DUE to the volcanic activity in Iceland and the associated dust clouds which have interrupted European travel, French classical pianist, Caroline Sageman, is unable to fly to the Caribbean to peform this Thursday in Jamaica. Other planned concerts in the region by Sageman are also now on hold.

Sageman’s piano recital, in celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Frederic Chopin, was being presented by the Embassy of France and the Alliance Française de la Jamaique in collaboration with the Consulate of Poland. The organisers are working to see if the event can be rescheduled to a later date, a release stated.

The concert was under the patronage of Marc Olivier Gendry, Ambassador of France to Jamaica.

Described by the Alliance Française USA as a “child prodigy,” Sageman won first prize at the Kingdom of Music competition in France at age nine. She later gave her first performance at Paris’s famous Salle Pleyel concert hall. She won the Warsaw Chopin Competition at the age of 17 and remains the youngest winner to date.

Sageman is also a recording artiste with three CDs to her credit, including one solely devoted to the works of Chopin.