Hanbo Ma Recital

JOHNSON CITY – Pianist Hanbo Ma will perform in a Guest Artist Recital at East Tennessee State University on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown Hall auditorium, room 112.

Ma will present a program that includes Beethoven’s “Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2,” Rachmaninoff’s “Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor” and Liszt’s “Sonata in B minor.”

Ma holds a bachelor of music degree from ETSU and a master’s degree in piano performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music.  She is now pursuing a doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance with a minor in composition and conducting at the University of Southern California.  She has been a staff pianist at Biola University since the fall of 2016.

Ma’s career began with her performance of “Islamey” by Balakirev at Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 17, after which she gained recognition by winning numerous international piano competitions.  She was selected as the only recipient of the Cobos Piano Prize given by Eastman School of Music in 2015.

After completing an All-Liszt recital tour in Budapest, London and Washington, D.C., in May 2017, Ma was awarded first prize in the Young Muse International Music Competition and invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in September 2017.  Ma not only gives solo recitals, but also enjoys performing with chamber groups and contemporary composers.

Tickets for Ma’s recital at ETSU are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors and free for students.

For more information, contact the Department of Music at 423-439-4276 or music@etsu.edu.  For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.