This concert is to benefit Hermandad, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to serving the educational, physical, and spiritual needs of the indigent and underserved populations within communities of Puerto Rico.

Concert is LIVE on Facebook on February 21, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

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LURA JOHNSON, Steinway Artist Regular Guest Pianist at Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Principal Keyboardist at Delaware Symphony Orchestra Adjunct Faculty and Coordinator of Chamber Music at Peabody Institute, Conservatory and Preparatory

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Lura will explore music by composers that include:

• Beethoven who endured hearing loss and managed to continue his career as a musician.
• Robert and Clara Schumann, though desperately in love, her father opposed and prevented the marriage. They persevered taking the matter to court, and eventually won their right to marry.
• Shostakovich endured political persecution with threats of violence and intimidation from the Stalin regime toward both himself and his family. Despite these obstacles, he continued to write music for the Russian people.
• Bernstein’s “Somewhere,” from West Side Story, which features the discrimination and personal resolve of the New York Puerto Rican teens.