Pianist Abe Minzer

In celebration of Arts Month 2021, the Classically Alive concert series will feature “Pianist Abe Minzer in Concert.”

Masks required, vaccinations encouraged.  Admission includes a meet-the-artist reception with light refreshments.  Reservations required, space limited.

Please check out all the fantastic Events and Highlights for the month of October at the Arts Month 2021 website.

The October 29th program will feature piano music from the German classical repertoire with works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann.   Opening with a short Bach Prelude and Fugue, Dr. Minzer will then perform Beethoven’s sublime late-period Piano Sonata No. 31 in A Flat, Op. 110.  The first half concludes with a beautiful pair of less-heard late-period Schubert Impromptus.  The second half consists of one major work- the early period, impassioned Robert Schumann “Grand Sonata” No. 1 in F# Minor, Op. 11, dedicated to Clara Wieck, the great pianist/composer who was later to become Robert Schumann’s wife.

Dr. Abe Minzer frequently performs in the Pikes Peak region and throughout the US as a piano soloist and chamber musician.  He is on the music faculty of Pikes Peak Community College and University of Colorado Colorado Springs, where he teaches piano, music theory, music appreciation and music history. Founded by Abe Minzer in 2006, Classically Alive has hosted over 150 concerts in the Pikes Peak region featuring local musicians and visiting musicians from the US and abroad featuring classical, jazz, and music from around the world.