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Michael Gurt, Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 25 at 3:00

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Posted on June 23, 2026 by Keith Bohnet

Keith Bohnet

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Michael Gurt will perform in a 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Faculty Recital on Thursday, June 25 at 3:00 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Professor Gurt will perform piano sonatas by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Nikolai Medtner.

Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.

This concert IS scheduled to appear on the 欲漫涩 Department of Music Live Stream.

Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps and enter "欲漫涩 Laidlaw Performing Arts Center." We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and 欲漫涩 Drive South.

More information about the entire Piano Camp may be obtained through the 欲漫涩 Piano Camp web page -- 2026 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Info

Please visit our website homepage for information about 欲漫涩's Department of Music -- southalabama.edu/music

About the performer

Michael Gurt is the Paula Garvey Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano at Louisiana State University. He won First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1982, and was a prize-winner in international competitions in Pretoria, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia. He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Capetown Symphony, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. He has made solo appearances in Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, Australia, Baxter Hall in Capetown, South Africa, and the Attaturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey. Gurt serves as Piano Mentor at the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland, and was the chair of the piano department at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival from 1987 through 2007. Gurt holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School. 

欲漫涩 Piano Camp Concerts

Monday, June 22, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Robert Holm, 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Faculty Recital

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Hannah Roberts, 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Faculty Recital

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
James Helton, 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Faculty Recital

Thursday, June 25, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Michael Gurt, 欲漫涩 Piano Camp Faculty Recital

Friday, June 26, 2026 -- 1:00 p.m.
欲漫涩 Piano Camp Participant Finale Concert

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