Kennedy Center for the Performimg Arts National Symphony and Piano Battle to Perform in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Feb. 11, 2025 - PRLog -- The National Symphony of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and a pair of dueling pianos known as Piano Battle will headline the final two concerts of the 75^th season of the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

Tickets are now on sale for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts National Symphony March 19 and Piano Battle March 25.  Both performances will be at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

"We are so happy to bring these two outstanding performances to Fort Myers to round out our 2025 season," said Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann.  "Classical music enthusiasts will love our own country's National Symphony and enjoy the dueling pianos with the audience deciding who is the better pianist."

Since its founding in 1931, the National Symphony Orchestra has been committed to performances that enrich the lives of its audience and community members.  In 1986, the National Symphony became an artistic affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  Three-time Grammy Award winning violinist Hillary Hahn will join the orchestra.

Internationally accomplished pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis go head-to-head in a piano duel featuring a variety of classical and contemporary music.  The audience will decide the winner in this unique concert experience.

Tickets may be purchased at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall box office at 239-481-4849 or online at www.bbmannpah.com. Prices are $55 for orchestra and mezzanine seats, $35 for lower balcony seats and $25 for upper balcony seats.  Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 75th concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.