Duo Mundi George & Guli will present a two-piano program on Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Submitted photo by Karen Bourdier
The two-piano team Duo Mundi will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. This Piano Series program features concert artists and teachers George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti.
Franco Center fans familiar with Lopez’s solo Piano Series recitals and concerto performances with the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will be thrilled to witness his collaboration with pianist Gulimina Mahamuti in an exciting and innovative program of music for one-piano four hands and two-pianos four hands. Their October 15 program will include “Night” by Fazil Say, the phenomenal Turkish pianist and composer, and a four-hands arrangement of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”
Since its inception in 2018, the Duo Mundi team of George and Guli has performed in venues across the United States, as well as in Mexico and Europe. In June 2024, they return to China to complete a tour interrupted by the pandemic. Highly experienced as artists and teachers, they have performed and given master classes, as well as developed workshops and lectures for audiences on several continents, presenting their innovative, diverse, and intimate programming style.
George Lopez, the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College, where he also conducts the college orchestra, has been a dynamic performer and much-sought-after teacher and lecturer for over 30 years, and has performed solo recitals and concertos to critical acclaim in major American cities, as well as in Europe, Cuba, and South America. His “Music in the Museum” series at Bowdoin consistently sells out to audiences who enjoy his engaging lecture-recitals.
Internationally acclaimed Chinese-American pianist, Gulimina Mahamuti, the first Uyghur from China to receive a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, enjoys an active career, performing and teaching in North America, Europe, and China, where she has appeared on television and has been featured in the press. Before moving to Maine in 2018, she was an Assistant Professor of Music at Ohio Wesleyan University. Ms. Mahamuti is the immediate Past President of the Maine Music Teachers Association and serves on the Music Teachers National Association’s DEI Committee.
Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults; no charge for students 21 and under and can be purchased online at francocenter.org or by phone at 207-689-2000. Tickets can also be purchased in person from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The Franco Center is located in the former St. Mary’s Church at 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. Parking is available in the mill lot. The building is handicap accessible on the Lincoln St. Alley side.
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