Prof. Lino Rivera "Music & Humanity" Interview with UR Music & Art
Viennese organization UR Music & Arts functions as a remote theater that brings creators, such as musicians, artists, and other industry professionals together with individuals that are curious and appreciate the arts and culture. Through these experiences and interactions, they enrich and empower their audiences.
Please contact Prof. Rivera at lrivera@stmarys-ca.edu if you would like a copy of the recorded session. To watch the webinar live, click here to sign in on September 30th at 10am.
Born in the Philippines, Lino Rivera won his first national competition at age eight. He has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, and accompanist on three continents. He has been featured on several radio and television broadcasts, notably live performances with the Manila Symphony Orchestra and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Rivera makes it his mission to advocate and premiere contemporary works; to explore and meet the artistic, creative, and technical challenges of piano transcriptions (the subject of his doctoral dissertation); and to discover and perform obscure solo piano repertoire throughout the ages.
Rivera is a celebrated performer for Composers, Inc. an organization based in San Francisco dedicated to promoting works by contemporary American composers. In 2007, he performed many of the Beethoven sonatas in conjunction with renowned music historian Robert Greenberg on a concert lecture series presented at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, California. He is a frequent soloist at Music Teachers' Association of California conferences, and regularly serves as an adjudicator of piano competitions. Recent solo recitals have taken place in Nuremberg (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Kent University, Corpus Christi, Savannah, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Anchorage.