Solo Pianist Roy Bogas Concert This Sunday

Pacific Union College Fine Art Series features renown solo pianistRoy Bogas on Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m. in Paulin Hall Auditorium.

An accomplishedmusician, Bogas was trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and received hischamber music training from the Alma Trio and the Griller Quartet. Bogas wasonly 14-years-old when he debuted with the San Francisco Symphony. By 19, hewas the accompanist for violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and proceeded to play over100 concerts alongside him around the globe. In 1962, he was a prize winner atthe Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, and made his debut in New Yorkand London the following year. He was also awarded a special prize at the Queen Elizabeth Competition inBrussels, Belgium.

Bogas has played with several otherinfluential artists, including Jaime Laredo, Zara Nelsova, Michael Rabin,Ruggiero Ricci, and Joseph Szigeti, with whom he made a number of recordingsfor Mercury Records. In addition to his recitals, he has performed as a soloistwith close to every orchestra within the state, and countless other orchestrasthroughout the country and around the world.

Bogas is the founder and director of theMasterGuild Series of chamber music concerts at Holy Names College in Oakland,Calif., where he also serves as artistic director. He is the director of theAnnual Summer Chamber Music Weekend at the GualalaArts Center near the coast in Northern California. He is principal solo pianist for both the San FranciscoBallet and the Diablo Ballet, and a member of the music department faculty atHoly Names College in Oakland, Calif, where he also serves as artisticdirector.

A very active chamber music performer, Bogashas appeared in the San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series and with theChamber Music Society of Sacramento. Additionally, he is conductor and pianistfor the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra, an all-volunteer community-basedorchestra associated with Merritt College inOakland, Calif, which offers five free concerts each year.

Admissionto the concert is free, though donations are gratefully accepted. For moreinformation, call (707) 965-6201, email music@puc.edu.