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28 | February 7, 2019 | Malibu surfside news LIFE & ARTS
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Malibu’s Weinberger to share new poems
Staff Report
Malibu resident Florence
Weinberger is to share
pieces from her fifth poetry
collection, “Ghost Tattoo,”
at a free reading.
The event, initially
scheduled for November
but canceled because of
the Woolsey Fire, is to take
place at 11:30 a.m. Sunday,
Feb. 10, at Malibu Jewish
Center and Synagogue,
24855 Pacific Coast Highway.
Brunch will be served
after the reading.
Weinberger is an awardwinning
poet, four times
nominated for the Pushcart
Prize. Her poetry has been
published in numerous literary
journals and anthologies.
Christopher Buckley,
author of over 20 books,
said of Weinberger’s latest
collection “Weinberger’s
craft is exceptional and
delightful, and helps us
understand the small and
large conundrums of living.”
David St. John, poet and
former teacher at USC,
writes “This is a book that
belongs at your bedside, for
those moments the night
grows far too long, and far
too lonely.”
To RSVP for the reading,
call (310) 456-5078 or
email Jennifer@mjcs.org.
RIGHT: Florence
Weinberger, of Malibu,
poses with her books
during a poetry open mic
in Malibu last spring. 22nd
Century Media File Photo
Pianist up next in Pepperdine’s recital series
Submitted by Pepperdine
University
Pianist Kenny Broberg
comes to Pepperdine University’s
Raitt Recital Hall
at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.
Tickets, starting at $28
for adults and $10 for fulltime
Pepperdine students,
are available by calling the
box office at (310) 506-
4522 or visiting arts.pepperdine.edu.
Broberg’s program is to
include Bach’s “Toccata
in C Minor, BWV 911”;
Beethoven’s “Sonata No.
31 in A-flat Major, op.
110”; Franck and Bauer’s
“Prélude, Fugue et Variation,
op. 18”; and Medtner’s
“Sonata in E Minor,
op. 25, no. 2, Night Wind.”
Broberg, a native of
Minneapolis, won the sil-
Kenny Broberg, Piano
When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10
Where: Pepperdine University Raitt Recital Hall,
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu
For tickets, which cost $28 for adults and $10 for
Pepperdine students, call (310) 506-4522 or visit
arts.pepperdine.edu.
ver medal at the 2017 Van
Cliburn International Piano
Competition.
Also a prizewinner of the
Hastings, Sydney, Seattle
and New Orleans international
piano competitions,
Broberg has previously
performed as a soloist with
the Royal Philharmonic,
Minnesota, Sydney Symphony,
Seattle Symphony,
Dallas Chamber, Fort
Worth Symphony, and the
Louisiana Philharmonic
Orchestras, among others,
working with conductors
Ludovic Morlot, Leonard
Slatkin, Nicholas Milton,
Nicholas McGegan, Carlos
Miguel Prieto, and Stilian
Kirov.
During the 2017–2018
season, he made his subscription
concert debut
with the Minnesota Orchestra
— stepping in for
André Watts days before
the performance. Other
recent highlights include
residencies at the Methow
Chamber, Strings, and
Sunriver Music Festivals,
and recitals in Houston,
Denver and Minneapolis,
and in Italy and the United
Kingdom.
Broberg’s solo debut album
was released in August
2017 on the Decca Gold
label, featuring one of his
signature works, “Barber:
Piano Sonata,” as well as
works by Bach, Schubert,
Chopin and Franck.
Broberg started piano
lessons at 6 years old, when
he was first fascinated by
his mother’s upright — a
wedding gift from her parents.
He studied for nine
years with Dr. Joseph Zins
before entering the University
of Houston’s Moores
School of Music, where he
earned a bachelor of music
degree with Nancy Weems
in 2016. He currently resides
in Parkville, Missouri,
under the guidance
Kenny Broberg, who has been playing piano since he
was 6, is to perform works from Bach, Beethoven and
more during a Feb. 10 show in Malibu.
Jeremy Enlow/The Cliburn
of 2001 Cliburn Gold Medalist
Stanislav Ioudenitch at
Park University. Alongside
his teachers, he is influenced
by the recordings of
Alfred Cortot, William Kapell
and Claudio Arrau.
For more information
about Broberg, visit kenny
broberg.com.