Austin pianist to perform memorial concert

Published 7:53 am Tuesday, June 12, 2012

An Austin resident will honor a close friend this month through a mutual passion: music.

Ian Shapinsky

Concert pianist Ian Shapinsky will perform at the Old Log Theater in Greenwood 7:30 p.m. on June 19 as a memorial to John Moss. Moss was a music teacher, concert master and longtime friend of Shapinsky’s who recently passed away.

“He touched everybody’s heart that he met,” Shapinsky said in a news release.

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Shapinsky, who will perform Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff during the concert, attended Juilliard School of Music at the college level when he was 15 and has performed in venues in the U.S. and Europe.

Proceeds from the concert will go to the American Composers Forum as a memorial gift in memory of Moss. Tickets, which are $25, are available in advance by calling 952-474-3277 or at the door.