VPR Classical Host Walter Parker talks with pianist Vanessa Perez and Conductor Anthony Princiotti before the VSO Masterworks Concert on December 1st, 2007.

Perez, who grew up in Venezuela, began her studies at age seven. She has appeared in solo recitals and with orchestras in concert halls around the world. She talked about her musical education in Venezuela, London, Italy and America.

Her concert with the VSO was her first public performance of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Walter and Princiotti discuss the stories behind the Bartók Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Sympony No. 4.