Jordan Kitt's Music Donates Use Of Pianos For Historic 100-Piano Concert At Kennedy Center

Jordan Kitt's Music Donates Use Of Pianos For Historic 100-Piano Concert At Kennedy Center

National Symphony Orchestra Music Director, Leonard Slatkin, to conduct 100 simultaneous pianists

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Jordan Kitt's Music, the nation's largest piano retailer, will donate the use of 100 pianos to the Kennedy Center for a record-breaking gathering of 100 pianists in an outdoor concert as part of the "Festival of China" series. The concert will take place Monday, October 3rd at 6:00 pm and will be located outdoors on the South Plaza Stage of the Kennedy Center. The National Symphony Orchestra's Music Director, Leonard Slatkin, will conduct.

All one hundred instruments will be moved in, prepared and moved out of the Kennedy Center on a single day, constituting the largest single piano logistical feat in Washington area history.

"Jordan Kitt's is proud to be part of this prestigious and unusual event," said William J. McCormick, Jr., Chairman and President of Jordan Kitt's Music. "We're looking forward to the challenge of accommodating this historic performance, and to being a part of the Kennedy Center's celebration of Chinese performing arts and culture."

Four of China's best known musical prodigies under the famed music professor Dan Zhaoyi at China's Shenzen Arts School, He Qizhen, Zuo Zhang, Pan Linzi, and Zhang Haochen will be featured at the concert. These four prodigies, all under the age of 18, will perform simultaneously with pianist Chen Sa and 95 young pianists from Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, Levine School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Chen Sa was the 2005 winner of the Van Cliburn Crystal Award.

While other large-scale, multi-piano concerts have taken place in the US and abroad, this is the first time 100 pianos will be played simultaneously at the Kennedy Center or in the Washington DC area.

The event is part of the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage program and is free to the public.

About Jordan Kitt's Music

Founded in 1912, Jordan Kitt's Music is the nation's largest piano retailer, with 11 locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and South, and was chosen as exclusive representatives for Steinway & Sons in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and metropolitan Atlanta.

About the Festival of China

The Kennedy Center's Festival of China, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, is the single largest celebration of Chinese performing arts in American history, and will be on the Center's stages throughout October 2005.

About the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts for Everyone

The Center's Performing Arts for Everyone (PAFE) program is designed to make the performing arts accessible, affordable, and available to everyone. The Millennium Stage, underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, is brought to the public by Target Stores and Fannie Mae Foundation, is a vital part of PAFE. Not only does it host a performance every single day, it is a showcase of diversity, is broadcast daily over the Internet, and every performance is free to the public. No tickets required.

Source: Jordan Kitt's Music

CONTACT: Allison Bozniak for Jordan Kitt's Music, +1-202-302-5997

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