Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra: Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' & Malcolm Arnold's Duo Piano Concerto
$42-$63
- Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
- Vyacheslav "Slava" Gryaznov, piano
- Philip Nuzzo, conductor
Gustav Holst — The Planets, Op. 32
Prepare for an extraordinary musical journey that is truly out of this world! Piano virtuosos Konstantin Soukhovetski and Slava Gryaznov join Maestro Nuzzo and the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra for a remarkable performance of Malcolm Arnold's rarely-heard yet brilliant Concerto for Orchestra and Piano Duet.
In the second half of the program, immerse yourself in the cosmic splendor of Gustav Holst's The Planets. As the orchestra brings Holst's celestial masterpiece to life, projections of outer space will illuminate the church walls. This concert will sell out, secure your tickets now!
About Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra
Founded in 2002, The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra is committed to building a strong foundation for classical music in Brooklyn.
Our mission is to develop and sustain an orchestra of the highest artistic standards in Brooklyn; and to enrich and inspire through music, community engagement, and education.
https://brooklynchamberorchestra.org/About Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
Konstantin Soukhovetski has performed at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Paris' Musee du Louvre, Bern’s Paul Klee Zentrum, Carnegie's Weill, and Zankel halls. For his debut at Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Konstantin was praised on the NYTimes Arts Section cover: "Romanticism so intense it warms up Philip Glass." He is an adjunct faculty of his alma mater, The Juilliard School, where he received his BM, MM, and AD with Jerome Lowenthal. Konstantin has been recently named Director of Pedagogy and Narrative Musicianship at Bronx School for Music. Konstantin's creativity expands to innovative artistic projects that frequently involve modern dance. In 2022, Konstantin premiered Encounters, a commission by MorDance from Polina Nazaykinskaya, which involved him in the choreography while he was performing on the piano, the only music for the ballet. In April 2023, Konstantin premiered Ms. Nazaykinskaya's new ballet Emily with MorDance.
https://www.konstantinthepianist.com/About Vyacheslav "Slava" Gryaznov, piano
Russian concert pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov, arranger and composer, is the author of more than 40 concert arrangements. He has gained a reputation as one of the most remarkable young arrangers working today. In 2014, Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott Music, the youngest Russian in their history to do so. He graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Professor Manana Kandelaki. He proceeded with undergraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Yuri Slesarev), once again completing his degree with honors. He continued at the Moscow Conservatory as a postgraduate student and was on the teaching faculty of the Moscow Conservatory's Piano Department. In 2018 he completed Yale University's Artist Diploma program under the Yale School of Music's Professor Boris Berman. He is an artist of the Moscow Philharmonic and is an Artist-in-Residence with The Drozdoff Society in the United States. PianoFête marks Slava’s fourth return to Vashon Center for the Arts.
https://gryaznoff.com/About Philip Nuzzo, conductor
https://brooklynchamberorchestra.org/orchestra/philip-nuzzo/