BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:117@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240718T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240718T160000 DTSTAMP:20240629T005440Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/bach-to-the-future/ SUMMARY:Bach To The Future: Bach\, Scarlatti\, Ravel & Barber DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nTickets are sold through Artis—Naples. Tickets can be purchased online using the Get Tickets button above or by calling 239-5 97-1900.\n\nPianist Victor Radko-Shlyakhtenko (b. 2002) comes from a famil y of music lovers and started studying piano at age five.  Born and raise d in Los Angeles\, he received first prizes in several local piano competi tions (Spotlight\, Glendale\, Edith Knox\, MTNA State\, Young Stars of the Future\, CAPMT Concerto\, and Kathryn Gawartin Chopin).  Later\, he was awarded second prize in the 2019 Waring International Piano Competition an d first prize in the 2018 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition\; th e latter resulted in his European debut in the Leipzig Gewandhaus under th e auspices of the American Liszt Society in 2019.\n\nVictor made his orche stral debut at the age of 12 with the Orange Coast Symphony.  Since then\ , he has performed with over a dozen orchestras in concerti by Beethoven\, Chopin\, Grieg\, Liszt\, Mendelssohn\, Mozart\, Tchaikovsky\, and Clara S chumann.  Victor was a recipient of the U.S. National Chopin Foundation S cholarship from 2016-2019 and a Young Scholar of the Lang Lang Internation al Music Foundation’s Class of 2018-2020.  In 2023\, Victor received se cond prize in the Lima Symphony Young Artists’ Competition (Bluffton\, O H)\, was a finalist in the Wideman International Piano Competition (Shreve port\, LA)\, and was a grand prize winner of the Delta Symphony Orchestra competition (Jonesboro\, AR).\n\nSince 2017\, Victor has also pursued stud ies in orchestral conducting\, making his debut in 2019 with the South Coa st Symphony performing Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture.   Most recently\, Victor led the Oberlin Arts &\; Sciences Orchestra i n a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in December 2023.\n\nPassi onate about sharing the impact of music\, Victor has performed and given p resentations at several elementary schools and community centers throughou t Los Angeles\; his fondest musical memory to date is sharing Chopin’s w orks with children who had never been exposed to classical music.\n\nCurre ntly in his junior year as a piano performance major\, Victor is deeply gr ateful to his music teachers\, Stanislav Ioudenitch (piano) and Raphael Ji ménez (conducting)\, with whom he studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio.\n\n\n\nKonstantin Soukhovetski: Pianist\, Composer\, Educat or\nThe winner of 17 awards from prestigious international piano competiti ons\, Konstantin has performed to critical acclaim at leading venues\, inc luding Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Wigmore Hall (London)\, and The Lo uvre (Paris).\n\nAs the newly appointed Director of Education and Communit y Engagement at Grand Piano Series in Naples\, Konstantin brings to Southw est Florida his dynamic combination of performance and audience interactio n honed through his acclaimed presentations on music at the Curtis Institu te of Music in Philadelphia\, at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music\, at Singapore’s Academy of Music\, at Latvia’s Jelgava Musi c School\, and as an adjunct faculty member at his alma mater\, the Juilli ard School in New York City. Born in Moscow to a family of artists\, Kons tantin studied at the Moscow Central Music School\, where he double-majore d in piano and composition.\n\nKonstantin’s Pride Suite for piano is enj oying world premieres this season\, and his first symphonic work\, Once Up on The Spring\, will be performed with the Auburn Symphony in California a nd the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras.\nKonstantin now resides in Na ples\, FL\, where he enjoys the rich cultural offerings\, the beautiful we ather\, and the thriving artistic community.\nkonstantinthepianist.com\ngr andpianoseries.org\n\n\n\nAbout the foundation:\nLang Lang Foundation is d edicated to inspiring and cultivating the next generation of music lovers and performers. We strongly believe that music has the power to touch soul s\, ignite creativity\, and enrich lives. Music can transcend borders and foster cultural exchange. Through our various programs\, educational initi atives\, and events\, we aim to provide young people with the resources\, mentorship\, and opportunities they need to thrive.\nlanglangfoundation.or g\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNarrative Musicale\, a 60-m inute program curated by Konstantin Soukhovetski\, invites our audience to experience an inspiring musical performance that offers insights into the composers’ personal lives and anecdotal stories\, illuminating the hist orical context of music.\n\nJ.S. Bach. Prelude and Fugue in c# minor\, Wel l-Tempered Klavier\, Vol. 1 BWV 849\nD. Scarlatti. Sonatas K. 27 (b minor) \, K. 517 (d minor)\nS. Barber. Sonata in E-flat minor\, Op. 26\nM. Ravel. Jeux d’eau\nAmerican icon Samuel Barber said: ‘My aim is to write goo d music that will be comprehensible to as many people as possible…’ An d so he did.\nPrograms are subject to change.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2024/05/Victor-VBO.png?fit=3281%2C1875&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events LOCATION:Artis—Naples (Daniels Pavilion)\, 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard\, N aples\, FL\, 34108-2740\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard\ , Naples\, FL\, 34108-2740\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Arti s—Naples (Daniels Pavilion):geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240406T210000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:-06 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR