Italian Pianist Roberto Plano Makes his London Debut

Italian Pianist Roberto Plano Makes his London Debut

CALGARY, Canada, December 13/PRNewswire/ --

- Recital Preview on BBC Radio 3

Roberto Plano, Laureate of Canada's Honens International Piano
Competition (2003), makes his London debut at Wigmore Hall, Thursday,
December 14 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are GBP10 to GBP18 at
wigmore-hall.org.uk or through the Wigmore Hall Box Office at +44-(0)20-
7935-2141. Members of the press should contact the Wigmore Hall Box Office
by fax at +44(0)20-7935-3344 to arrange press tickets.

A preview of Thursday's recital will be broadcast tonight at 7 pm on
BBC Radio 3's In Tune (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/intune/).

Plano is also prize winner of the 2006 AXA Dublin, Finalist of the Van
Cliburn (2005) and Busoni (2003) Competitions, and winner of the 2001
Cleveland International Piano Competition. His London debut is made
possible with the assistance of Honens' Artistic and Career Development
Program.

Honens stands apart from many of the world's international music
competitions as it seeks to discover and develop a new generation of "
Complete Artists," as musically accomplished and versatile as they are
effective communicators with contemporary audiences - artists who engage
with fresh interpretations, risk-taking and intelligence. Roberto Plano is
a model of the Honens philosophy.

The Sixth Honens Competition takes place in Calgary, 22 October to
6 November 2009. For more information about Honens, visit honens.com. For
information about Roberto Plano, visit robertoplano.com.

Source: Honens

For further information: and interviews: Julie Wright, Honens, +1-403-969-7305, jright@honens.com

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