Cliburn Kids on the Road at Lochwood Library
Spring Break 2025
Date: March 14, 2025 1:30 pm CDT
Venue: Lochwood Library
Bring your family and friends for a free interactive, educational concert! In this season of Cliburn Kids on the Road, our artists present “What Makes a Hero,” a program that celebrates music with your favorite heroes.
This event is presented in partnership with Dallas Public Library.
PROGRAM
WHAT MAKES A HERO?
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a pianist?! A musical conversation about heroes, from caped comic book characters to heroes we meet in everyday life, told through the lens of how Van Cliburn used the superpower of music to connect people around the world.
Featured music:
BEETHOVEN–LISZT Symphony No. 3 “Eroica,” S. 464/3
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor: II. Romance
BENZECRY Toccata Newen
CHOPIN Etude op. 10, no. 12 “Revolutionary”
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo
HOUGH Fanfare Toccata
ABOUT
DARIA KISELEVA, PIANIST
Pianist Daria Kiseleva debuted with orchestra at age 10. She has since won top prizes at some of the world’s most renowned music competitions and performed at famous concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Salle Cortot in Paris. She has brought her music to Europe, North, and South America and looks forward to visiting even more continents.
Born in Russia, Daria started piano lessons at the age of 4 and graduated from Moscow State Gnesin College and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2014, she moved to Fort Worth to pursue an artist diploma and Doctor of Musical Arts at TCU. She also joins Cliburn in the Classroom for her first season as a program pianist.
Apart from music, Daria loves ballet. She danced throughout childhood and now shares that joy with her own daughter. She also can’t live without trips to the mountains or good coffee!