Van Cliburn Silver Medalist Kenny Broberg Concert

Park University International Center for Music graduate student Kenny Broberg, the silver medalist at the recently completed 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform in concert on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the historic Folly Theater in Kansas City, Mo. Broberg is scheduled to perform the following repertoire in the concert:

• “Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B Minor, Op. 18,” composed by César Franck and transcribed for piano by Harold Bauer
• “Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911,” composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
• “Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26,” composed by Samuel Barber
• “Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178,” composed by Franz Liszt

In addition to his success at the Cliburn event, Broberg has won first prize at both the Hastings (England) and Dallas international piano competitions, in addition earning medals at the New Orleans, Seattle, Sydney and Wideman (Shreveport, La.) competitions. Several of his performances at the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he placed fourth, were released on CD on the Universal Music Group label. He has performed as a soloist with the Dallas Chamber Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and Sydney Symphony.