Prize-winning pianist to play at the library

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Library will present the free monthly Freaney and Friends concert, Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. Freaney's guest this month will be pianist Jonathan Lee who has thrilled audiences throughout the United States.

A prizewinner of several competitions, Lee captured first prize at the San Diego International Piano Competition; first, audience, and best Liszt prizes at the Washington International Piano Artists Competition; second, audience, and best Baroque prizes at the Boston International Piano Competition; and gold medal, audience, and teacher prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition.

Combining his interests in music and technology, Lee wrote MusicPodium, an app for iPad, to make piano score reading more portable. Lee's proposed recital will include works by Handel, Bach/Rachmaninov, Schubert/Liszt, Chopin and Scriabin.

Lee currently studies privately with Professor Yoshikazu Nagai, chair of the piano department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and visiting professor of piano at Peabody Conservatory.

For more information, visit http://www.sdcl.org or call 760-731-4650. The library is located at 124 S. Mission Road.

Submitted by Friends of the Fallbrook Library.