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19:00 | Masterpieces for All Times |
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 National Philharmonic of Russia, Conductor Sergei Smbatyan (Armenia) and Ekaterina Mechetina (piano) will perform Rachmaninov. Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem, Piano concerto #1; Rimsky-Korsakov. Sheherazade, symphonic poem. The Russian pianist, Ekaterina Mechetina, was born into a family of musicians, and very early it became clear that she had inherited the inclinations and gifts of her parents. Her flair for music became evident when she was a young girl and, in fitting with her talents, she became a pupil of the Central School of Music for the Moscow State Conservatory - probably the most renowned school for gifted children in the world where many of today’s world-famous musicians began their first musical steps. After finishing her schooling, where she was taught by T.L. Koloss, she began her studies at the Moscow Conservatory under the tuition of V.P. Ovtchinnikov. For her postgraduate studies, she was taught by the famous Sergey Leonidovich Dorensky. Dorensky’s students have collectively won over one hundred prizes in competitions across three continents - probably a world record! Mechetina’s prize at the Cincinnati Piano Competition was the hundredth…Even before her Cincinnati success, Ekaterina Mechetina had played in Brazil and had had a debut in the USA with an orchestra in Boston. “This highest-class Russian pianist Ekaterina Mechetina strikes the public by her debut in the US” read the Boston Globe’s headline. Her achievements have been marked with one of the most prestigious awards of Russia - the Youth Prize “Triumph”. But the main thing about Mechetina is that the artist understands there is no limit to perfection, as she purposefully continues her ascent as a musician.
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