Pianist Anthony de Mare will conduct a piano masterclass with select students from the UMD School of Music in advance of his Friday, September 21 performance of Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano.

In this informal noontime event, open to the public, he will share his experience in working with composers for his Liaisons project and will answer questions from the audience before hearing the students play contemporary music including The Devil’s Staircase by György Ligeti.