A special Friday night concert with the award-winning harpist Rita Costanzi opens the HVG Performing Arts Group concert season on September 25 at 7:30 pm. Costanzi was Principal Harp of CBC Radio Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony and has performed throughout Europe and the Americas. In the intimate setting of The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, she’ll perform a program that includes works by Bach, Faure, Granados, Liszt and Debussy.

Rita Costanzi is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and two-time winner of the American Harp Society’s National Competition. She produced and performed an award-winning one-woman show based on her memoir “The Strings of My Heart.”

The season continues on October 25 with Swing a Song of Sondheim, a special co-presentation with Castle Village. Classical guitarist Mak Grgic, a Grammy nominee, comes to The Lounge on November 22, and an HVG favorite, Cassatt String Quartet, returns on December 13. HVG resident pianist Evelyne Luest and friends perform solo piano and chamber works on January 31. Details are below.

Concerts are open to the public; admission is $20 suggested donation ($15 for seniors/youth 8-18; under 8 free) at the door. The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens is at 128 Pinehurst Ave at West 183rd Street in Manhattan. The audience is invited to meet the performers at a post-performance wine reception.

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