LINDSBORG - Works by Beethoven will be exclusively featured during a piano recital next week at Bethany College.
Sam Rotman is scheduled to be the guest pianist for the recital ar 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 in Pearson Chapel. Masking is
expected regardless of vaccination status. The recital is open to the public at no charge, however, donations will be accepted.
Rotman received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School in New York City. He has been among the winners in five piano competitions, both in the United States and Europe. The most prestigious award was that of Laureate Winner in the 4th International Beethoven Competition in Vienna, Austria. In 1978, Rotman participated in the 6th International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.
Rotman has given more than 3,100 performances in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, Southeast Asia, South Africa, India, China, and Russia, totaling 61 countries. He has also served on the jury of international piano competitions, both in the United States and Europe.
Rotman has devoted a specific area of his musical life to the study and performance of the works of Beethoven. Beginning with a series of all Beethoven concerts in 1970 (the Beethoven bi-centennial), he was presented on Public Broadcast System in a special Beethoven concert. Rotman continues to perform the works of Beethoven in recital and with orchestra.
Rotman has released four recordings: Portrait of a Piano with the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff; Impressions: Piano Portraits of Claude Debussy; Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition with Piano Works by Rachmaninoff; and Piano Music of Beethoven.
A video titled Sam Rotman, Concert Pianist: The Music and Testimony of a Jew for Jesus has also been produced. His testimony has been dramatized for radio by Unshackled and is also available.
In addition to his recital, Rotman will give his Christian testimony.
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