Georgia & Louise Mangos, Duo

Biography

Duo-pianists Georgia & Louise Mangos have
concertized throughout Europe and the United States, including recitals for the
International Chopin Society and performances with the Inter-national Chamber
Music Festival in Germany and Austria. In 1987, the Mangos sisters were one of
the twelve out of 129 contestant teams selected to compete in the first Murray
Dranoff International Duo-Piano Competition in Miami. The Mangos's many
broadcast performances on radio and television have included live performances
for Chicago fine arts radio station WFMT-FM and an appearance as the selected
artist for a television special on duo-pianism for Continental Cablevision.

Chicago-area natives, the Mangos have appeared on numerous local recital series
including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, the Chopin Foundation
Concert Series, and the concert series of the Art Institute of Chicago. Georgia
and Louise have won grants from the Illinois Arts Council, and were chosen to
participate in the Illinois Artstour program, a select group of artists that
tour the state. The Mangos sisters have earned individual degrees from the New
England Conservatory, Boston University, and the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. As a two-piano team they continued their studies with Paul
Badura-Skoda and Jörg Demus at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich and have
coached with Adele Marcus of the Juilliard School, Dr. Bela Nagy of Catholic
University, and Earl Wild at the University of Ohio, Columbus.