Media Release
Nassau Education Foundation
Submitted by Schexnayder
January 6, 2017 11:00 a.m.
The Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach and VyStar Credit Union will host a classical concert with world-renowned pianist Francesco Attesti, benefiting the Nassau Education Foundation. Francesco Attesti is an internationally acclaimed Italian pianist and is considered to be one of the preeminent interpreters of the Romantic and early Twentieth Century Repertoire.
The concert will take place on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 7 – 9 pm at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Fernandina Beach. Following the concert, a VIP reception will be held at the home of Ken and Teresa Hunter at 909 Atlantic Avenue. A limited number of tickets for the reception are available.
“On behalf of the Nassau Education Foundation, we are honored The Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach and VyStar Credit Union selected us as the beneficiary of the evening’s fundraiser concert,” said Abby Bean, executive director of the NEF.
According to Mr. Attesti’s website, he performs regularly in internationally prestigious concert halls like: Philharmonia Hall of Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow, Mozarteum of Salzburg, Philharmonie Essen, International Piano Festival of Warsaw, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Cambridge University, Leicester University, Columbia University in New York, Denver University in Colorado, and the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan.
Tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased at the Fernandina Beach branch of VyStar Credit Union, the Amelia Island Fernandina Beach Yulee Chamber of Commerce, the Nassau Education Foundation website at http://www.nassaueducationfoundation.org/ or by contacting the Foundation at [email protected].