Please join us in celebrating the 200th birthday of one of the most important German Romantic composers of the 19th Century. John Tibbetts, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, will host a dramatic, multi-media re-telling of the legendary romance between Robert Schumann and virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck. Against all odds, Schumann and Wieck survived a stormy courtship. As husband and wife, they enjoyed a dual-career relationship while raising eight children. Together, they brought a new and progressive music to the Age of Romanticism. The live performance will feature film clips, readings, and performances by pianists Sviatoslav and Svetlana Levin, both graduates of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, soprano Olivia Betzen of KU’s School of Music, and speaker Stephen Steigman of KCUR, Kansas City’s National Public Radio station. Tibbetts was recently awarded the 2008 Kansas Governor’s “Arts in Education” Award.
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