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Chinese Pianist Junwen Liang to perform ‘From Then and Now,' Nov. 24

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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Junwen Liang, a Chinese pianist who started playing at age 9, will perform at Stockton University’s Campus Center Theatre 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24.  

Liang debuted at age 13 and has since performed at venues including the Cohen Family Studio Theater, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall in Cincinnati, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Academy of Music at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. He currently teaches at the Music Department at the University of Pennsylvania. 

His recital program titled “From Then and Now,” features Maurice Ravel’s elegant “Sonatine,” Catherine Likhuta’s contemporary “Rondo for Piano” and Claude Debussy’s evocative “Images, Book 2.” The afternoon continues with Wanghua Chu’s “Jasmine Flower Fantasia,” Frederic Chopin’s dramatic “Ballade No. 4,” Philip Glass’s “Etude No. 6” and Franz Liszt’s virtuosic “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.”  

Tickets are $18 for the general public, $16 for senior citizens (65+), military-affiliated individuals, Stockton alumni and staff/faculty and $12 for Stockton students and children under 12.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit stockton.edu/pac. Tickets are also available 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondday through Thursday at the Stockton Performing Arts Center box office and 90 minutes before showtime. 

Call 609-652-9000.