Pianist Derik Polischuk will perform “Music of the World” tonight at 7:30 in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall of the UTC Fine Arts Center, corner of Palmetto and Vine streets.
The concert is free.
Polischuk is assistant professor of piano and director of piano pedagogy at Michigan State University’s College of Music.
A prizewinner in the Carmel International Piano Competition, the California International Young Artists Competition and the Edith Knox Performance Competition, Polischuk has appeared as concerto soloist with the La Jolla Symphony, the Peninsula Symphony, the San Diego Symphony and the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra.
Since fall 2009, he has been resident pianist for the Michigan chamber music series Absolute Music.
For the UTC program, the pianist will play works by Eric Ewazen, Franz Schubert, Terry Riley and Frédéric Chopin.