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RUSSIAN MUSIC BY RUSSIANS

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Dmitri Berlinsky, Violin

Andrey Tchekmazov, Cello
Irina Nuzova, Piano


Thursday, November 14, 2024
7.30 p.m.

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PROGRAM

 

Sergei Prokofiev

Sonata for Violin & Piano, Op 94

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Nikolai Myaskovsky

Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op 81

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​​Anton Arensky

Piano trio, Op 32

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​​​​​​​​​​​​ABOUT THE MUSICIANS​

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Hailed by critics as an “extraordinary musician” (Washington Post), cellist Andrey Tchekmazov is known for his versatility as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.

 

Mr. Tchekmazov was the Grand Prize winner of the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition and the Premio Trio di Trieste and has performed extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, Russia and Asia, appearing at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Osaka Symphony Hall in Japan, New York's Alice Tully Hall, Brazil's Sala Cecilia Mereles, Sala Sao Paulo and Teatro Alfa with orchestras such as the São Paolo Symphony, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Brazil National Symphony, the Kiev Philharmonic and the Teatro Alfa Symphony. He has also been a top prizewinner at the Koussevitzky Cello Competition in New York, the Schadt Competition, Artists International, Premio della Critica in Trieste and the Russian Kobalevsky Competition.

 

Ever since his critically acclaimed debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Tchekmazov has enjoyed an active career as recitalist and chamber musician, performing at such renowned venues as Zankel Hall, the Caramoor Music Center, Barge Music, the Rhode Island Chamber Music Series, Bar Harbor Festival, Merkin Concert Hall in New York City and Hampden Sydney, where he was invited to perform by the members of The Emerson String Quartet.

 

As a performer with the Jupiter Chamber Players in New York and at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C, Mr. Tchekmazov "impressed his audiences with a big, warm tone and Russian brand of virtuosity” (The Strad) by introducing them to rarely-performed jewels of classical music alongside the works of great masters.

 

He has premiered works and worked closely with contemporary composers such as Alfred Schnittke, Lukas Foss, George Warren, Ira Cremer and Ralf Ytrehus and has recently recorded the Cello Sonata by David Winkler and “Byzantine Chants, The Sacred Concerto for Solo Cello,” by Margarita Zelenaia, both which were written and dedicated to him. He has also participated in ambitious, unique projects such as performing Dmitri Shostakovich’s entire chamber music repertoire for cello at the Phillips Collection. 

 

An active educator, Andrey Tchekmazov has been a faculty member at the Rio de Janeiro Cello Encounter, the Lakewood Festival, Russish Abend Festival in Germany,  He has also performed at Westminster College and Brown, Bowdoin, Seton Hall and Princeton Universities. As an orchestral musician, Mr. Tchekmazov was appointed principal cellist of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the São Paulo Symphony. His performances have been featured on WQXR, WGBH, NPR and other TV and radio stations across Eastern and Western Europe and South America.

 

Born into a family of professional pianists, Mr. Tchekmazov studied piano and later cello at the Gnessin Specialized Music School in Moscow. He continued his education at the Moscow State Conservatory with Mstislav Rostropovich’s protégé Nataliya Shakhovskaya, and after he immigrated to the USA at the Juilliard School as a Leonard Rose scholarship student of Harvey Shapiro. He worked closely with members of the Juilliard and Guarneri String Quartets. Mr. Tchekmazov has made several recordings including recent releases on NAXOS and Da Vinci Classics recording labels.

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It is rare to find an artist who has achieved the impeccable credentials and uncompromising artistry of Dmitri Berlinsky. As a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Berlinsky's intention is to bring music's spirit to his audience, reaching levels above mere entertainment.

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Dmitri Berlinsky arrived on the international scene as the youngest winner in the history of the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy. This victory led to his performance on Nicolo Paganini's own Guarneri del Gesú instrument, a privilege shared by only a handful of artists in history. Subsequent triumphs at the Montreal International Violin Competition (Grand Prize), the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels, and the Young Concert Artists in New York led to appearances with major orchestras in Europe, Russia, the Far East, North and South America.

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Berlinsky has performed in such major venues as Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Mariinsky Concert Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Munich Herkulessaal, Shanghai Theater, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Bonn Beethoven Hall, Le Place des Arts in Montreal and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, among others.

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His extensive performance schedule has taken him to the Aspen Music Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico , the Prague Spring Festival, the Newport Music Festival, and the Settimane Musicale in Stresa, Italy, as well as appearances at the Ambassador Foundation in Pasadena, the Fiddle Fest at Alice Tully Hall, and the 92nd Street Y.

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Mr.Berlinsky is the founder and Artistic Director of the chamber orchestra “International Chamber Soloists.” Attracting the highest caliber instrumentalists from around the world, Dmitri Berlinsky has created a superb ensemble of dynamic and fiercely talented musicians. Just after its formation, the International Chamber Soloists opened the 15th International Credomatic Music Festival in San José, Costa Rica, were in-residence at the Southampton Arts Festival in New York, and performed in such distinguished venues as the Wharton Center and the San Francisco Conservatory. Recent ICS engagements include performances in New York and Los Angeles, in Canada in Toronto and Barrie, Ontario, appearances in Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Kansas, Michigan, and a tour of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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In high demand as a teacher Mr. Berlinsky has taught and given Master Classes in Europe, Asia, Canada and in US at the Chautauqua Festival, Summit Music Festival in New York, Menuhin School in London, Festival Internacional de Campos do Jordão in Brazil, Shanghai Conservatory, Dankook University in Seoul, National Taiwan Normal University, Instrumenta Verano in Mexico, University of South California in Los Angeles, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music in New York, Temple University in Philadelphia, University of Montreal, DePaul and Roosevelt University in Chicago, and UNT in Texas.

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Mr. Berlinsky is Artist Teacher and professor of violin at the Michigan State University College of Music. Berlinsky's students have won important international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Menuhin, Tibor Varga, Juilliard, William Byrd and have assumed positions in orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This year Mr. Berlinsky has been invited to serve on the jury of several prestigious competitions including Premio Paganini International Competition in Genoa, Italy, Washington International String Competition, Young Concerts Artists auditions in New York City, Astral Auditions in Philadelphia and Leopold Auer in St. Petersburg.

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Born in St. Petersburg into a family of musicians, Mr. Berlinsky began studying the violin with his father. At a very early age he appeared as soloist with the St. Petersburg Symphony and the Moscow Philharmonic. He studied at the Music School for Gifted Children with Lev Ivaschenko, Boris Sergeev, Mikhail Bezverkhny and Boris Gutnikov. Later he attended the Moscow Conservatory studying under Victor Tretiakov, Evgeniya Chugaeva and Naum Latinsky. After graduation he was invited to work with Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School.

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For several years Mr. Berlinsky performed on the "Yusupov" Stradivarius violin from Moscow State Collection - the same instrument David Oistrakh and Leonid Kogan played.Mr. Berlinsky now performs on Carlo Ferdinand Landolfi violin made in 1759 and Jean-Pascal Nehr bow made in 2017.

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Native of Moscow, Russia, Irina Nuzova has performed across the U.S. and Europe including the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Gardner Museum in Boston, Weill and Merkin recital Halls in New York, at the Schubert Club in St. Paul, Rhode Island Chamber Concert Series, as well as in Italy, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany. In collaboration with cellist Wendy Warner, the duo released their debut recording, Russian Music for Cello & Piano. It has been featured on radio across the US and was nominated for best chamber music recording by ICMS.

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Irina Nuzova studied in Russia under the guidance of Alexander Satz, in the US  with Lev Natochenny, Oxana Yablonskaya and Jerome Lowenthal. She worked in the cello studio of Harvey Shapiro which contributed to her for development as musician. She has performed and given Master Classes at the University of North Dakota, Music Institute of Chicago, Ball State in Indiana, Emory University, and the Schwob School of Music in Georgia, and University of Georgia, Colburn conservatory in CA, Purcell School of Music in London.

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Irina Nuzova teaches at Special Music School in New York and was on Faculty at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford; during the summers Ms. Nuzova teaches and performs at the Olympus Musicus Festival in Prague, Rondo Summer Academy in Switzerland; EUROARTS festival in Poland, Clazz International Festival and Perugia Music Festival in Italy. Together with renowned violinist Dmitri Berlinsky Irina Nuzova is a founder and is director of the Juventus Pro Musica - chamber music concerts for young musicians; Ms. Nuzova also organizes piano Master Classes in NY city. 

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