Please join us for a performance by Belgian Pianist Gilbert De Greeve & Indonesia Pianist Jessica Suandrianna at Mercer Music Hall, on Saturday, November 13th at 7PM – FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Seating is limited. Please call 425-241-8835, or email us at info@northwestpianos.com to RSVP.
On the program works by Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms and Gilbert De Greeve (creation of a new 4-hands piece)
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