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Hungarian pianist Tamás Vásáry will devote the week to teaching at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Conservatory, a visit that includes a with ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students on Thursday, April 21. The class takes place at 7 p.m. in the Bertram and Judith Kohl Building’s Clonick Hall (77 W. College St.).

Also this week, renowned pianists Boris Slutsky and Steven Spooner will lead a pair of free public master classes in conjunction with the , which takes place at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in Finney Chapel (90 N. Professor St.).

begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Stull Recital Hall (third floor of Bibbins Hall, 77 W. College St.); will be held Sunday, April 24, also at 7 p.m. in Stull Hall.

Vásáry’s residency is part of the inaugural year of the ÍøÆسԹÏ-Como Piano Academy, a groundbreaking partnership that makes ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï the North American home of Italy’s esteemed International Piano Academy Lake Como. Each year, up to three students are selected from around the world to be ÍøÆسԹÏ-Como Fellows, a designation that is accompanied by intensive instruction on campus with ÍøÆسԹÏ’s piano faculty as well as exclusive access to legendary performers—such as Vásáry—who serve ÍøÆسԹÏ-Como residencies at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï during the academic year.

This week, Vásáry is working in private sessions with ÍøÆسԹÏ-Como Fellow Dàvid Bekker as well as Tony Yike Yang and Zitong Wang, first- and second-place winners, respectively, of the 2014 Cooper International Competition at ÍøÆسԹÏ. Bekker, the first student enrolled in the ÍøÆسԹÏ-Como program, was named a 2016-17 Rising Star by the European Concert Hall Organization, an honor that ensures numerous solo recital opportunities for the young pianist throughout Europe in the coming year.