SDNN.com
By Valerie Scher
January 16, 2010

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a bunch of arts administrators to foster the Chopin Bicentennial Celebration 2010/San Diego.

At least that’s the way it seemed on Friday, when pianist Garrick Ohlsson’s captivating, sold-out recital launched the year-long extravaganza consisting of a dozen programs by a variety of local organizations.

“This is a big undertaking,” the La Jolla Music Society’s Christopher Beach told the audience at La Jolla’s Sherwood Auditorium in the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.