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The Wanaka Concert Society is excited that New York based, Francesca Khalifa, who received huge applause here in 2023, is returning. She has performed extensively in the United States and Europe. Highlights of recent seasons include concerts as soloist with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Egypt, the Orchestra Filarmonica Pozzoli in Milan, a solo appearance at Steinway Hall New York City, chamber music concerts with OSJ La Verdi Chamber Orchestra in New York City, and recitals in China and Cuba. As a soloist, Khalifa has collaborated with orchestras in Italy, The Netherlands and with the MET Opera Orchestra in New York City.
Khalifa is the founder and Artistic Director of the Beethoven Fest New York City. She received the City Artist Corps Grant 2021 and won the Ferrara International Piano Festival in 2014, the Schio International Piano Competition, Alink-Argerich Foundation, the Premio Loreto Lancia International Piano Competition and the N. van Westerhout International Piano Competition. Her programme includes pieces by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Scarlatti and Saint-Saens. The concert takes place at the Lake Wanaka Centre, at 7.30pm, on Saturday, 23 August. Cash sales in Wanaka at Gifted Design Store and isite. Online at Eventfinda. Door sales if available. For further information and booking see the website www.wanakaconcertsociety.org.nz.
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