Pianist at SFCC

Pianist Petronel Malan, a three-time Grammy nominee, performs a solo concert Friday night at Spokane Falls Community College.

A child prodigy in her native South Africa, Malan debuted with the Johannesburg Symphony at age 10 and won a gold medal at age 14 in the Third International Piano Competition in Marsala, Sicily. She relocated to the United States in 1991 to pursue her career and has made orchestral, recital and chamber music appearances on four continents.

On Friday she will perform Mozart’s Sonata K. 330, Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and Brahms’ “16 Waltzes.”

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in SFCC’s Music/Performing Arts Building auditorium, Building 15, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for seniors and students.

Chopin at Panida

Pianist Jan Bodgan Drath will present “Chopin I Love,” a program of works by Frederic Chopin, on Friday night at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint.

Drath, a music professor at Texas A&M University, traces his lifelong interest in Chopin’s compositions to his first recital at age 14. That continued through participation in Chopin competitions, many years of Chopin research, and directing annual Chopin workshops.

His “Waltzes of Fryderyk Chopin” includes reproductions of original manuscripts and first editions of Chopin’s waltzes.

Friday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students 18 and under, at Monarch Mountain Coffee, FC Weskil’s, Eve’s Leaves and at the door. For more information call (208) 255-7801.