Award Win­ning Con­cert Pi­anist Per­forms Con­cert Ded­i­cated to Beethoven

MISHAWAKA–– Sam Rot­man, a con­cert pi­anist with Bach­e­lor and Mas­ter of Mu­sic de­grees from the Jul­liard School in New York City, played a con­cert at Bethel on Oct. 25  ded­i­cated to Beethoven’s works. 

Ac­cord­ing to Kelli Grosse, ad­min­is­tra­tive as­sis­tant for the mu­sic de­part­ment, Rot­man was plan­ning a pi­ano tour in 2020 to cel­e­brate the 250-year an­niver­sary of the birth of Beethoven. Due to COVID-19, the tour was post­poned and was resched­uled to this year. The con­cert was held in the Paqui and Brian Kelly Au­di­to­rium at 7:30 p.m.

Rot­man had prior vis­its to Bethel in the 1990s to per­form recitals. He has con­nec­tions with Rob Rhein, D.M.A., as­so­ci­ate pro­fes­sor of mu­sic, and Bob and Mar­i­lynn Hamm, for­mer pro­fes­sors of the mu­sic de­part­ment.

Rot­man has re­ceived nine awards through grants, schol­ar­ships and other prizes. In ad­di­tion, Rot­man has been among win­ners of five pi­ano com­pe­ti­tions in the United States and Eu­rope. His per­for­mances have been held in over 60 coun­tries, in­clud­ing South­east Asia, China, In­dia and the Caribbean.

Many stu­dents were able to en­joy a brief pre­view Rot­man gave of his con­cert in chapel the morn­ing of Oct. 25. Stu­dents who were un­able to at­tend the con­cert but would like to learn more about Rot­man or read his tes­ti­mony can visit his web­site, sam­rot­man.com.