Jeannette Rubinyi is an original resident of Crestwood Hills, and at 95, still calls our neighborhood home. For the past 30 years she has honored her husband Benno, a noted musician, by endowing UCLA’s Benno Rubinyi Scholarship, which is awarded to top student pianists.
For the last 16 of those 30 years, the scholarship has been bestowed on the winner of the Rubinyi Piano Student Competition, where the best student pianists compete for top honors. This year, the 17th annual competition will be held on Tuesday, May 5th from 6-8:30 pm at the Jan Popper Theater in the Schoenberg Music Building at UCLA. It promises to be an especially momentous occasion because Jeannette’s 95th birthday will also be celebrated.
You are invited to join UCLA’s music department, talented young musicians, Jeannette and her family for an amazing evening of music and celebration. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please see the official announcement from the UCLA Herb Albert School of Music.
The Rubinyi family musical tradition continues through Jeannette and Benno’s grandson, Ben Anderson, who will be performing May 29th in Santa Monica.