The Monterey Institute and the Monterey Symphony are pleased to extend a special invitation to eMIISsaries to attend the February Innovation performance, featuring world renowned pianist, Kun Woo Paik, on Friday February 21st at 7:30 p.m..
Held at the newly renovated Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture (formerly Sherwood Hall), this performance is a unique opportunity for eMIISsaries, as MIIS ambassadors, to experience a fresh side of Salinas.
As part of the Monterey Institute community, eMIISsaries can purchase discounted tickets for $5 to the Friday evening performance in Salinas. All tickets need to be purchased in advance by calling the Monterey Symphony box office directly at (831) 646-8511. We hope to see you there!
Kun Woo Paik lives in Paris, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Festival International de Musique de Dinard. Paik played his first piano concert at the age of 10 with the Korean National Orchestra, studied in New York and London from the age of 15, and became an international sensation following performances in 1974 at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He has performed with the world’s most celebrated orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Symphony, Hungarian National, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam and the Warsaw Philharmonic. The Monterey Symphony is honored to welcome him to the Peninsula, and to inaugurate the newly revitalized Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture. Watch Kun Woo Paik play Chopin, Vals Op. 64 n. 2.
The Steinbeck Institute of Art and Culture
(formerly Sherwood Hall) in Salinas
Friday February 21st at 7:30 p.m.
Additional Performances at the Sunset Center in Carmel
Saturday February 22nd at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday February 23rd at 3:00 p.m.