The Lenfest Center for the Arts

Susan Wager: Assistant Director, Lenfest Center for the Arts wagers@wlu.edu
Mailing Address: Lenfest Center Box Office 100 Glasgow Street Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450 540-458-8000

Concert Guild: ILonka Rus, piano

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Wilson Concert Hall/Lenfest Center

Ticket prices:
Adults: $25
Seniors: $20
W&L Faculty and Staff: $15
W&L Student/Student No charge ID required
Taxes and processing fees included in ticket pricing.

Transylvanian born pianist Dr. ILonka Rus is the Director of Keyboard Studies and Professor of Piano at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. She began her piano studies with her mother at the age of five in Romania. By the age of ten she had given her first public performance and won her first award at the International Piano Competition "Citta di Marsala" in Italy. She appeared as a recitalist and concert artist with numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles throughout Romania, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland and USA. Dr. Rus has performed in prestigious music centers including Carnegie Hall (New York) Ateneul Roman (Bucharest) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam). She continues to teach piano solo and chamber music master classes, perform clinics and adjudicate national and international competitions in USA, Romania, Peru and Colombia. Rus' program will include works by Mozart, Brian Field, George Enescu, Tudor Dumitrescu, and Carl Filtch.