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URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/narrative-musicale-chopin-salon/
SUMMARY:Narrative Musicale: Chopin Salon
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nSeason tickets available now!\nPhone: 239-597-1900\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Leonardo Davidman is an award-winning American pianist 
 whose performances have taken him to major stages across the United States
  and Europe. Known for his powerful command of the instrument\, refined mu
 sical intelligence and expressive depth\, he has been recognized as a comp
 elling artist of his generation. He was named winner of the American Piano
  Awards and received the Christel DeHaan Fellowship.\n\nHailed for playing
  with “thunderous authority and loads of interpretive nuance” (Jay Har
 vey\, Upstage)\, Davidman appears regularly as a soloist and recitalist. 
 He has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra\, Indianapolis Symphony O
 rchestra\, Monterey Symphony and Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républ
 icaine\, with appearances at venues including Salle Cortot\, Théâtre du 
 Châtelet\, Alice Tully Hall\, Carnegie Recital Hall and the Kimmel Center
 .\n\nInternational appearances include performances in Spain\, Italy\, Rus
 sia and France\, with recognition at the Long-Thibaud International Piano 
 Competition\, where he received Third Prize and the Orchestra Prize.\n\nAn
  active chamber musician\, Davidman has collaborated with the Dover String
  Quartet. His honors include top prizes at the Gina Bachauer International
  Piano Competition and other major competitions. Born in the United States
 \, he studied at The Juilliard School.\n\n\n\nKonstantin Soukhovetski is 
 a pianist\, composer and educator recognized for his distinctive concert p
 rogramming and multimedia performances. A laureate of 17 international com
 petitions\, he has appeared at major venues including Carnegie Hall\, Li
 ncoln Center\, Wigmore Hall and The Louvre\, performing in recital and w
 ith orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. Recent highlights 
 include a Scotland tour with Absolute Classics and appearances at PianoFê
 te in Vashon\, Washington.\n\nAs director of education and community engag
 ement at Grand Piano Series\, Soukhovetski curates the series’ Narrativ
 e Musicales — multimedia programs that combine live music\, storytelling
  and visual elements — and oversees Grand Piano Series' educational and 
 outreach initiatives with schools and seniors in Lee and Collier counties.
 \n\nBeyond the piano\, his work includes composition\, libretti and interd
 isciplinary collaborations in dance and film. His recording\, Yuliya: For
 gotten Songs of Julie Weissberg Rimsky-Korsakov\, with soprano Sarah Mou
 lton-Faux\, was released on Azica Records. He is a voting member of the
  Recording Academy (Grammy) and serves on the faculty of The Juilliard 
 School. Born in Moscow to a family of prominent artists\, he studied piano
  and composition at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. S
 oukhovetski has been a resident of Naples since 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n
 Pianists Konstantin Soukhovetski and Michael Davidman\, both celebrated
  for their musical intelligence and command of the keyboard\, join forces 
 in this program that blends beloved works with spoken readings and histori
 cal anecdotes that offer audiences an entryway into the soul of Frédéric
  Chopin. Heard within the composer’s life\, his music takes on new meani
 ng as dazzling brilliance and intimate confessions intertwine to reveal th
 e deeply human story behind it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Concerts
LOCATION:Artis—Naples (Ubben Signature Event Space)\, 5833 Pelican Bay Bo
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