April 7, 2014 at 8:00 pm, Merkin Concert Hall

The concert presents new works by Grigory Smirnov featuring stellar New York performers of the new generation.

A native of Siberia, Russia, Grigory Smirnov is a New York-based composer of classical music. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he has been enjoying a fast-growing international career. His music has been performed around the globe, including at Lincoln Center, Tanglewood, Moscow Philharmonic Society and The Copenhagen Opera House. Among his recent commissions is a song cycle “Dowson Songs” commissioned by The ASCAP Foundation Charles Kingsford Fund, which will be given its world premiere in this concert.

MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Goodman House – 129 W. 67th Street
New York, NY 10023

Reserved Seating Orchestra: $30
Reserved Seating Balcony: $20
Senior Tickets ($25 Orchestra)*: $25
Student Tickets*:$10

*Tickets only available at box office; office@kaufmanmusiccenter.org or by phone 212 501 3330. Students must show ID.

PROGRAM:

ALLELUIA for chorus a capella
U.S. Premiere
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York

Nikolai Kachanov, conductor

CHACONNE for cello and piano
World Premiere

Andrian Daurov, cello
David Kaplan, piano

PIANO SONATA NO. 1
World Premiere

Anna Shelest, piano

DOWSON SONGS for tenor and piano
on poems by Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)
Commission by The ASCAP Foundation Charles Kingston Fund
World Premiere

Martin Bakari, tenor
Julius Abrahams, piano

April 22 @ 7:30 PM, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Presented by Musical Olympus Foundation

The Musical Olympus Foundation presents a chamber concert of classic masterworks featuring participants of the International Musical Olympus Festival, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, since 1996. Each of the four soloists is a top-prize winner of international music competitions in 2013-2014.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall

Tickets from $15 – $45

Student Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office

Backed by a coalition of some 50 organizations, Olga Zatsepina, president of RACH-C, (The Russian American Cultural Heritage Center Inc.) and Chair of the Russian American History Month Coalition, appealed to the Senate of New York in 2012 to help establish a month to bring awareness of the contributions of Russian Americans. The Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Senator Adriano Espaillat, requesting that Governor Cuomo proclaim April “Russian American History Month.” The month has been celebrated ever since but this year, 2016, we were delighted that the resolution was passed jointly by both the Senate and Assembly.

Backed by a coalition of some 50 organizations, Olga Zatsepina, president of RACH-C, (The Russian American Cultural Heritage Center Inc.) and Chair of the Russian American History Month Coalition, appealed to the Senate of New York in 2012 to help establish a month to bring awareness of the contributions of Russian Americans. The Senate passed a resolution, sponsored by Senator Adriano Espaillat, requesting that Governor Cuomo proclaim April “Russian American History Month.” The month has been celebrated ever since but this year, 2016, we were delighted that the resolution was passed jointly by both the Senate and Assembly.

In 2011, at the initiative of the Russian Federation, the 65th UN General Assembly proclaimed April 12 the International day of human flight into space. Now the holiday, which marks the beginning of the space era is officially celebrated on the international level by all mankind and Russian American History Month (RAHM) is dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space.

The calendar of RAHM has dozens of events organized by Coalition members. A key event was the visit of a delegation of Coalition members and others to the Senate and Assembly of New York State on April 11, to witness the resolution in support of Russian American History Month (RAHM) being passed. The official Opening Reception took place at the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York City on April 14.

As part of the Month RACH-C celebrated its 10^th “Children’s Festival of Russian Culture” that included an international children’s drawing contest “My Space” which was exhibited in the Albany New York State Capitol Building, the Secretariat Building of the UN, the Consulate General of Russia in New York, St Nickolas Cathedral in NY, the Russian Language School “Bright Minds” in Manhattan and the Sunflower Russian Culture School in Long Island.

Events throughout the month aim to educate the general public about Russian American contributions to the history and culture of the state and the nation, as well as to provide an opportunity for New Yorkers of Russian descent to celebrate their shared heritage. Concerts, forums, presentations and lectures give the diverse communities of New York a taste of the Russian American experience.

After one year of closed curtains, Pushkin Hall will be reopening with the world premiere of Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat, adapted and directed by Aleksey Burago. A minimal cast of four actors plays multiple characters in this delirious masterpiece, featuring Roman Freud, Tom Schubert, Christopher Zach, and Di Zhu.
Only 33% of seats will be available to the public. Attendees are required to wear masks throughout the performance. Temperature checks will be taken upon entrance.

Pushkin Hall, Manhattan,

Former “West Park Presbyterian Church” at the corner of West 86th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024

Enter at 86th St. side. (Walk up to 2nd floor – elevator out of service)

For tickets and info: www.russiantheater.org