Pianist Daniel Schene with faculty guest artist Martha Hart, Mezzo-Soprano in Concert at Webster University

Webster University presents a concert featuring pianist Daniel Schene with faculty guest artist Martha Hart, Mezzo-Soprano. The program includes:  

W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata in A, K. 331 "Alla Turca"  

Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 55 No. 2                           Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 

Gabriel Faure: La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61, Song Cycle for Voice and Piano

Daniel Schene

A native of New York, Professor Daniel Schene has performed as a recitalist, chamber musician, concert soloist, and accompanist across the United States and Canada, as well as France, Italy, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Greece and Asia. Professor Schene is the duo partner of Eva Szekely, first violinist of the Esterhazy Quartet. He is a frequent guest artist with the Saint Louis Symphony’s Chamber Music St. Louis concerts and the Prelude series at Powell Hall. He has collaborated with renowned cellist Zara Nelsova and Denes Kovacs, director of the Liszt Academy in Budapest. 

After his debut with the Charlotte Symphony at fifteen, Professor Schene attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He received the BM and MM in Piano Performance from Indiana University, studying with Gyorgy Sebok and Enrica Cavallo-Gulli. At Indiana, he was the recipient of the prestigious Joseph Battista Memorial Award. Professor Schene has been Artist-in-Residence and Director of Keyboard Studies at Webster University since 1983. He is a founding faculty member of the Indiana University Summer Academy and the Institute for Advanced Vocal Studies in Paris. Mr. Schene records for the CRI label.