Marc Lebovitz Steadily, the Performing Arts Building is rising near the south end of the Illinois State University campus, and just as steadily, the fundraising for a new nine-foot concert grand piano for the concert hall is proceeding.
Donations are always welcome and several fund-raisers have been held over the last few years.
His performance, with ISU s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Professor Glenn Block, opens the music department s Ensemble Extravaganza Series. Han is entering his 14 th year as a professor of music at Boston University. He was a piano prodigy who escaped with his family when Communists invaded his North Korean hometown. He came to the U.S. in 1954 with the support and patronage of Fifth Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Samuel Anderson and later graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, where he had received a scholarship. Han has performed with the finest orchestras and conductors in the United States, Europe and Asia.