Sands, Schubert, and Star Wars

Saturday, March 29, 2025, 7:30 pm

Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466, 1st mvt, with Lucas Popescu, piano

Taylor Shifting Sands for English horn and Orchestra, with Maureen Stone, English horn

Schubert Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
Williams Star Wars Suite

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$15 General, ​​$10 Senior/Student

Kids age 12 and under FREE

12-year-old piano prodigy, Lucas Popescu, is a 6th grade student at Northshore Christian Academy in Everett. Lucas has won top prizes in several important piano competitions, including Gold Medal at the 2025 Chopin Northwest Competition, Grand Prize at the 2024 Pacific Northwest Piano Competition, Grand Prize at the 2024 International French Music Piano Competition, Gold Medal at the 2024 Music Era Festival, Silver Medal at the 2024 Russian Chamber Music Foundation Competition, Silver Medal at the 2024 Virtuoso Artists Festival, and Bronze Medal at the 2024 Chopin Northwest Competition. Adjudicators have described Lucas as "a very accomplished pianist with beautiful singing fingers," "exceptional talent," and as a "poetic pianist with pure heart and soul." 

Lucas enjoys mathematics and science, skiing, competitive swimming, international traveling, and chess. He is thrilled to perform the 1st movement of Mozart’s iconic D minor Piano Concerto with Maestro Alexei Girsh in his Eastside Symphony debut.