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Daria KiselevaOctober 19, 2017: Daria Kiseleva, concert pianist

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DARIA KISELEVA is the Grand Prize Winner of the first Impromptu! Drozdoff Audition. She will perform a RUSSIAN COMPOSERS concert featuring:

The Program:

Medtner. Skazki (Fairy Tales) op. 34Drozdoff. Eight Pushkin Tone Poems

Drozdoff. Sonata No. 15 (Rain Drop Elegy)Prokofiev. Sonata No. 6 op. 82

Daria Kiseleva debuted as a soloist with orchestra at age 10, performing Mozart Concerto No. 8. Winning First Prize of the prestigious IV BNDES International Piano Competition in 2014 brought her appearances with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de Experimental de Repertório, and a recital series in Sala São Paolo and Theatre Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York; and Salle Cortot in Paris. In October 2015 she became a laureate of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition, performing with Orchestra de Chambre de Paris at the Theatre des Champs Élysées. Other honors include First Prize of the Rotary Club International Piano Competition in Mallorca (with concerts in Spain, Germany, and France), and performances in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Salle Gauveau (Paris), 35 Londrina Festival and Festival VII Virtuosi Gravata (Brazil), Schlern Festival (Italy), Museum of Modern Art and Foundation Oscar Americano (São Paolo), and Aptos Keyboard Series (Monterey Bay, California).

Daria graduated from Moscow State Gnessin College in 2010, studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Andrei Diev, and since 2014 she has been a student of Dr. Tamás Ungár at the TCU School of Music. Other achievements include the 2009 National Competition “Young Talents,” Moscow, Laureate; 2011 M. Yudina International Competition, Saint Petersburg, Third Prize; 2012 Shabyt International Competition, Astana, Grand Prix; 2013 International Rubinstein Chamber Competition, Moscow, Second Prize; and 2014 Jean Francaix International Piano Competition, Moscow, Second Prize. She performed in the 53th Weimar Piano Festival (2011), Oxford Philomusica Festival (2013), and PianoTexas 2014 and 2016.

In recognition of her endeavors in music, Daria received the Sviatoslav Richter (2005) and Henrich Neuhaus (2010) awards of the Rostropovich Foundation. Daria was the Gold Medalist in the Solo and Concerto Divisions of the 2016 International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival (IKOF).

On May 1, 2017, Daria Kiseleva became the first Grand Prize Laureate of the Impromptu! Drozdoff Audition, and is being featured in a four-city recital tour in the 2017-2018 Impromptu! Classical Music Recital Series season.

Links

Prokofiev: https://youtu.be/22kaOrOBaiURachmaninoff: https://youtu.be/zBnTbHgOeag

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Vyacheslav GryaznovMarch 22, 2018: Vyacheslav Gryaznov, pianist-composer

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The Leschetizky Association* and The Drozdoff Society present the Russian pianist-composer VYACHESLAV GRYAZNOV in a concert of Franz Liszt's complete Transcendental Etudes and a selection of Mr. Gryaznov's own transcriptions of works by Glinka, Borodin, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky.

The Program:

Liszt Transcendental Études, S. 139No. 1 (Preludio)No. 2 (Fusees)

No. 3 (Paysage)No. 4 (Mazeppa)

No. 5 (Feux follets)No. 6 (Vision)No. 7 (Eroica)

No. 8 (Wilde Jagd)No. 9 (Ricordanza)

No. 10 (Appassionata)No. 11 (Harmonies du soir)

No. 12 (Chasse-neige)

A. Borodin – V. Gryaznov. Nocturno from String Quartet No. 2

P.I. Tchaikovsky – V. Gryaznov. Waltz of the Flowers from the ballet “Nutcracker”

S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. The Night Is Sad op.26/12S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. How Peaceful op.21/7

S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. Vocalise op.34/14S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. Italian Polka

M. Glinka – V. Gryaznov. Valse-fantasie

VYACHESLAV GRYAZNOV graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Professor Manana Kandelaki. He proceeded with undergraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Yuri Slesarev), once again completing his degree with honors. He continued at the Moscow Conservatory as a post-graduate student, and is on the teaching faculty of the Moscow Conservatory’s Piano Department. In 2016 he accepted Yale University’s invitation to fulfill the Artist Diploma program under the Yale School of Music’s Professor Boris Berman.

Vyacheslav  Gryaznov is a member of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, which represents him in Russia, and is an Artist-in-Residence with The Drozdoff Society in the United States.

A prize-winner of international competitions in Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Georgia, Japan, and Russia (including six first and Grand prizes) and a frequent guest at international festivals, the pianist has toured in many countries of Europe, the CIS, Africa, Japan, the United States, and throughout Russia. His NHK video recordings are shown on Japanese TV on a regular basis. In Russia, the pianist's recordings are often played on Orpheus classical radio.

Gryaznov’s 2016-2017 performances included the Berliner Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall as winner of the 2016 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition; the Bay Area Steinway Society of San Jose, California; four performances with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra in a multi-city Florida tour; multiple engagements for The Drozdoff Society’s Impromptu! Classical Music Recital series; as well as engagements in Russia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Austria, and France. He also recorded a CD on the Steinway & Sons label in 2017.

Vyacheslav  Gryaznov is the author of more than 30 concert arrangements and transcriptions and has gained a reputation as one of the most remarkable young arrangers working today. In 2014 Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott Music (Germany).

____________________________________________________ __*The Leschetizky Association celebrates its namesake's Birthday every year at this time with a concert. It seemed fitting, somehow, that the works of Liszt, who like Leschetizky studied with Carl Czerny, should be performed by this great Russian virtuoso who happens to be an Artist in Residence with The Drozdoff Society, whose founder happens to be (a) a distant relative of Carl Czerny, and (b) whose grandfather, Vladimir Drozdoff, studied with both Leschetizky and his second wife, Anna Essipova.

Links to Gryaznov Arrangements:

Glinka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3xwhh99-cBorodin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhYkXhLnTGg

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Mark Steven DossMay 16, 2018: Mark Steven Doss, bass-baritone

with Vyacheslav Gryaznov, concert pianist

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The  Drozdoff  Society  is  very  honored  to  present  the  great  American  bass-­‐baritone,  Mark  Steven  Doss,  in  a  concert  of  arias  and  songs.  For  this  concert,  he  will  be  joined  by  Vyacheslav  Gryaznov,  pianist-­‐composer,  with  whom  he  recorded  works  for  The  Drozdoff  Society  in  2017.

Program

Recit/Aria:  And  God  said…  Now  shines  the  Brightest  Glory  of  Heaven  [CreaSon],  HaydnEcco  il  mondo  –  [Mefistofele],  Boito

DosSg  ja  vyssej  vlasS  [Boris  Godunov]  –  MussorgskyDevant  la  maison    [La  DamnaSon  de  Faust]  –  Berlioz

Leb’  wohl  du  kühnes  [Die  Walküre]  –  WagnerNone  but  the  lonely  heart  –  Tchaikovsky

Song  of  the  Flea  –  MussorgskySelected  Drozdoff  Songs:    SomeSme,  From  Goethe,  Louisiana  Lullaby,  Midnight  Review

Heaven  is  One  BeauSful  Place  –  arr.  Hall  JohnsonThe  Gospel  of  Grace    –    arr.  Mark  Hays

Somebody  Bigger  Than  You  and  I  –  Lange/Heath/BurkeI’ll  Walk  with  God  –  Nicholas  Brodszky

Grammy  Award  winner  MARK  STEVEN  DOSS  has  sung  with   the  major  orchestras  of  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Cleveland,  and  Toronto,  while  addiSonally  performing  92  roles  

with  more  than  60  major  opera  companies  around  the  world,  including  Milan’s  Teatro  alla  Scala,  the  Vienna  State  Opera,  San  Francisco  Opera,  London’s  Covent  Garden,  Lyric  Opera  of  Chicago,  and  the  Canadian  Opera  Company.  

Mr.  Doss’  current  season  saw  him  as  Sujskij   in  Dvorák’s  Dimitrij  at  Odssey  Opera   in  Boston,  Méphistophélès   in  Faust  with  Ópera  Oviedo;  Balstrode   in  Peter  Grimes  with  Bologna’s   Teatro   Comunale;   and  Méphistophélès   in   Gounod’s   Faust   (Dorset   Opera  FesSval);  having  concluded  last  season  as  Jochanaan  in  Salome  with  Teatre  Principal  de  Palma  in  Mallorca,  Spain;  and  the  Stle  role  (to  great  criScal  acclaim)  in  Verdi’s  Macbeth  with  the  Dorset  Opera  in  the  UK.

With  eight  major  roles  at  La  Scala  to  his  credit,  Mr.  Doss  has  also  received  rave  reviews  for  the  Stle  role  in  Wagner’s  The  Flying  Dutchman  (Turin,  Bologna  and  Dorset),  the  Four  Villains  in  Offenbach’s  The  Tales  of  Hoffmann  (Michigan  Opera  Theater  and  Tokyo  New  NaSonal),  and  the  Stle  role  in  Boito’s  Mefistofele  (Frankfurt).

This   year’s   engagements   include   solo   concerts   with   the  Wyoming   Symphony   and  Bozeman  Symphony;  Alfio   in  The  Royal  Opera’s  Cavalleria  RusScana   in   London;  and  Scarpia  in  Puccini’s  Tosca  (Welsh  NaSonal  Opera).

VYACHESLAV  GRYAZNOV  is  a  member  of  the  Moscow  Philharmonic  Society,  which  represents  him  in  Russia,  and  is  an  ArSst-­‐in-­‐Residence  with  The  Drozdoff  Society  in  the  United  States.  

Gryaznov’s  2016-­‐2017  performances  included  the  Berliner  Philharmonie  and  Carnegie  Hall  as  winner  of  the  2016  New  York  Concert  ArSsts  Worldwide  Debut  AudiSon;  the  Bay  Area  Steinway  Society  of  San  Jose,  California;  four  performances  with  the  AtlanSc  Classical  Orchestra  in  a  mulS-­‐city  Florida  tour;  mulSple  engagements  for  The  Drozdoff  Society’s  Impromptu!  Classical  Music  Recital  series;  as  well  as  engagements  in  Russia,  Lithuania,  the  Netherlands,  Austria,  and  France.  He  also  recorded  a  CD  on  the  Steinway  &  Sons  label  in  2017.

Links:Mefistofeles: https://youtu.be/0E0G3ttPKgYSpirituals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTd3P8z-rVQ