New York Concert Festival Competition

Winners’ Recital Engelman Recital Hall

at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 7 p.m.

Concert Festival International Summer Tour 2017

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Moscow, June 24 - July 1, 2017

St. Petersburg, July 1 - 8, 2017

Paris, July 8 - 15, 2017

ALL PARENTS 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.

VISITING WORLD HISTORICAL SITES

Moscow: Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre, Red Square, Tretyakov Gallery and more...

St. Petersburg: Hermitage Museum, Russian Museum, Imperial Estate of Peterhoff and more...

Paris: Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Notre Dame, Royal Palace of Versailles and more…

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS in the historical center of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Paris for 7 nights, double/triple occupancy, including breakfast.

SCHOLARSHIPS Up to $1,500 ($500 for each week) will be awarded to the select Winners of the Concert Festival Competitions.

AWARDS Commemorative Medals and Certificates will be awarded at the Concerts. $300 Prize will be awarded to the WInner of the "International Soloist of the Year" $300 Prize will be awarded to the Winner of the "International Ensemble of the Year"

DISCOUNTS 10% applies to the Families of 3 or more.. Additional 10% discount applies to the Families participating in Three-week program.

Concert Festival at Engelman Recital Hall

at Baruch Performing Arts Center

April 23, 2017 at 7 p.m. Program

Guest Artists Voice students of Anna Pastukhova

Emma Vilensky __ Rodgers/Hammerstein - “Do Re Mi” (The sound of music) Daniel Volfson _________ H. Arlen - “Over the rainbow” (The Wizard of Oz) Rebecca Mitkovsky ___________________________ C.A. Bixio - “Mamma” Maya Bartleson _________________ ”Good morning Baltimore“ (Hairspray) Isabel Vilensky ____________________________ G. Jiordani - Caro mio ben Elizabeth Goldengur _______ L. Bernstein - ”I feel pretty" (West Side Story) Jessica Goldstein __________ L. Bernstein - “Somewhere” (West Side Story)

Guest Artist Voice student of Sofya Palma

Elizabeth Neftin NY, voice ________________ A.L. Webber - Macavity (Cats)

First Prize Solo Recital Competition Winner

Vinaya Roehrl NY, piano L.van Beethoven - Sonata #10 G major, Op.14 #2

F. Chopin - Etude Op.10 #5 Vivace F. Chopin - Variations Brillantes, Op.12

First Prize Solo Recital Competition Winner

Atsuo Chiu CA, piano J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue C major WTC II

L. V. Beethoven - Piano Sonata #8 C minor, Op.13, Mov. I F. Chopin - Étude Op.10 #12 C minor

S. Rachmaninoff - Prelude G minor, Op. 23 #5 F. Chopin - Polonaise A flat major, Op. 53

Vinaya Roehrl is a 15 year old pianist. She studies with Svetlana Gorokhovich and started playing the piano at age 8. Vinaya’s musical achievement include playing four times at Carnegie Hall through Concert Festival and AFAF. She also performed at Baruch Hall and Lincoln Center. Furthermore, she was invited to join the Concert Festival Summer Tour three times in a row in Russia and Portugal with a scholarship. In 2014, Vinaya participated in the “Interharmony” Music Festival in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany, where she also performed with chamber groups. In 2016 Vinaya

won Grand Prix Award in Concert Festival Concerto Competition and performed Bach’s Piano Concerto in D minor with Concert Festival Orchestra. In addition to her passion for the piano, Vinaya figure skates at a regional level and plays the flute.

A native of Sacramento, California, Atsuo Chiu (16) has won numerous awards and competitions including the JPTAG (Japanese Teacher Association of Greater Sacramento), where he got 1st place in 2010. In 2012 he received 3rd place at Classical Masters Competition. In 2015, he got 2nd place at the USOMC (United States Open Music Competition) for Mozart and 4th place for Brahms. In 2015, he won 1st place in American Protégé International Music Competition. He also got 1st place in AFA (American Fine Arts Festival), and a grand prix award for Concert Festival Competition in 2016. He was also awarded with the 1st

prize for the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition. He appeared at Carnegie Hall, NY for all 4 of these competitions. In 2016, he won the 1st prize for the Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition and performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.Having been introduced to classical music as an infant, Atsuo has grown to love music. Atsuo started his piano lessons with Mrs. Shigemi Nishite from 4. They both worked hard to perfect and improve his music with their whole heart. He also is a violinist that is the second principle of the Sacramento Country Day orchestra and has won gold at the Forum Musical Festival. He also won the gold rating for the piano trio in the CMEA Golden Empire in 2013 and second place in 2016. He also does piano accompaniment for many violinists.

Awards Ceremony

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