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Show , XoWSf si f i - ' ' I 1 t"W ' , WLADIMIR KOCHANSK1 ; Famed Pianii To Perform Wladimir Kochanski, dubbed dub-bed "The People's Pianist," will be coming to the Woods Cross Regional Center on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, please call Beesley Music in Salt Lake City or Rawlings Music, Cen-terville. Cen-terville. AVERAGING some 120 concerts each year throughout North America, Poland, France and Italy, pianist Wladimir Wla-dimir Kochanski has made it his mission to introduce as many new listeners as possible to the joys of classical music. One critic wrote of a Kochanski performance, "This concert is definitely not for purists or those expecting the 'stuffy' traditional stereotyped concert. Those who want great music to be the exclusive property of the educated edu-cated elite will be sorely disappointed." dis-appointed." SLNCE THE time he gave his first concert at age 12 in a borrowed bor-rowed tuxedo and looked out over the audience to discover only the wealthy and socially prominent in attendance, he made a promise to himself to take the snobbery out of classical clas-sical music. "Beautiful music," he says, "was written to be enjoyed byew .A graduate of the , giousJuilhard School whe studied with RosiaLhe . and Eduard Steuer Kochanski combines musicianship with uncom v tional concert practices, NOT ONLY do his co0 run the musical gamut ft -Baroque to modern inclw -classical, popular, and I music, but he speaks to his' diences, explaining the o, , and inviting themonsiagti, ing intermission to ask qf tions. Never the aloof.itir amental, and unapproarJ performer, Kochanski closes the gap between r and audience. In addition, Kochanu caring nature has led to hiji.' stituting a one-to-oneprc; to help feed needy family Poland. He carried with' the names and address) Polish families to be give to anyone who'd like to The program, began less tl year ago, has helped 1,000 Polish families. John Paul II heard aboii program and was so appt tive of Kochanski'sgood' for Poland that the Ponii cently invited Kochansl perform for him in Rome i' |