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Polish-American Musicians, The Rice Brothers' debut at Carnegie Hall

October 24, 2014

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York kindly informs about The Rice Brothers' debut at Carnegie Hall on November 2nd at 7:30 pm.

Young, Polish-American and classical musicians, Johnny and Chris Rice, will perform at Carnegie Hall on November 2nd at 7.30 pm to share Polish-American Heritage.

The upcoming event will be a great possibility to enjoy Chopin, Liszt, Gershwin music. Tickets are now available for purchase. Box Office is at 57th and Seventh. Tickets can be purchased at carnegiehall.org/CarnegieCharge: 212-247-7800.

When:
Sunday November 2, 2014 from 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EST

Where:
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

Johnny and Chris Rice (each plays cello and piano) are very famous since they perform in the United States and also in Europe (in such places as Munich, Germany; Salzburg, Pörtschach, Vienna, Warsaw).

Both brothers participated successfully in a number of international competitions, such as the Chopin International Piano Competition (Warsaw, Poland) and the Brahms International Music Competition (Pörtschach, Austria).

Both professional musician, Chris in 2013 and Johnny in 2014, became co-gold medalist in the Texas organization's 21st and 22nd International Chopin Piano Competition.

Talented brothers perform under the name of the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas, which was established in 1989. The Society's goal is to offer various performances and special events of the highest quality to the people of South Texas.

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Johnny and Chris Rice are students of the private studio of Steinway Artist Robert Hamilton, Professor of Piano at Arizona State University. They were students of Taki Atsumi, also of the ASU faculty. Performing as "The Rice Brothers" they represent classical music, jazz and professional skills, and bring a great touch of history of the great composers and the times in which they lived. "We have always felt an affinity for the music of Chopin," Chris Rice says.