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Walters
Plays Benefit For Girl With Bone Marrow Disease Pianist Teresa Walters has traveled the
world performing on stages in New York, Madrid, Jerusalem, Paris and
Moscow, but the plight of a young girl's fight with a rare bone marrow
disease will bring the world-renowned artist to Rutherford High School for
a benefit performance tonight. "When I became aware of the need, I tried to think of what I might do to help," said Walters. "She's a beautiful child with such dignity. My heart went out to her. Everyone can do their part without limitations," said Walters. "We thought people can give whatever they could, including corporate gifts and those with deeper pockets." Walters has selected works by Bach-Busoni, Rachmaninoff, George Walker and her specialty, Franz Liszt. She is presently recording a multi-volume set of rare and unknown sacred music by Liszt. Volume I, entitled "The Abbé Liszt," was released in February to critical acclaim. Efforts are being made to find a bone marrow tissue match for 9-year old Laurel King, who is suffering from Fanconi's Anemia, a rare disease that causes bone marrow to disintegrate. Funds raised at the concert will be used to offset her medical costs. Walters will perform on a concert Steinway piano donated by Steinway & Sons in Paramus. Walters has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Palais dex Beaux-Artes in Brussels, the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Geneva Conservatoire. She has also performed in Paris, the Concert Hall in Jerusalem, the Beethoven Festival in Vienna and Spanish Music Festivals in Barcelona and Madrid. International bookings next season include tours of Australia, Japan and Hungary, where she has been invited to perform an all-Liszt recital at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
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