Southeastern piano student to solo with Mississippi orchestra
Contact: Christina Chapple
1/25/06
HAMMOND -- Christiana Iheadindu, junior piano performance major at Southeastern Louisiana University, will appear as piano soloist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Iheadindu was the grand prize winner of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's 2005 Concerto Competition at Belhaven College in Jackson.
She will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491.
A native of Romania, Iheadindu began piano study at the age of seven at the Dinu Lipatti Music School in Bucharest. Immediately prior to coming to the United States, she completed two years of study at the Bucharest Conservatory.
Iheadindu has garnered many honors, including prizes at the International Music Competition Pitra Ligure, the International Music Competition Totrona, the National Music Olympiad Bucharest, the National Piano Competition Bucharest, and the W. A. Mozart Competition Targoviste.
Most recently, she was the recipient of Southeastern's 2004-05 Most Outstanding International Student award. She currently studies with Kenneth Boulton, assistant professor in Southeastern’s Department of Music and Dramatic Arts.
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