At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, Italian virtuoso Alessio Bax, winner of the 2000 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition and member of the piano faculty at SMU, and wife Lucille Chung, whose numerous awards include first prize in the Stravinsky International Piano Competition, will present the second annual Jeanne Roach Johnson Piano Recital in the Meadows School of the Arts.

The Division of Music at Meadows hosts the Jeanne Roach Johnson Piano Recital annually and features the school’s most prestigious alumni and guest professionals. The recital honors Johnson, a Dallas private investor and SMU alumna, who last year gave a gift of $1 million to enhance the piano program at Meadows, which is considered one of the top in the nation.

Bax, 27, began playing piano at age 8. He attended the Conservatory of Bari at age 9 and finished the 10-year program in five years.

He earned a Masters of Music and Artist Certificate at Meadows, where he studied with Joaquín Achúcarro, the Joel Estes Tate Professor of Piano. He has given recitals throughout Europe and the United States and performed with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony and Tokyo Symphony.

His May 2004 debut CD, “Baroque Reflections,” received rave reviews by the international press and was selected as “Editor’s Choice” by “Gramophone” magazine and “Best Buy” by “Classical FM” magazine.

Canadian pianist Chung, 32, made her debut at age 10 with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and has since played in the world’s top venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.

Ms. Chung graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School and earned an Artist’s Certificate at SMU, also as a pupil of Joaquín Achúcarro.

In the past three years, she has recorded several CDs of piano works by György Ligeti and Scriabin that have won critical acclaim.

The concert will be held in Caruth Auditorium and is free to the public.