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URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/narrative-musicale-chopin-salon/
SUMMARY:Narrative Musicale: Chopin Salon
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nTickets available now!\nPhone: 239-597-1900\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\nMichael Leonardo Davidman is an award-winning American pianist whose p
 erformances have taken him to major stages across the United States and Eu
 rope. Known for his powerful command of the instrument\, refined musical i
 ntelligence and expressive depth\, he has been recognized as a compelling 
 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 Harvey\,
  Upstage)\, Davidman appears regularly as a soloist and recitalist. He ha
 s performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra\, Indianapolis Symphony Orches
 tra\, Monterey Symphony and Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicain
 e\, with appearances at venues including Salle Cortot\, Théâtre du Chât
 elet\, Alice Tully Hall\, Carnegie Recital Hall and the Kimmel Center.\n\n
 International appearances include performances in Spain\, Italy\, Russia a
 nd France\, with recognition at the Long-Thibaud International Piano Compe
 tition\, where he received Third Prize and the Orchestra Prize.\n\nAn acti
 ve chamber musician\, Davidman has collaborated with the Dover String Quar
 tet. His honors include top prizes at the Gina Bachauer International Pian
 o Competition and other major competitions. Born in the United States\, he
  studied at The Juilliard School.\n\n\n\nKonstantin Soukhovetski is a pia
 nist\, composer and educator recognized for his distinctive concert progra
 mming and multimedia performances. A laureate of 17 international competit
 ions\, he has appeared at major venues including Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln
  Center\, Wigmore Hall and The Louvre\, performing in recital and with o
 rchestras throughout the United States and Europe. Recent highlights inclu
 de a Scotland tour with Absolute Classics and appearances at PianoFête in
  Vashon\, Washington.\n\nAs director of education and community engagement
  at Grand Piano Series\, Soukhovetski curates the series’ Narrative Mus
 icales — multimedia programs that combine live music\, storytelling and 
 visual elements — and oversees Grand Piano Series' educational and outre
 ach initiatives with schools and seniors in Lee and Collier counties.\n\nB
 eyond the piano\, his work includes composition\, libretti and interdiscip
 linary collaborations in dance and film. His recording\, Yuliya: Forgotte
 n Songs of Julie Weissberg Rimsky-Korsakov\, with soprano Sarah Moulton-
 Faux\, was released on Azica Records. He is a voting member of the Rec
 ording Academy (Grammy) and serves on the faculty of The Juilliard Schoo
 l. Born in Moscow to a family of prominent artists\, he studied piano and 
 composition at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. Soukho
 vetski has been a resident of Naples since 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\nPiani
 sts Konstantin Soukhovetski and Michael Davidman\, both celebrated for 
 their musical intelligence and command of the keyboard\, join forces in th
 is program that blends beloved works with spoken readings and historical a
 necdotes that offer audiences an entryway into the soul of Frédéric Chop
 in. Heard within the composer’s life\, his music takes on new meaning as
  dazzling brilliance and intimate confessions intertwine to reveal the dee
 ply 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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