April 10, 2016 - Concert Festival

Concert Festival
International
Summer Tour 2016
Paris, France: June 26 - July 3
Lisbon, Portugal: July 3 - July 10
Summer Tour 2014 St. Petersburg, Russia
presents
Winners’ Recital
Summer Tour 2015 Lisbon, Portugal
www.concertfestival.org
Winners of the 6th International Concerto Competition
March 13, 2016, 6 p.m. St. Paul's Church, Glen Cove NY
Island Chamber Symphony, Jeremy Kempton, Conductor
Soloist - Jessica Wu
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 3 p.m. Farmingdale Public Library, NY
Island Chamber Symphony, Jeremy Kempton, Conductor
Soloist - Brenden Davis, Michele Ripka
May 1, 2016, 3 p.m. Plainview - Old Bethpage Library, NY
Concert Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Polezhayev, Conductor
Soloists - Gwyneth Campbell, Carrie Chen, Ilana Grossman
Tomoka Kawasaki, Alston Leung, Tom Liu
Elisabeta Racolta, Victoria Wang, Diana Barbacena
October 2016, Location TBA
Concert Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Polezhayev, Conductor
Soloists - Darius Fan, Hina Khuong-Huu, Trinity Lee
Katherine Rex, Samantha Silverstein, Vinaya Roehrl
mail@concertfestival.org
Engelman Recital Hall
at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 2 p.m.
presents
Solo Recital Competition
First Prize Winner
Third Prize Winners’ Recital
Tom Liu
Concert Festival
Piano student of Esther Chung Marks
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 2 p.m.
Bradley Cao ___________________________________________
J.S. Bach Minuet G minor
Piano student of Cathy Tao
Gabriella Shamalov _____________________________________ J.S. Bach - Minuet G major
Piano student of Svetlana Reuveny
Daniela Parmigiani _______________________________ P.I. Tchaikovsky - The Sick Doll
Piano student of Katarzyna Szkiladz
Victoria Tan __________________________________
M. Bruch - Concerto #1 G minor Op. 26
Violin student of Jiajun Su
Hugh Kane ______________________________________________ A. Dvorak - Humoresque
Tom Liu started piano at the age of 6 with Esther Chung Marks of Port Jefferson Station
in 2013. He received First Class Honors with Distinction in the Royal Conservatory
Music Development Program Level 7. His 15 and 20-piece Piano Guild International
programs earned him Superior + in the “Elementary Special” category. In 2015, Tom
performed at Carnegie Hall as a Grand Prix Winner in the Concert Festival Competition
and the Russian Music at Carnegie Hall recital. Tom was the First Place winner in the
Elementary and Early Intermediate Divisions of the Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation
Piano Competition.
He gives his solo recital debut today as the youngest First Prize Winner in the Concert
Festival Solo Recital Competition. Tom is a Grand Prix Winner in the Concert Festival
Concerto Competition, and will make his concerto debut in May. He performed in a master class for pianist
Tanya Gabrielian and will attend the prestigious Juilliard Pre-College program this fall.
Cello student of Sara Cortinas
Lauren Schechter __________________________ A. Dvorak - Ad Lauded in Festo SS. Trinitatis
Program:
Voice student of Katarzyna Szkiladz
Guest Artists
Voice students of Anna Pastukhova
Ariela Stolyar _______________________________________ C. Strouse - Tomorrow (Annie)
Izabel Vilensky ____________________________________________ M. Glinka - Lark Song
_______ Spanish Carol “A la Nanita Nana”
Elisabet Goldengur ________ W. A. Mozart - Cherubino’s Aria “Voi Che Sapete” (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Colin Pratasevich _________________________ W. Gluck - Orfeo’s Aria (Orpheus and Euridice)
Milada Sirota _________________________________________ E. Marricone - Nella Fantasia
Xenia Rudchenko ______________________________ P. Tchaikovsky - Iolanta’s Aria (Iolanta)
__________ N. Rimsky-Korsakov - “It was not the wind blowing from above”
Gabriel Sikar _________________________________________ S. Foster - Beautiful Dreamer
J. S. Bach - Invention #8, F Major BWV 779
J. S. Bach - Invention #14, A minor BWV 784
L. van Beethoven - Sonata G Minor, Op.49 #1 Andante; Rondo. Allegro
L. van Beethoven - Sonata F Minor, Op. 2 #1, Mov.I
J. Brahms - Waltz Op. 39 #15 A Flat Major
S. Bernstein - Birds Suite #1
Purple Finch, Humming Bird, Woodpecker, Seagull, Chickadee, Vulture, Penguin, Eagle
B. Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances
Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
Brâul (Sash Dance)
Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)
Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
Awards Ceremony
Please note:
Taking of photographs, audio recording and video recording is strictly prohibited at all times.
Concert Festival provides approved staff photographer and camera man.
The cost of two (2) photos size 8x10 is $60. The cost of DVD is $60.
Concert Festival
International
Summer Tour 2016
Paris, France: June 26 - July 3
Lisbon, Portugal: July 3 - July 10
Summer Tour 2014 St. Petersburg, Russia
presents
Winners’ Recital
Summer Tour 2015 Lisbon, Portugal
www.concertfestival.org
Winners of the 6th International Concerto Competition
March 13, 2016, 6 p.m. St. Paul's Church, Glen Cove NY
Island Chamber Symphony, Jeremy Kempton, Conductor
Soloist - Jessica Wu
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 3 p.m. Farmingdale Public Library, NY
Island Chamber Symphony, Jeremy Kempton, Conductor
Soloist - Brenden Davis, Michele Ripka
May 1, 2016, 3 p.m. Plainview - Old Bethpage Library, NY
Concert Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Polezhayev, Conductor
Soloists - Gwyneth Campbell, Carrie Chen, Ilana Grossman
Tomoka Kawasaki, Alston Leung, Tom Liu
Elisabeta Racolta, Victoria Wang, Diana Barbacena
October 2016, Location TBA
Concert Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Polezhayev, Conductor
Soloists - Darius Fan, Hina Khuong-Huu, Trinity Lee
Katherine Rex, Samantha Silverstein, Vinaya Roehrl
mail@concertfestival.org
Engelman Recital Hall
at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.
Concert Festival
Solo Recital Competition
First Prize Winner
presents
Third Prize Winners’ Recital
Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Carrie Chen
Piano student of Michael Thomopoulos
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.
Eva Yevdayev _______________________________________________ J.S. Bach - Musette
Piano student of Olga Rudnik
Maria Papazoglu _________________________________ L.van Beethoven - Sonatine, Mov.II
Piano student of Oxana Mikhailoff
Jesse Chalif ______________________ Th. Christman - Excerpt from Fantasy for Piano-4-Hands
Piano student of Theodore Christman
Anna Therese Mehra _____________________________ F. Chopin - Nocturne #2 E Flat Major
Piano student of Svitlana Fiorito and Raisa Kagramanova
Julia DuVal ________________________________ C. Petzold - Menuet G Major/Minor Medley
Piano student of Theodore Christman
Nisha Nalawade ___________________ M. Clementi - Sonatina C Major; Allegro, Adante, Vivace
Piano student of Zhanna Cascello
Fiona Xu _____________________________________________ F. Chopin - Valse Op. 69 #2
Carrie Chen, 13, studies the piano with Michael Thomopoulos in New Jersey. Carrie is
winner of top prizes in many international competitions, including recently winning of
Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016 Concert Festival Concerto Competitions, First Prize in
Concert Festival Solo Recital Competition, First Prize in 2015 New Jersey Music
Teachers Association (NJMTA) Competition, GOLD Medal in 2015 and 2016 AADGT
Competitions, Gold Prize in the National League of Performing Arts Competition,
First Prize in the Olympic Challenge Competition, Grand Prize in the Crescendo
International Competition, Second Prize in Chopin International Piano Competition
in Hartford, CT.
Carrie has already concertized in Portugal, Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Canada.
Locally Carrie performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Rose
Studio at Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Engelman Hall in Baruch College, Rockport Shalin Liu Performance
Center in MA, Bergen Performing Arts Center in NJ, Steinway Hall in NYC, and Steinway Piano Gallery in
Seattle and NJ.
Carrie has been invited to perform in Omega Ensemble’s various concerts for five years as a “Next Generation
Artist”. Carrie also performed a piano solo with Orquestra Clássica do Centro of Portugal conducted by Maestro
David Wyn Lloyd. Carrie has taken master classes with Prof. Eduardus Halim of New York University, Prof.
Gerald Robbins of Manhattan School of Music, Piano Faculty Meng - Chieh Liu of Curtis Institute of Music and
New England Conservatory, Prof. Igor Lebedev of St. Petersburg Conservatory and Prof. Ilona Timchenko from
Spain.
Program
Piano student of Anne Cavolo Tedesco
Peter Xu _________________________________________________
C. Debussy - Reverie
Piano student of Anne Cavolo Tedesco
Daniel Khaitov _________________________________ I. Ivanovichi - Waves of Danube Waltz
L. van Beethoven - Sonata Op. 81a, Les Adieux: Adagio - Allegro
S. Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableaux Op.39 #5
F. Chopin - Nocturne Op.48 #1
F. Liszt - Funerailles
Clarinet student of Gennady Kupisok
Leo Deng ___________________________________________ J. Brahms - Hungarian Dance
Awards Ceremony
Clarinet student of Gennady Kupisok
Hanny Baek __________________________________________
Violin student of Anna Yoo
C. Saint-Saens - Havanaise
Please note:
Taking of photographs, audio recording and video recording is strictly prohibited at all times.
Concert Festival provides approved staff photographer and camera man.
The cost of two (2) photos size 8x10 is $60. The cost of DVD is $60.