Internationally acclaimed pianist to perform at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois . . . November 3, 2003 . . . Internationally acclaimed pianist, Aldo Mancinelli, the first American to win the coveted Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, will present a concert on Sunday, November 9, at 3 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center at 1417 W. Barker Ave. on the Bradley University campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

The program will include pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Griffes, Claude Debussy, and Serge Prokofieff.

Mancinelli has performed more than 950 concerts throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. He has played at Carnegie Hall and has been the guest soloist with major symphony orchestras including the Hague Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony.

Mancinelli graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio, and the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.