Tomorrow night at 8, violinist Ju-Young Baek and pianist Paavali Jumppanen will make their debut performance in Eisenhower Auditorium. The two performers are winners of the 2000 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.

Baek, 24, and Jumppanen, 26, are two of five first-place winners in the competition. They were chosen from a pool of 422 applicants from 54 countries. The first place winners received $5,000 and joined the touring roster of Young Artists, Inc.

The two artists will be performing the works of Brahms, Bartok, Chopin, Liszt, Paganini and Sibelius.

The Center for the Performing Arts is very excited about the performance of these two artists, said Peter Wray, press and public relations manager of the CPA.

"These are two young artists who are ready to make their break into the classical world," he said. "We want to expose our region to the new young artists of classical music."

Baek, a native of Korea, received her bachelor's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and her master's degree from The Julliard School in New York City.

She has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and several others. Baek has performed at the Ravinia Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival and the Salzburg Summer Musical Festival.

Jumppanen has been studying the piano since the age of 5 in his hometown of Espoo, Finland. He entered the Sibelius Academy in 1992 and at the age of 19 he won first prize in Finland's national Maj Lind Competition. Since 1997, Jumppanen has studied at the Music Academy of Basel in Switzerland.

In order to better understand the music of Bach, Jumpannen began experimenting with earlier instruments, such as the clavichord and the fortepiano. Although he is a classical artist, he also keeps up with the work of contemporary composers, like Henri Dutilleux.

This will be the first trip for each artist to the Centre County region.

Wray said he believes that the performance will be a great experience for the audience.

"You'll be able to say you saw them when they were first starting out," Wray said.

Tickets are available at the Eisenhower Auditorium box office. Prices are as follows: $15 for adults, $12 for non-Penn State students, $8 for children and $2 for Penn State students.