Central Illinois music lovers have a chance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to see an acclaimed pianist when the Effingham Noon Rotary Club, with support from the Effingham Performance Center and the Piano Network, welcome Italian pianist Francesco Attesti. Attesti will perform the Goldberg Variations of J.S. Bach at the Effingham Performance Center. Proceeds from the event will benefit the music programs at Effingham High School and St. Anthony High School.

Attesti has performed at internationally prestigious concert halls such as Philharmonia Hall of Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow, Mozarteum of Salzburg, Philharmonie Essen, International Piano Festival of Warsaw, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Cambridge University, Leicester University, Columbia University in New York, Denver University in Colorado, and the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan.