LANCASTER, Pa. (Aug. 27, 2024) – Internationally renowned pianist Xun Pan, along with two members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will kick off the 2024-25 Arts & Culture season at The Trust Performing Arts Center with the first concert in this year’s Lancaster International Piano Festival series. 

Performing at 3 p.m. Sept. 15 in The Trust Great Hall [37 N. Market St., Lancaster], Pan will be joined by Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Principal Cellist Priscilla Lee and Assistant Principal Second Violin Dara Morales. 

Tickets for this concert, plus three additional Lancaster International Piano Festival performances as well as the entire Trust Arts & Culture season, are available at lancastertrust.com or lbc.edu/events. 

Pan has performed worldwide, from Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Moscow and New York City to Salzburg, Santiago, Seoul, Sicily, Singapore, Shanghai, Taipei, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Reviews have exclaimed that he “excites his audience with extraordinary power and masterful technique.”

A noted chamber musician and a judge for many piano competitions, Pan is the pianist of the Newstead Trio and Trio Clavino, whose work has been broadcast through radio, television and highly acclaimed recordings. One of the founding members and the Artistic Director of the Lancaster International Piano Festival, Pan teaches at Millersville University and is a visiting professor at many universities and conservatories in China.

Lee began studying at the age of 5 and made her solo debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A native of California, she studied at the Colburn School of Performing Arts and Curtis Institute of Music. Lee earned her Master of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music and has participated in the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, Seattle, Delaware and St. Denis in Paris, among others. A past member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, she was a founding member of Trio Cavatina, which won the Naumburg International Competition grand prize, and joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2016.

Morales joined the Philadelphia Orchestra to start the 2007-08 season from the Utah Symphony and Opera. She previously held the positions with the Puerto Rico Symphony and Northern Kentucky Symphony and has performed with symphonies in Utah, Cincinnati, Bangor and Lancaster, among others. During the summers, Morales teaches at the Philadelphia International Music Festival. A native of Ephrata, Pa., she earned both her bachelor and master’s degrees in music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

The Philadelphia Orchestra strives to share the transformative power of music with the widest possible audience, and to create joy, connection and excitement through music in the Philadelphia region, across the country and around the world. Through innovative programming, robust education initiatives, a commitment to diverse communities and the embrace of digital outreach, the ensemble is creating an expansive and inclusive future for classical music. At home at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble was named Orchestra of the Year by BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone.

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In 1912, the Lancaster Trust Company finished its new headquarters—a Beaux Arts masterpiece from the imagination of Lancaster’s leading architect, C. Emlen Urban. A century later, Lancaster Bible College reimagined it into The Trust Performing Arts Center—a stunning venue for arts and culture in the heart of Lancaster. The Trust has a mission to honor God by encouraging excellence in the work of student and professional artists and by enriching the community through inspiring, challenging and redemptive experiences.

Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School is a premier academic institution offering a full range of collegiate programming from non-credit courses to undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree programs. Since 1933, the college has prepared students of all ages to “think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving Him in the Church and society.” LBC | Capital graduates are geographically and culturally diverse, serving as both professional and ministry leaders worldwide. With a thriving community and a caring, Bible-centered environment, LBC | Capital provides a complete experience that prepares students for their life journey.

Accredited through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, LBC | Capital is also approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Association of Christian Schools International. Specialized accreditations are also in the areas of: Social Work (Council on Social Work Education), Music, Worship & Performing Arts (National Association of Schools of Music) and Sport Management (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation).

Lancaster Bible College is located at 901 Eden Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and along with Capital Seminary & Graduate School, has sites in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.

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