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Swiss-born American pianist Gilles Vonsattel, called “a pianist well worth watching” by the New York Times, will ring down the curtain on the 2014-15 Sanford Hill Piano Series at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 11 in Western Washington University’s Concert Hall.

In addition to his Bellingham date, Vonsattel’s recent schedule includes performances at the Library of Congress, Wigmore Hall, the Gilmore Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron, Musée d’Orsay, Davos Festival, La Jolla Music Society, the Munich Gasteig, and Atlanta’s Spivey Hall. He has also played at well-known festivals: Rockport, Music@Menlo, Angelfire, Ottawa, Bridgehampton, Bard SummerScape, Seattle, Caramoor, West Cork, and Archipel, among others.

Vonsattel began touring after capturing the top prize at the prestigious 2002 Naumburg International Piano Competition. He went on to win numerous prizes in major international events such as the Cleveland and Honens competitions, and was the winner of the 2006 Concours de Genève and an Avery Fisher career grant. He made his Alice Tully Hall debut in 2002 and has since performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic; at Zürich’s Tonhalle, Warsaw’s Chopin Festival, and Tokyo’s Opera City Hall; and with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, and the San Francisco Symphony, among many others nationally and internationally. Vonsattel has also been heard frequently on NPR’s Performance Today, CBC, and the BBC.

The evening’s program will include selections by Domenico Scarlatti, Anton Webern, George Benjamin, Olivier Messiaen, and Debussy. For a complete listing of the evening’s program, visit wwu.edu/sanfordhill. Tickets are $16-$40 and are available at wwu.edu/sanfordhill, by calling the �������� Box Office at (360) 650-6146, in person during box office hours, and at the door.