performance in 2009 from BYU, where he served as concertmaster of the BYU Philharmonic. He recently graduated from Rice University in Houston with a master’s degree in violin performance where he studied with Segei Luca and Chao Lin.

Hansen received his bachelor’s in piano performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City.

For more information, contact Ken Crossley, (801) 422-9348, ken_crossley@byu.edu.

Writer: Brett Lee

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