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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black;background:white'>International Steinway Artist Caroline Oltmanns
to Perform Piano Recital on April 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;background:white'>Free chamber concert to include works by
Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, and Wilding<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;background:
white'>The Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Concert Series continues on Sunday,
April 5, 2009 with a recital by renowned pianist Caroline Oltmanns, a Fulbright
Scholar and International Steinway Artist. The recital, free and open to the
public, will take place at 3 p.m. at Valley Lutheran Church (87 East Orange
Street, Chagrin Falls). Dr. Oltmanns will perform classical chamber music
including: Beethoven’s <i>Elf neue Bagatellen</i>, Op. 119 and Sonata in
D Major, Op. 28; selections from Bach’s Cantina No. 147; Chopin’s
Impromptu in a flat major, Op. 29 as well as Prelude in F major, Op. 28, No. 23
and Prelude in d minor, Op. 28, No. 24; and selections from <i>11 Preludes</i>
by contemporary South African composer-pianist James Wilding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;background:
white'>A native of Germany, Dr. Oltmanns earned her diploma at the Staatliche
Musikhochschule Freiburg and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She has performed extensively
in Germany, France, Switzerland, South Africa, and the United States, and her
playing has been broadcast widely on radio and television. In addition to a
wide variety of piano solo and concerto repertoire, Dr. Oltmanns frequently
performs and premieres works by contemporary composers. Her musical mentors
were John Perry, Robert Levin, Vitaly Margulis, and Malcolm Frager. Dr.
Oltmanns, a Fulbright Scholar and International Steinway Artist, is Professor
of Piano at Youngstown State University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;background:
white'>“Caroline Oltmanns is an extraordinary artist who blends heartfelt
emotion and creativity with stellar musical talent,” notes Hristo Popov,
Artistic Director of the Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Concert Series. “We
are honored that she is performing as part of our concert series and sharing
her passion for chamber music with the Chagrin Valley community.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:black;
background:white'>For additional information, visit </span><a
href="http://www.chagrinmusic.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
150%;background:white'>www.chagrinmusic.org</span></a><span style='font-size:
10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:black;background:white'> or call 440-247-0390. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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