Music
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PIANO MAN Summer Stars Concert Series, the classical-music wing of the River to River Festival, opens with a performance by the gold medalist at the 2003 Shanghai Piano Competition, Adam Golka. Upcoming performers include violinist Caitlin Tully (Monday, July 18), percussionist Svet Stoyanov (Monday, July 25), and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s workshop with Daniel Bernard Roumain (Monday, August 8). Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Pace University, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce St., near Gold Street, 212-346-1715, free, tickets required.
NAUMBURG AT NIGHT Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the second installment of the Naumburg Orchestral Concert Series, an event celebrating 100 years of free outdoor music in Central Park. Soprano Susanna Phillips is the soloist, with music by several American composers. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Central Park, Naumburg Bandshell, located south of the 72nd Street cross-drive, 718-340-3018, free.
WORLD BEAT Balkan Beat Box, a band of New Yorkers, Israelis, Africans, and Bulgarians led by Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat, plays one night only two months before the release of its debut album.The group combines folk, electronic beats, and video projections for a performance-meetsdance-party feel. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. at Astor Place, 212-239-6200, $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
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