PianoFête 2024, Day 2 | Konstantin Soukhovetski
$42 ($36 senior; youth free)
- Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
- Vyacheslav "Slava" Gryaznov, piano
Andrew Lloyd Webber — Jesus Christ Superstar (selections; arr. Konstantin Soukhovetski)
Stig Anderson / Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus — Dancing Queen (arr. Konstantin Soukhovetski)
Madonna / Shep Pettibone — Vogue (arr. Konstantin Soukhovetski)
James Horner — "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
Konstantin Soukhovetski — Pride Suite ("Purple")
Konstantin Soukhovetski plays familiar favorites/standards in a mix of classical and contemporary, interspersed with cabaret-style storytelling. Konstantin will play many of my 'lighter' transcriptions: Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Madonna's Vogue, ABBA's Dancing Queen—with some classical favorites for good measure! He’ll be joined by Vyacheslav Gryaznov to play a piano duo!
About PianoFête 2024: Each summer, Fête Curator and award-winning pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov selects four acclaimed musicians to join him for a residency on Vashon Island. Working together, they create four entirely different programs from their combined repertoire. (VCA will announce the pianists and nightly programs in the coming weeks!)
PianoFête is unique among other piano festivals across the country in that it features two beautiful Steinway Concert Grands on stage, throughout the festival. Each evening's performance showcases a different soloist, who is then joined by one (or more!) of their colleagues to close the program playing four-hand piano, and piano duos.
The PianoFête finale features Fête Curator Vyacheslav Gryaznov, culminating with all four pianists on both pianos accompanied by the Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra. It's a finish to resonate in the hearts of all those who are lucky enough to attend!
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.
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