Purdue Arts News
Purdue Arts News
Tomsic gave her first piano recital at the age of 5 and has since proven herself to be "a pianist of historic stature, a supreme virtuoso and unique," according to the Boston Globe.
Tomsic, the daughter of an international law professor, studied at the Juilliard School in New York and made her New York Philharmonic debut as a teen-ager. Her family returned home to Ljubljana, Slovenia, during the turbulent early 1960s and was unable to return to the United States.
Although audiences in other parts of the world have heard more than 3,000 of her performances, American audiences only recently have been reacquainted with Tomsic's playing. Her second United States debut came in 1989 at the Newport Festival. She has since played recitals in Chicago, Boston and New York's Carnegie Hall.
The Chicago Tribune wrote, "You can attend piano recitals religiously and not hear anyone who inhabits music with her kind of absolute technical control or deep understanding of what that music can say to the human spirit."
Tickets are $16 for the public and $8 for Purdue students at campus box offices and Ticketmaster. Charge by telephone at (765) 494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW.
CONTACT: Jeff Langford, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-5045; e-mail, jilangford@convos.purdue.edu
The afternoon will feature songs ranging from gospel to patriotic to contemporary. Admission is $5, $3 for students and children. Tickets are available at the Loeb or Hall of Music box offices. The public is invited to a reception immediately following the performance in Room 102, Stewart Center.
The Black Voices of Inspiration is sponsored by the Purdue University Black Cultural Center and consists of students and community members dedicated to performing gospel, spiritual, inspirational and contemporary music. It is one of four performing arts ensembles associated with the BCC.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
