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presents
Winners’ Recital
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton
Symphony Space Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 5 p.m.
Concert Festival International
Summer Tour 2016 Paris, France: June 26 - July 3
Lisbon, Portugal: July 3 - July 10
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
Summer Tour 2014 St. Petersburg, Russia Summer Tour 2015 Lisbon, Portugal
www.concertfestival.org
Concert Festival presents
Second Prize Winners’ Recital Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 5 p.m.
Ashley Simons __________________________________________ J.S. Bach - Minute in C Cello student of Sara Cortinas Gabrielle Grubman _________________ R. Rodgers / O. Hammerstein II - My Favorite Things Voice student of Irina Chernysheva Eric Willis ______________________________________ J.S. Bach/Ch. Gounod - Ave Maria Violin student of Donna Kushner Marcus Ng _____________________________________________ L. Boccherini - Minuet Violin student of Magdalena Garbalinska Kailey Simons _____________________________________________ V. Monti - Czardas Violin student of Carol Kushner Joanna Fan __________________________________________ F. Burgmuller - Arabesque Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Jason Chan ____________________________________ P.I. Tchaikovsky - Neapolitan Song Piano student of Alla Bell Alexander Goldman _________________________________ G. Brenda - Sonatina A Minor Piano student of Irina Markovich Lucas Spagnoletti _____________________________________ L.van Beethoven - Fur Elise Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Amber Zhou _______________________________________________ Y. Nakada - Etude Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Hanzhang Sun ___________________________________ W. Gillock - Fountain in the Rain Piano student of Jiuan-Jiuan Chiou Kailey Simons ____________________________________ F. Chopin - Nocturne Op. 72 #1 Piano student of Alla Bell Evan Spagnoletti ____________________________________ T. Brown - Mysterious Dance Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Jonathan Xie __________________________________________ M.S. Kelsey - Laurel Falls Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Cheryl Zhang __________________________________________ M. Eckstein - Rhapsodie Piano student of Wen Ling Cheng Alicia Qin _______________________________ F. Chopin - Polonaise A Flat Major Op. Post. Piano student of Li-Pi Hsieh Elizabeth (Elia) Goldman ______________________________ J.S. Bach - Prelude C Minor Piano student of Irina Markovich Matthew Koo ________________________________________ F. Chopin - Waltz C# Minor Piano student of Victoria Maslov Amy Liu ________________________________________________ E. Grieg - Poet’s Heart Piano student of Alla Bell Anna Therese Mehra __________________________________________ G. Faure - Elegy Cello student of Svitlana Fiorito
String Ensemble _______________________ J. Pachelbel - Theme from Canon in D (arr. J. Caponegzo) Students of Tetyana Barbacena Hillary Edwards, Violin; Julia Lindo, Violin; Jaden Ramirez, Violin; Kaylah Schultz, Violin; Jeanine DeSouza, Violin; Alexander Barbacena, Viola; Diana Barbacena, Piano
Solo Recital Competition First Prize Winner
Philip Hoover
Piano student of late Sheila Keats Philip Hoover, born and raised in New York City, is 12 years old and is in the 7th grade at The Dalton School. Passionate about music and the piano, Philip began his musical studies at the age of four under the instruction of Sheila Keats, Head of the Piano Department at The School for Strings. He has also completed summer studies under Dr. Solomon Mikowsky of the Manhattan School of Music and Ernest Barretta of The Juilliard School Pre-College Division.
He is an avid performer winning First Prize in the 2016 Concert Festival International Competition as well as 2nd prize in the 2016 American Protégé Piano Competition.
In addition to his love of music, Philip is a competitive athlete winning many local tennis tournaments sponsored by the United States Tennis Association. His other interests include math, computer science, chess and soccer.
Program W.A. Mozart - Twelve Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman"
C. Sinding - Rustles of Spring, Op.32 #3
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.
presents
Winners’ Recital
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton
Symphony Space Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Concert Festival International
Summer Tour 2016 Paris, France: June 26 - July 3
Lisbon, Portugal: July 3 - July 10
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
Summer Tour 2014 St. Petersburg, Russia Summer Tour 2015 Lisbon, Portugal
www.concertfestival.org
Concert Festival presents
Second Prize Winners’ Recital
Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Deanna Besart _______________________________________________ P.I. Tchaikovsky - The New Doll Piano student of Yanina Rozovskaya Elliot Dayan ___________________________________ P.I. Tchaikovsky - Neapolitan Song Piano student of Svetlana Reuveny Noémie Gomes-Jourdan ________________________ W.A. Mozart - Fantasy D Minor, K 397 Piano student of José Gomes Brandon Lyubarsky _______________________________ C. Debussy - Golliwog’s Cakewalk Piano student of Taya Shumerina Jesse Chalif ______________________________ L.van Beethoven - Sonata G Major Op. 49 #2 Piano student of Theodore Christman Joseph Galperin ___________________________________ J .S. Bach - Invention D Minor Piano student of Svetlana Reuveny Sophie Galperin __________________________________ J.S. Bach - Invention #8 F Major Piano student of Svetlana Reuveny Lily Restivo ________________________________________ E. Grieg - Nocturno, Op.54 #4 Piano student of Svetlana Gorokhovich Brian Park _________________________________________ D .van Goens - Scherzo Op.12 Cello student of Jennifer Jeehyun Lee Maya Pfeiffer _______________________________________ A. Vivaldi - Spring (Seasons) Violin student of Anna Heifetz Melanie Friedmann ________________________________________ G.B. Pergolesi - Nina Voice student of Katarzyna Szkiladz, accompanist - Christian Verfenstein Justin Cui ______________________________________ A. Dvorak - Humoreske, Op.101 #7 Clarinet student of Gennady Kupisok Alisha Saluja _________________________________ G. Bononcini - Per la gloria d’adorarvi Voice student of Katarzyna Szkiladz Salome Margalitachvili ____________________________ B. Martinu - Colombine Dances Piano student of Marina Genina Brent Roth _______________________________________________ O. Pinto - Run, Run Piano student of Anne Tedesco Mercedez Taitt-Harmon _________________________ F. Chopin - Waltz #7 C Sharp Minor Piano student of Anne Tedesco Moisey Zargarov ________________________________ S. Rachmaninoff - Prelude G Minor Piano student of Anne Tedesco
Composers Showcase Winner - Second Prize Antonella Saverimuttu
Antonella Saverimuttu _______________________________________________ Falling Piano student of Eugene Janson
Guest Artist Gwyneth Campbell
Voice student of Maria Lyudko, Accompanist Jeffrey Campbell
Praised for her “agile, pleasantly phrased voice” and “achingly pure” timbre (Epoch Times), Gwyneth is a promising young American soprano. She was awarded the AFAF 2013 Special Prize and performed in the “Moscow Meets Friends” Festival sponsored by the Vladimir Spivakov (Moscow, Russia). In June ’15, she was invited to represent the AFAF at the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York. In Spring ’15, she placed 3rd as the youngest prizewinner in the 2015 New York Lyric Opera National Vocal Competition. After performing in Spring’14 with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta by winning 1st prize in the “International Shining Stars Competition,” she was reengaged as a soloist for October, 2014 in Carnegie Hall.
She has performed four times with the Concert Festival Orchestra as a Grand Prix winner. During Summer '15, she was granted a scholarship by Concert Festival to sing
with the Orquestra Clássica do Centro in collaboration with "Uniao Artistica de Alexander Ioffe” and to present a solo recital in Lisbon, Portugal. During Summer ’14, she won a scholarship from Concert Festival to perform in St. Petersburg, Russia, including a solo recital in the Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum.
Gwyneth has performed at Carnegie's Weil Recital Hall 30 times as both a soloist in piano and voice, as a winner of the American Fine Arts Festival International Competitions (Regular Season, Russian Music, Golden Voices of America and Concerto), American Protégé International Vocal Competition, American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, Music-Fest Rising Talents Competition and Concert Festival International Competition. She has also performed at Cami Hall, Leiderkranz Foundation, German Cultural Center, Merkin Hall, Rutgers University, Symphony Space and the Curtis Institute. Between 2011-13 Gwyneth performed in Manhattan three times as an Omega Ensemble Next Generation Artist.
Gwyneth started piano lessons with her father, international concert pianist, Jeffrey Campbell, at the age of 2 and was accepted at age 12 as a student of Lorraine Nubar, Head of the Vocal Division, Juilliard Pre-College. She now studies with Maria Lyudko, Honored Artist of Russia and Head of the Vocal Department at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia, for whom she first sang while in St. Petersburg.
Program
R. Schumann - Widmung F. Schubert - Du bist die Ruh
R. Strauss - Breit’ über mein Haupt Op. 19 #2 R. Strauss - Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne Op. 19 #3
G. Rossini - Ah donate il caro sposo (Il Signor Bruschino)
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.