PICTURES OLD AND NEW 
IOWA ARTS COUNCIL
Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra
November 2002

"Music Director and Conductor Henry Duitman leads the orchestra in another season of quality symphonic programming in Iowa. From the rousing Hungarian Dances of Brahms and the romantic Intermezzo by Mascagni to Prokofiev's playful Lietuenant Kije and Beethoven's monumental Emperor Concerto, this is a concert that no one will want to miss. As a special treat, listeners will hear Guest Artist Teresa Walters perform the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major on the new Haan Auditorium Steinway Concert Grand piano.

Teresa Walters is an internationally acclaimed pianist and one of the world's foremost pianists. Her mesmerizing performances as soloist with orchestras on today's international concert stages inspire unanimous praise. Her biography could be written from the headlines alone: "Teresa Walters Plays Piano on Grand Scale" (The Cincinnati Inquirer); "Her Hands Create Cascades of Luminescence" (The Washington Post); "Pianist Sparkles With Symphony" (Green Bay Gazette); "Teresa Walters Holds 'Keys' to Audiences' Hearts" (The Record). In recent years, she has performed as recitalist and orchestral soloist on six continents and in most of the 50 United States at venues including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Salle Cortot in Paris, Moscow's Great Hall, and Australia's International Conservatorium, and Jerusalem's Concert Hall. Her recent Centennial Recital at Lincoln Center in New York earned a standing ovation from a capacity crowd. The American Record Guide has announced: "Her competition is virtually nil." 

Teresa Walters is noted for her commitment to music as the ultimate universal language and for her vision of music as ministry. She is equally at home in major concert halls or in college and community settings. Future engagements take her to South Africa, South America, China, and the Vatican. In addition to maintaining an extensive international touring schedule, she is recording a series of releases for Archangelus Records featuring the sacred piano music of Franz Liszt. The first two albums in this series have been nominated for the Grand Prix du Disque."