by Daniel Hathaway
The Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Concert Truck makes an appearance at noon at Edgewater Beach bearing a baby grand and 2024 quarter-finalists Mirabelle Kajenjeri, 26 (France) & Zhu Wang, 27 (China). Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a free concert — which might include some Scarlatti (see the Almanac).
Ohio Light Opera presents a 2 pm matinee performance of The Arcadians in Freedlander Theatre at the College of Wooster, and Oberlin Piano Festival hosts a Guest Faculty Recital by Zhou Ting and Tianying Zhao in Clonick Hall.
For details of upcoming concerts, visit our Concert Listings page.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On this date in 1757, Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (pictured above) died in Madrid. Son of composer Alessandro, Domenico spent most of his career in Spain, producing mainly keyboard works — including the 555 sonatas that have become popular opening works for many piano recitals. [Read more…]