Uruguayan-American pianist Polly Ferman will present programs featuring tango and music of the Americas on Sunday, February 25 - 3 PM and Tuesday, February 27 - 8 PM, at Arts and Convocation Hall on the north campus of the University of Alberta, 114th Street and 89th Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She will also present a Master Class at the University on Saturday, February 24.

The February 25 concert, "Tango Passion!!" will feature Ms. Ferman performing works by Daniel Binelli, Astor Piazzolla, Juan José Ramos, Matos Rodriguez, and Horacio Salgÿn. She will be joined by Antonio Peruch, concert accordion, violinists Aaron Au and Alicia Au, violin, violist Charles Pilon, cellist Julie Amundsen, bassist James Mallet and Mario Allende, percussion.

The February 27 program, "The History of Tango: Habañeras, Milongas, Tangos" will be a Visiting Artist lecture-recital by Ms. Ferman that will feature her renowned performances and discussion of Latin American habañeras, milongas and tangos.

Tickets for both events are $20 (Canadian), with discounts for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, please contact the University's Department of Music at (780) 492-0601 or visit them online at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/music/briefs.cfm.

Polly Ferman will also present a tango master class on Saturday, February 24 - 10 AM in Room 27 of the University of Alberta's north campus Fine Arts Centre. This event is free and open to the public.

One of the leading interpreters of the music of the Americas, Polly Ferman continues to captivate audiences with her outstanding performances of works by Gottschalk, Nazareth, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera and Piazzolla. Her mastery of the literature prompted The Japan Times to recognize her as "a Musical Ambassador of the Americas." Ferman's extensive tours as a soloist have included performances with the Symphonies of San Francisco, Colorado, Vancouver, and Indianapolis, as well as the Tokyo Philharmonic, Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine), Philippines Philharmonic, Sao Paulo State Symphony and the National Symphony of Argentina in addition to recitals in New York's Carnegie Hall, Tokyo's Suntory and Takemitsu Halls, Virginia's Wolf Trapp, London's St. Martin in the Fields, Koncert Halle of Munich, and the Buenos Aires Colon Theatre. Ferman was the only soloist selected to play at the Pan American Games of 1992, where she performed Villa-Lobos with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She recently performed to great acclaim in Cuba with the all-female chamber group Camerata Romeu. Her new Imÿgenes newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan07/PF_nws_010407.htm.

New videos of Polly Ferman in performance with Havana's Camerata Romeu can be seen online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMCDzVpnhQ&eurl= and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1vtghfeZw0.

Polly Ferman's numerous recordings constitute one of the most extensive collections of solo Latin American repertoire and are available on Music Masters, Musical Heritage Society, PAMAR, Talent Romeo Records, EPSA Music and Sondor. She is a Steinway Artist. Visit her online at http://www.pollyferman.net.

For more information about Polly Ferman, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

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