The Schemel Forum Collaborative Program - Music and Medicine - Chopin and the Power of Resilience
Thursday, 10 October, 2019
*With Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Music and Medicine: Chopin and the Power of Resilience
Psychiatrist and concert pianist Dr. Richard Kogan will give a lecture/concert that explores how the great Polish composer Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) grappled with pulmonary disease, exile from his beloved homeland and a tempestuous relationship with the novelist George Sand. The discussion will be illuminated by piano performances of some of Chopin’s most beloved masterpieces.
Richard Kogan, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College and Artistic Director, Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program
5:30 p.m. Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton
Reception to follow. $30 per person.