presents First Prize Winners’ Concert

Celebrating Ninth Season Opening at Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center

Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 6 p.m.

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Moscow, June 24 - July 1, 2018

St. Petersburg, July 1 - 8, 2018

Paris, July 8 - 15, 2018

YOUNG MUSICIANS, PARENTS, FAMILY ARE WELCOME! Come join us and make this tour an unforgettable experience, combining artistic performances, educational master classes and sightseeing excursions with the pleasure of a family vacation. MOSCOW Concert & Master Classes at the Central House of Artists. Visiting Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre, Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow River Boat Tour…

ST. PETERSBURG Concert & Master Classes at the Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir. Visiting Hermitage, Mariinsky Theatre, Russian Museum, Imperial Estate of Peterhof. Neva River Boat Tour…

PARIS Concert & Master Classes at Le Centre de Russie pour la science et la culture a Paris. Visiting Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, Sacré-Cœur, Royal Palace of Versailles. Seine River Boat Tour…

ACCOMODATIONS 4-Star Hotel in the historical center of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Paris for 7 nights, double/triple occupancy, including breakfast. Welcome dinner in every city. SCHOLARSHIPS Up to $1,500 ($500 for each week) will be awarded to the select Winners of the Concert Festival Competitions. AWARDS Commemorative Medals, Trophies and Certificates will be awarded at the Concerts. “2018 International Soloist of the Year” award to the select soloist. “2018 International Ensemble of the Year” award to the select ensemble. DISCOUNTS 10% applies to the Families of 3 or more. Additional 10% discount applies to the Families participating in three-week program.

Paris St. Petersburg Moscow

Summer Tour 2018

Sophia Wong NJ, piano ________________________________________ W. Gillock - Autumn Is Here

Lucas Hsu NJ, piano _____________________________________________ L. Niamath - New Shoes Aditya Mirchandani NJ, piano _______________________________________ A. Gaudet - Angelfish Sanjana Mirchandani NJ, piano __________________________________ A. Rossi - Atacama Desert Sonia O’Neil CT, piano ________________________________________ F. Chopin - Nocturne E Flat Major

Jeffrey Chin CT, piano _________________________________ F. Chopin - Waltz F minor, Op.70 #2 Taria Kudrjavtseva CT, voice ________________________________________ S. Foster - ”Old Dog Tray" Julia Placido NY, voice _____________________________ N. Sherman / J. Sherman - Ramblin’ Rose

Mia Tichacek & Diana Barbacena NY, violin duo _____________________ C. Gardel -“Por Una Cabeza” Lia Chernysh CT, voice ____________________________________________ G. Caccini - Ave Maria Jordan Moses NY, piano __________________________________ C. Debussy - Golliwog’s Cakewalk Leon Bash NJ, piano ________________________ S. Rachmaninoff - Prelude C sharp minor, Op.3 #2

Jessica Chin CT, piano __________________________ F. Chopin - Nocturne C sharp minor, Op.Posth Liam Puglisi NY, piano ________________________________ S. Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle Op.3 #4

Accompanists: Liliya Bikbova, Nelson Padgett, Vladimir Polezhayev

Congratulations to the Teachers!

Tetyana Barbacena, Liliya Bikbova, Yuliya Kirichenko, Yulia Kreyn, Oxana Lauria, Tatyana Pikayzen, Zhanna Rubinshteyn, Mikhail Svetlov, Tatiana Viscun, Ella Yudin, Ann Setzer

Concert Festival International Competitions presents

First Prize Winners’ Concert

Celebrating Ninth Season Opening Program

Please note: Photography, Audio and Video Recording are strictly prohibited.

Concert Festival will provide approved staff photographer and camera men. DVD VIDEO can be ordered for $60.

Photos can be ordered for $60 - a set of three (3) high resolution digital pictures.

Guest Artists

Michelle Stern NY, violin _____________________________________ S. Barber - Violin Concerto, Op.14 _______________ G. Gershwin / J. Heifetz - "It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Michelle Stern, a 14 year-old native of Douglaston, began her violin studies at the age of 3 with her mother, Anna Heifetz, a distinguished violinist and teacher, and currently studies violin with Prof. Ann Setzer at the Juilliard School Pre College Division. Michelle was awarded first prize in the Young Artists Category of the Gershwin International Music Competition 2017 and first prize at the New York Music Competition and American Protégé Piano and Strings Competition. In addition, she was awarded both First Prize and the Grand Prize at the Concert Festival International, “Judges Distinction Award” at the American Protégé Concerto Competition, and “Best Performance Award” at the American Protégé Talent Competition. Michelle appeared as a soloist with the Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra, North Shore Symphony, Island

Chamber Symphony, Concert Festival Orchestra and the Manhattan Symphonie at Lincoln Center. In the past season she performed in the Stern’s Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. She performed at the renowned Meadowmount Festival, gave solo recitals at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School and was a guest artist on the PBS’ Artscene. Michelle is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Irwin Altman Award of “Excellence in Education” from District 26, Queens, and has received an honorary Citation from the City Council of New York for academic achievement and community service.

Elisabeta Racolta MA, voice _______________________________________ F. Schubert - An Die Musik ______ W.A. Mozart - Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio (La Clemenza di Tito) ______________ G. Rossini - Giusto Ciel, In Tal Periglio! (Maometto II) _____________ G. Meyerbeer - Noble Seigneurs, Salut! (Les Huguenots)

Born in Boston, 19 years old Mezzo Elisabeta Racolta, student of Mikhail Svetlov, is a winner of multiple international voice competitions. An avid recitalist, Lisa sung with the Concert Festival International Concert Tours in Portugal, France and Russia and became “Concert Festival International Soloist of the Year 2017” Award winner. She was a First place winner of the Rising Stars European competition in Latvia. In 2017, she also was a recipient of a merit scholarship from the FAVA William Lewis Mozart Academy appearing as Dritte Dame & Dritter Knabe in Die Zauberflote (Magic Flute) in Salzburg, Austria. In the New England Conservatory 2016 Summer Opera Program she appeared in the concert versions of ‘Carmen’, ‘L’Egisto’ and ‘West Side Story’. She performed Carnegie Hall four times winning early acclaim at International Music,

Vocal and Concerto competitions in 2014-2016. Lisa studies with opera masters and aims for a career of a professional classical singer. Her broad spectrum of a classical repertoire in six languages includes over 30 opera arias and art songs spanning the 16th through 21st centuries. She also loves religious music and often leads church masses in the Greater Boston area as a cantor. Lisa is deeply invested in studying music. She will be enrolling into conservatory in 2018.

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