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Jan. 31, 2007

Contact: Jessica Moore, jkmoore@emory.edu, 404-727-1687

Classical Pianists from Austria Perform at Emory, Feb. 11, 2007

Praised for their enthusiasm, harmony, and joy, pianists Waltraud Wulz and Antoinette Van Zabner, known as “The Duo,” perform an evening of four-hand piano works at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall on Feb. 11, 2007, at 4 p.m. The concert will be followed by an artist meet-and-greet and dessert reception sponsored by Emory’s Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning. Both the concert and the reception are free. For more information contact the Arts at Emory Box office at 404-727-5050 or visit the website at www.arts.emory.edu.

Wulz and Van Zabner have been performing together for many years, making concert appearances in Europe, Japan and the United States. In 2005 The Duo released a compact disc entitled “Profiles” together. During their residency as Emory Coca-Cola Artists in Residence, The Duo will perform for a music class at The Paideia School, a private school in the Emory area, and for an Emory music composition course. On Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2007, from 2:30-3:45 p.m. in Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Van Zabner will lead a piano accompanying class for Emory music majors, that is free and open for public observation.

Coming from a musical family in Carinthia, southern Austria, Wulz’s musical career was clear at an early age. It began at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she studied piano and chamber music. She was a prize-winning pianist in the Rudolf Heydner Piano Competition in Vienna, the international Friedrich Kuhlau Competition in Uelzen, and the international piano competition in Monza. Wulz gave her solo debut with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and played with the Zagreb Philharmonic, among others. In addition to her teaching activities, Wulz has regularly taken part in various recordings and CD productions with the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).

Born in Austria and brought up in the United States, Antoinette Van Zabner began her musical education at the age of 4 and received a grant at age 13 to study piano in France, later completing her studies at Vassar College and the Yale University School of Music. A Fulbright grant finally led her back to the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. The vivacious pianist is an acknowledged specialist for Spanish and Brazilian piano music and works closely with the Austrian Association for Contemporary Music. Van Zabner has a professorship for piano at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and holds numerous masterclasses and lectures in Europe, the United States and Japan.

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The Duo: Antoinette Van Zabner and Waltraud Wulz
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at 4 p.m., free, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall
Praised for their enthusiasm, harmony, and joy, Waltraud Wulz and Antoinette Van Zabner perform an evening of duo piano works at Emory.

ARTS AT EMORY

Emory is home to a vibrant arts community and welcomes the public to more than 250 annual events featuring student, faculty and guest artists. More than 85 concerts are performed each year, ranging from presentations by internationally-acclaimed artists in the Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series and Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence Series to presentations by more than a dozen Emory music ensembles. The Schwartz Center for Performing Arts opened in February 2003 and houses the Dance Studio, Theater Laboratory and the 800-seat, state-of-the-art Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall.

The mission for the arts at Emory University is to provide a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation and presentation of the arts. For more information on the Schwartz Center or Arts at Emory events, visit www.arts.emory.edu and www.schwartzcenter.emory.edu, or call the Arts at Emory box office at 404-727-5050.

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Photographs available upon request.

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