“Internationally acclaimed pianist Paul-André Bempéchat (professor, Liberal Arts) will honor the birthday of Ludwig Van Beethoven with a performance of three of the composer’s most beloved piano sonatas. The concert will take place on Friday evening, Dec. 16 at First Parish on the Common at 7:30 p.m. with an in-person audience. It will also be available via Zoom.”

“The concert is a benefit for First Parish music and for The Shelf, a service that offers free food to students at MassArt (Massachusetts College of Arts and Design) where Bempéchat teaches. The artist noted his distress at learning of food insecurity among students at the college and offered to do a benefit performance.”