LEWISTON — Master pianist Chiharu Naruse will bring two of her students to perform at The Oasis of Music, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St.

The players include Simon Bolduc, 12, a sixth-grade student at Park Avenue Elementary School in Auburn. Having begun playing piano at the age of 5, he has performed with the Snow Pond Youth Symphony and participated in a master class with Tamara Poddubnaya at Gould Academy in Bethel. He will attend the 13th International Piano Festival in Bethel this summer.

The composers represented in the program include Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Kulau and Poole.

Their teacher, Naruse, holds master’s degrees in music performance and music instruction from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany. She has participated in several international piano competitions, and won the silver prize in the Hyogo Piano Competition in Japan. In 2002, Chiharu moved to the United States to study under Frank Glazer.

She has since performed frequently in Maine, including solo recitals, concertos and chamber music performances with such groups as the Portland String Quartet, Da Ponte String Quartet and Venti Cordi. She was a featured artist at the Ocean Park Music Festival and the Franco-American Heritage Center, and has also toured in France and Japan. Naruse is a well-respected music teacher, chamber music coach, music competition adjudicator and accompanist, with many of her students receiving competition prizes.

Admission is free, with donations accepted. For more information call 207-344-3106.

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