Join us for our next NLS Music Notes webinar on Tuesday, March 25, at 4:00 p.m. pacific time via Zoom.

For this NLS Music Notes webinar, we will be joined by pianist, composer, and NLS Music Section patron Hwaen Ch’uqi. We will discuss Mr. Ch’uqi’s journey to becoming a professional musician, his use of braille music, and his own compositions and inspiration.

About Hwaen Ch’uqi: An Inca Indian and a native of Perú, pianist Hwaen Ch’uqi is a world-renowned soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has performed throughout the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Russia, Taiwan, Japan, and Perú at such venues as Seiji Ozawa Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is on the roster of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society and is co-founder of Duo Q’inti with pianist Emi Okumura and Duo Perussia with violinist Nadya Meykson.

Mr. Ch’uqi holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied under Natalya Antonova. He quickly distinguished himself as one of the rare pianists to be invited three times as a fellow to the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center; there, he studied with such luminaries as Gilbert Kalish and Leon Fleisher. He was a semifinalist at the Second Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition in Moscow and was awarded the Special Prize.

You can read more about Hwaen Ch’uqi at https://incawarrior.com

This NLS Music Notes webinar can be joined by going to https://loc.zoomgov.com/j/1611616683?pwd=RSQlCB89b2HzEiDBib3lhE2vw7l2lI.1

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Link to Zoom meeting on March 25, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time:

Meeting URL:          https://loc.zoomgov.com/j/1611616683?pwd=RSQlCB89b2HzEiDBib3lhE2vw7l2lI.1

Meeting ID:   161 161 6683

Passcode:     417943