UT Faculty to Perform Works of Rachmaninoff at Dec. 5 Concert

The music of Russian composer Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff will be the focus of a University of Tampa faculty performance on Monday, Dec. 5. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values and is free and open to the public.

Performers include Hein Jung, soprano, and Grigorios Zamparas, piano. The program will feature a set of songs and piano solos by Rachmaninoff, a Russian pianist, composer and conductor of the late-Romantic period who is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. The program will also feature a few arias by George Frideric Handel.

Jung is an associate professor of music at UT, teaching voice and voice technique courses. She specializes in opera, oratorio and recital. She has performed throughout the U.S. as well as internationally in Seoul, South Korea; Montreal; and Pamplona, Spain.

Zamparas is an associate professor of music and director of piano studies at UT. He is an active concert pianist and performs both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. He has given master classes around the world.

For more information, contact Hein Jung at hjung@ut.edu or (813) 257-3690.