Join us for an evening of music with pianist Orlay Alonso. Spanning the works of Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, deFalla, Lecuona and Albéniz, Alonso's program promises a rewarding audience experience, with guest artist Griset Damas-Roche, Flamenco dancer.
Alonso will join the School of Music for spring semester to cover the studio of Professor Steven Glaser, who will be on a performance tour of the U.S. and Italy.
This concert is free and open to the public. No ticket required.
Access the digital program at any time. No paper programs will be distributed.
Orlay Alonso has been lauded as “a real virtuoso, equally at home with solo, chamber and concerto repertoire, committed to sharing every note with the audience. With his instinctive communicative gifts, Alonso takes the audience along on his imaginative and thought-provoking journey.” — Anthony Aibel
Alonso has captivated audiences across the globe with his elegance and intensity since his Carnegie Hall debut in 2003, and has graced the stages of some of the most prestigious concert halls in the United States and Canada, and as far away as Punta Arenas, the southernmost region of Chile. He has garnered top prizes at numerous national and international piano competitions.
Orlay Alonso obtained his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Ohio State University in 2015, and holds degrees from Yale University, Mannes School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers and mentors include Lilian Kallir, Claude Frank, Horacio Gutiérrez, Juana Zayas, and Steven Glaser.
Alonso, who calls Columbus home, recently assumed the role of director of music at St. Mary Catholic Church in German Village, was appointed as executive director of the Music at St. Mary Concert Series (now in its third season), frequently appears alongside Christopher Purdy as co-host of “Musica Cubana” as part of WOSU Radio’s Music in Mid-Ohio series, and received the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Emerging Arts Leader Award in 2022 for “making a significant impact on the central Ohio community through performing, teaching, managing, producing, recording, partnering and advocating for the arts.”
All events are subject to change.
GETTING HERE
Park in the Ohio Union South Garage (open to visitors 24/7), walk North along College Rd. to enter the South doors of the Timashev Music Building.
You may also park in Arps Garage (open to visitors M–F after 4 p.m. and on weekends) just North of the Timashev Music building.
The Timashev Recital Hall is located on the ground floor, at the far north end of the building.