Pianist Gunther Knaup presents 2 concerts of classical and the classics
Release Date: 9/19/2006. Expired: 10/12/2006
German-born pianist Gunther Knaup returns to The Renaissance Center in Dickson Oct. 12 for two programs of classical composers and the great songs of Broadway.
Tickets for the 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Gunther Plays the Classics performances in the Visual Arts Gallery are $5. The programs are presented prior to and after the Thursday matinee performance of Smoke on the Mountain in the Gaslight Dinner Theatre.
Knaup has worked as a professional musician since the age of 9. He studied piano as a child and sang in Toelzer Knabenchor, a boys choir that toured throughout Europe.
He has performed before German presidents and Queen Elizabeth at Winchester Cathedral. Knaup continued his studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, also participating in special piano master classes with Walter Krafft, founder of the Meunchener Musik Seminar.
Knaup now lives in Nashville where he plays shows at various clubs and functions and is featured at ReCreations of Nashville, a high-end antique store reminiscent of the era when famous composers played in European salons.
His repertoire ranges from Mozart, Liszt and Chopin to Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein and George and Ira Gershwin.
“My music comes from the heart,” Knaup says.
His performances now intertwine classical and Broadway, moving from the hauntingly beautiful Nocturne in E-flat and Mozart sonatas to medleys of tunes from The Sound of Music, West Side Story and Cole Porter.
To purchase tickets for one of the performances of Gunther Plays the Classics, call (615)740-5570. For more information on performances at The Renaissance Center, call (615)740-5600.
The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.
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