British pianist John Ogdon appearing in concert

October 2, 1969

Internationally-known British pianist John Ogdon will appear in a concert of music by Schubert and Beethoven at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, in Sherwood Hall, La Jolla.

The concert, co-sponsored by the Committee for Arts and Lectures at the University of California, San Diego, and the La Jolla Museum of Art, will be the season's first program in the Series Internationale.

Ogdon, one of England's most travelled concert artists, studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and with , Denis Matthews and Ilona Kabos. He made his concert debut in 1958 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under John Pritchard, playing the mammoth Busoni Concerto. In 1959 he was awarded Second Prize in the Liverpool International Competition.

He was awarded the Prize in London in 1961 and First Prize in the Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow the following year.

Although recording sessions and his many concert engagements require most of his time, Ogdon still finds time to compose. In 1965 his Sonatine and Five Preludes were published. Another con-position, Dance Suite, had its first performance at the first Cardiff Festival in 1967, and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and for Solo Violin were premiered at last year's Festival.

Tuesday night's program will include Schubert's Four Impromptus, Opus 90, and Fantasia in C major, Opus 15 (Wanderer), and Beethoven's Sonata in A flat major, Opus 110, and Sonata in F minor, Opus 57 (Appassionata).

Tickets for the concert are available at the UCSD Box Office in the lobby of Urey Hall. The price for general admission is $3.00. Season tickets for both the Series Internationale and the Chamber Music Series may still be obtained through October 14.