Award-winning pianist, Liana  Paniyeva, will perform a program of works - Bach-Busoni Chaconne, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 Op. 57 ("Appassionata"),  and Chopin's Sonata No. 3. Op. 58.

Liana has performed at international festivals in Norway, Hungary, Canada, Italy, South Africa and Israel, in addition to four performances at Carnegie Hall. Her solo recital in 2016 at the Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago was broadcast live on WFMT Radio. She is the winner of the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music, the Grand Prize at the Metropolitan International Piano Competition, and the winner of the AFAF Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition. She was also awarded the Cargill Foundation Prize in the 2014 Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow, and won a prize at the Iowa International Piano Competition in 2015. She graduated from the Donetsk Music Academy in Ukraine, and went on to earn her Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music in 2011. She finished her Artist Diploma at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. Most recently, she played concerts in Scotland, South Africa, and around the U.S., including Mechanics Hall in Worcester, the Chicago Cultural Center, Epiphany Church in Washington DC, the Chicago Public Library, the Grand Country Concert Series in Colorado, the Jamestown Piano Association, and many more.