January 14 & 15, 2011 (8pm) - The Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle (Toledo, Ohio) - Mei Anne Chen, conductor, Halida Dinova, piano.
"Ravel and The Sea" - Halida will be playing with the Toledo Symphony and playing Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand as part of the Classics Series.
website: Toledo Symphony Info

Program:
Mendelssohn        Overture: Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage   13’

Debussy               La mer (The Sea)   23’
                                        De l’aube à midi sur la mer 
                                        (From Dawn to Noon on the Sea)
                                        Jeux des vagues (Play of the Waves)
                                        Dialogue du vent et de la mer
                                        (Dialogue of Wind and Sea)

     Intermission

Ravel                   Piano Concerto for the Left Hand   19’

Ravel                   La valse  (The Waltz)   13’

Halida has been working in St. Petersburg, Russia the last several months completing an extensive research dissertation on the piano and chamber music of Ernest Bloch.

Her new solo music CD, "Music That Tells Stories" is in the final stages of production and will be released early in 2011.