BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:106@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T170000 DTSTAMP:20250910T200008Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/online-lecture-konstantin-soukhove tski-from-opera-to-broadway/ SUMMARY:Online Lecture: Konstantin Soukhovetski DESCRIPTION:When music concerts became the main form of public entertainmen t in Europe some 400+ years ago\, the composer/pianist reigned supreme as the ultimate content creator. Konstantin Soukhovetski\, pianist and compos er (winner of over 17 awards and an adjunct faculty at his alma mater\, Th e Juilliard School )\, is one of the leading arrangers of popular music an d opera. Join Konstantin for a unique insight into all aspects of transfor ming Broadway\, pop\, and film music for classical piano.\n\n\n\n“Konsta ntin’s charming personality\, interesting anecdotes\, and mastery of ivo ries hold the audience in a trance...” ​- Dan’s Papers\n\nKonstant in Soukhovetski is regarded as an original creative force among the pianis ts of his generation\, in a concertizing career that has gained him audien ces’ tributes and critics’ accolades in the US\, Africa\, Asia\, and E urope. A recipient of over 17 awards and winner of top prizes at the Cleve land\, Naumburg\, and UNISA competitions\, Konstantin has made his reputat ion applying his singular interpretive vision and natural virtuosity to th e cornerstones of solo and concerto repertory\, as confirmed by his renewe d engagements and steady partnership with conductors. Konstantin is intern ationally acknowledged also as a composer\, since the premiere of his tran scription of R. Strauss’ Four Last Songs at L’Esprit du Piano festival in Bordeaux (France).\n\nSome highlights of Konstantin’s career include critically acclaimed performances at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theat er\, Paris’ Musee du Louvre\, Bern’s Paul Klee Zentrum\, Carnegie’s Weill\, and Zankel halls. For his debut at Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall \, Konstantin was praised on the NYTimes Arts Section cover: “Romanticis m so intense it warms up Philip Glass.” The Independent gave 5 stars to Konstantin’s Wigmore Hall London debut\, with a glowing review of Schube rt’s last sonata: “…he let his vision take him where it would\, and the result was revelatory\, as was his handling of the sonata’s ambiguou s close.”\n\nIn 2020\, Konstantin joined the adjunct faculty of his alma mater\, The Juilliard School\, where he received his BM\, MM\, and AD wit h Jerome Lowenthal. Konstantin has been recently named Director of Pedagog y and Narrative Musicianship at Bronx School for Music. Konstantin is deep ly committed to musical education\, regularly teaching masterclasses\, int eractive lecture performances\, and residency programs with the Greater Co nnecticut Youth Orchestras\, the ACES Educational Center for the Arts (CT) \, and the Grand Piano Series (FL)\, among many others. Since 2011\, Konst antin has served as Artist-in-Residency at Paul Schenly’s Pianofest in t he Hamptons\, of which he is an alumnus (2000-2007). Other teaching engage ments have taken Konstantin traveling around the world to the Cincinnati C ollege-Conservatory\, The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)\, the S hantou Piano Museum (China)\, the New England Piano Teachers Association\, and The Piano League\, to name a few. Konstantin has served on the jury p anel of the Piano Ohio Competition\, the Hong Kong Music Schools Festival\ , the Perfect Tone competition in Indonesia and was on the screening jury of CIPC’s 2020 Virtu(al)oso International Piano Competition.\n\nKonstant in’s creativity expands to innovative artistic projects that frequently involve modern dance. In 2022 Konstantin premiered Encounters\, a commissi on by MorDance from Polina Nazaykinskaya\, which involved him in the chore ography while he was performing on the piano\, the only music for the ball et. In April 2023\, Konstantin premiers Ms. Nazaykinskaya’s new ballet E mily with MorDance. Konstantin and Polina’s creative alliance has produc ed a series of piano miniatures\, released during the COVID-19 lockdown on OClassica label\, available on all streaming platforms. (Remembrance\, An ticipation\, and A Summer Rain)\n\nKonstantin’s solo violin composition\ , Postcard from The Edge\, is featured on CDs of renowned violinist Elmira Darvarova. In 2022\, Konstantin signed an exclusive publication deal with OE Oficina to publish all his opera transcriptions\, as well as original compositions. The first volume\, R. Strauss’ Four Last Songs\, will be r eleased in 2023. The second volume will feature The Pride Suite for solo p iano commissioned by the ProtoStar Foundation\, with multiple national and international premieres planned in the 2023/24 Season. Color Orange of Th e Pride Suite will have a pre-premiere performance as a choreographed art piece at Site Specific Dances’ New York launch of Live Exhibition series in April 2023.\n\nIn addition to piano performance and composition\, Kons tantin’s love for words and poetry has taken him on a foray into literat ure. He is currently working on two opera libretti commissioned by the Mis sissippi Opera and the Garth Newel Music Center.\n\nKonstantin’s unique creativity and personality have been acknowledged with a Paul &\; Daisy Soros Fellowship For New Americans and an Innovation Award from the Music Academy Of The West.\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/10/KS_05_07_23-103-web.jpg?fit=680%2C385&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR