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SUMMARY:Ilya Yakushev
DESCRIPTION:\n\nBIOGRAPHY\n\nRussian pianist Ilya Yakushev\, with many awar
 ds and honors to his credit\, continues to astound and mesmerize audiences
  at major venues on three continents.\n​In the 2016-17 season\, Ilya Yak
 ushev appeared as piano soloist with the symphony orchestras of New Haven 
 (CT)\, El Paso (TX)\, Dubuque (IA)\, La Crosse (WI)\, Lake Forest (IL)\; a
 nd Glacier Symphony (MT)\, in addition to recitals in New Jersey\, Connect
 icut\, Massachusetts\, Tennessee\, and Washington.\n\n​Highlights of Yak
 ushev’s 2017-18 season include return appearances with the St. Petersbur
 g Philharmonic\, Edmonton Symphony\, Las Cruces Symphony\, and Reading Sym
 phony\, as well as performances with Decatur Symphony and Johnstown Sympho
 ny. He will also play recitals in Texas\, Louisiana\, Connecticut\, New Je
 rsey\, and New York.\n\n​In February 2014\, British label Nimbus Records
  published “Prokofiev Sonatas Vol. 1” CD. American Record Guide wrote 
 “Yakushev is one of the very best young pianists before the public today
 \, and it doesn’t seem to matter what repertoire he plays – it is all 
 of the highest caliber”. Volume 2 was published in January 2017\, as wel
 l as an all-Russian repertoire CD in September 2017.\n\nIn past seasons\, 
 he has performed in various prestigious venues worldwide\, including Glink
 a Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg)\, Victoria Hall (Singapore)\, Weill R
 ecital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York)\, Davies Symphony Hall (San Franci
 sco)\, and Sejong Performing Arts Center (Seoul\, Korea). His performances
  with orchestra include those with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra\, San F
 rancisco Symphony\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, Boston Pops\, Rochester Philha
 rmonic\, Utah Symphony\, and many others.\n\nWinner of the 2005 World Pian
 o Competition which took place in Cincinnati\, OH\, Mr. Yakushev received 
 his first award at age 12 as a prizewinner of the Young Artists Concerto C
 ompetition in his native St. Petersburg. In 1997\, he received the Mayor o
 f St. Petersburg’s Young Talents award\, and in both 1997 and 1998\, he 
 won First Prize at the Donostia Hiria International Piano Competition in S
 an Sebastian\, Spain. In 1998\, he received a national honor\, The Award f
 or Excellence in Performance\, presented to him by the Minister of Culture
  of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Most recently\, Mr. Yakushev became 
 a recipient of the prestigious Gawon International Music Society’s Award
  in Seoul\, Korea.\n\nMr. Yakushev attended the Rimsky-Korsakov College of
  Music in his native St. Petersburg\, Russia\, and subsequently came to Ne
 w York City to attend Mannes College of Music where he studied with legend
 ary pianist Vladimir Feltsman.\n\nIlya Yakushev is a Yamaha artist.\n\n\n\
 n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaydn: Piano Sonata in D major No.50 Hob.XVI/37\
 nGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue\nMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition\n\n\n\n
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