Spivey Hall

will showcase some world class talent this weekend.

Friday, Soprano

Sofie Van Otter will perform, Saturday will feature the Beaux Arts Trio

and performing Sunday will be Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

Van Otter will

join longtime accompanist Brent Forsberg on the stage and will perform

works by Franz Schubert, Cecil Chaminade and Kurt Weill as well as lesser

known works by Nordic composers Algot Haquinius, Tor Aulin and Gosta Nystroem.

Van Otter has

been a member of the Basel Opera and has several current releases that

are very varied in style. One disc is a recital disc of Beethoven, one

is dedicated to the music of Cecil Chaminade and "For the Stars"

is a collaboration with Elvis Costello.

Van Otter will

perform at 8:15 p.m. Friday evening. Tickets are $50.

The Beaux Arts

Trio, recognized for over 46 years as having set the standard for performance

of piano trio literature, will perform Schumann's "Trio No. 1"

and Beethoven's famed "Archduke" Trio.

Pianist Menahem

Pressler will be joined by Antonio Menses on cello and newcomer Daniel

Hope on violin. They have performed all around the world and were chosen

as Musical America's "Ensemble of the Year." Their landmark

projects have included participation in the "December Evenings"

festival in Moscow and a performance at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul,

South Korea.

The Beaux Arts

Trio will perform at 8:15 p.m. and tickets are $35.

Lang is only

19 years old but has won numerous awards at international competitions

and worldwide praise. He began his piano studies at the age of 3 and entered

the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing at the age of 9.

Lang will perform

works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt. He will perform

at 3 p.m. and tickets will be $25.

For information

on these shows or future shows, phone 770-961-3683 or visit www.spiveyhall.org .

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