PianoFête Day Two: Konstantin Soukhovetski & Vyacheslav Gryaznov
$35 ($30 senior, $28 member; ages 18 & under free)
- Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
- Vyacheslav "Slava" Gryaznov, piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20 ("Ich ging zu ihm")
Richard Strauss — "Hab mir's gelobt" (Final Trio) from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Richard Strauss — Vier letzte Lieder ("Four Last Songs"), Op. posth.
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45
Come early for a PreShow Discussion at 7:15pm!
This performance includes a 15-minute intermission.
About PianoFête: Vashon Center for the Arts is proud to introduce a new classical summer piano series – PianoFête – presenting four dazzling and unique concert experiences featuring acclaimed pianists Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Katya Kramer-Lapin, and Konstantin Soukhovetski, with accompanying musicians from Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra. Conceived and curated by artist-in-residence Vyacheslav "Slava" Gryaznov, this series will be the first time VCA's Katherine L. White Hall will host two concert grand pianos on stage to accommodate the mastery of duo and four-hand playing compositions ranging from Rachmaninoff to Ravel.
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/