New York Concert Festival Competition

Winners’ Recital Engelman Recital Hall

at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 2 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 2 p.m. Program

Lindsay & Kylie Koo NY, piano duo _________ W.A. Mozart - Papageno’s Aria Maria Papazoglu NY, piano _________ P.I. Tchaikovsky -Waltz of the Flowers Jocelyn Tan NJ, piano _______________________ E. Granados - Valse Poetica Sofia Caballes NY, piano __________ M. Clementi - Sonatina Op.36 #3 Mov. I Leon Xie NJ, piano ___________________ J. Sibelius - ”The Sapin" Op. 75 #5 Alexander Giannoglou NJ, piano _______________ P.I. Tchaikovsky - March Alexander Sheng NY, piano ______________ W.A. Mozart - Rondo alla Turca Anish Balamurali NJ, piano ________ F. Chopin - Nocturne F minor, Op.55 #1 Vishal Rowat NY, piano ____________ L. van Beethoven - Sonata #17 Mov. I Vivian Wang NJ, classical guitar _______________________ N. Coste - Etude Owen Wang NJ, classical guitar ________________________ J. Arcas - Bolero Amia Kaplun NY, cello ________________________ A. Dvorak - Humoresque Kaitlyn Park NJ, cello _____________________ F. Seitz - Concerto #5 Mov. I Ryan Woo NJ, cello ___________________________ W.H. Squire - Tarantella Hugh Kane NY, cello ______________________ W.H. Squire - Danse Rustique Hyunseo Yang NJ, cello ____________________ R. Schumann - Fantasy Piece Lauren Cha NJ, cello ____________________ F. Seitz - Concerto #5 G Major Eren Goral NY, flute __________________ A. Honegger - Danse Fe La Chèvre David Kreyn NY, violin ________________ E. Grieg - Sonata #1 Op.8 Mov. II

Congratulations to the Teachers: Hristina Blaeva, Sara Cortinas, Ekaterina Gorkhover, Tara Hofmeister-Sheng,

Galina Jitlina, Jeehyoun Lee, Konako Koyama, Victoria Maslov, Oxana Mikhailoff _____________________________________________________________________________

Please: NO Flash Photography. You can order DVD (of one performer or the whole concert) from Concert Festival. Cost $65 - paying by PayPal; $60 - paying by check.

Solo Recital Competition Winner First Prize

Elena Gribelyuk CT, piano

Elena Gribelyuk has been studying piano with Svitlana Fiorito for the past five years. In 2010 Elena received two first prizes at the CSMTA competition and at the Crescendo Little Mozart competition, which led to a recital in Carnegie Hall. In 2011 Elena was awarded 1st Place and Best Performance of Baroque Music at the Piano Teacher’s Congress of NY. Also, she received 2nd Place at the Schubert Club Piano Awards. Lastly, Elena performed Mozart Concerto #17 with the North Shore Symphony Orchestra. In 2012 Elena received top prizes at the Schubert Club Competition and Audrey Thayer Competition. Additionally, Elena was invited to perform at

the Lincoln Center 2012 Concert Festival Winners’ recital. Later, she was recognized as a community service contributor when she played at Atria Senior Residence in Darien, CT. Lastly, Elena performed in two solo recitals that were held at Trumbull Library and at King School. In 2013 and 2014, Elena won Second Place at the Audrey Thayer Piano Competition. She won 1st prize in both the Schubert Club Bach awards and the Schubert Club Chopin awards as well as 1st prize at the CSMTA competition. Also, she was recognized as the Grand Prize Winner of the Concert Festival International Competition, which led to her second performance at Carnegie Hall in 2014. Elena was chosen to be the Connecticut state representative in the divisional competition of MTNA twice, in 2013 and 2014. Additionally, she has given multiple recitals in senior homes in 2014 and 2015. Elena is a 9th grade student at King School in Stamford, CT. Her favorite subject is math which she studies two levels above her grade level. As a result, she is a high-scoring member of the Math Team and travels to math team competitions with the team six times a year.

Program Lowell Lieberman - Gargoyles Op. 29

W.A. Mozart - Sonata #12 F major, K. 332 F. Chopin - Etudes Op. 10 #4 & #5

Awards Ceremony