Posted by class&jazz on 3:21 am in News | Comments Off on Lansing Matinee Musicale
Dear friends, Class&Jazz Duo had a wonderful time performing for the Lansing Matinee’s concert series yesterday afternoon. This time we presented a diverse program comprised of the 20th century composers – Alexander Tansman, Vitali Khodosh and Maurice Ravel. All three composers were following a path of conventional tonality, but nonetheless they were able to create wonderful pieces full of contrasting vigor, lively characters and captivating freshness that made this music very accessible and welcomed by the audience. We will...
read morePosted by class&jazz on 2:56 pm in News | Comments Off on Doctor of Music Arts from MSU
Hello folks, Today I’ve been through the commencement ceremony and officialy received my doctorate degree in violin performance from the Michigan State University! It was a long and fascinating journey for me and I am excited to enter the camp of the MSU alumni. I am grateful to my family for their encouragement and support and to my dear teacher, professor Dmitri Berlinsky for sharing with me the priceless knowledge of fine arts performance. I will continue to follow your guidelines thoughout my professional life. Thank you very much!...
read morePosted by class&jazz on 2:46 pm in News | Comments Off on Recital at the Albion College
Today Class&Jazz’s violinist Oleg Bezuglov is performing J. Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet at the Albion College in collaboration with Sarah Manasreh (clarinet), Ying-Li Pan (violin), Howard Jones (viola) and Daniel Trussel (cello). The project’s idea to perform one of the most magnificent pieces written by Brahms in his late creative period belongs to Albion College’s faculty professor Sarah Manasreh, who hes enjoyed a diverse teaching and performing career in the United States and Europe. Johannes Brahms’s...
read morePosted by class&jazz on 6:43 pm in News | Comments Off on Residency in Blue Lake
Today Class&Jazz Duo starts it’s annual residency in the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. We are excited to meet our students and start rehearsing for the festival concerts. If you are in the area, don’t miss our performance on Thursday, August 17th in the Blue Lake Miller Theater. The concert starts at 7:30 and will include music if Franck, Ravel and Slonimsky.
read morePosted by class&jazz on 6:27 am in News | Comments Off on Seminar in Manhattanville
This week Class&Jazz is heading to the Manhattanville College to participate in the program of the Summit Music Festival focused on the Russian Music Performance School. The seminar is led by the two remarkable artists – the grand prix winner of the Queen Elizabeth competition Mikhail Bezverkhny, and the first prize winner of the Paganini competition in Genoa Dmitri Berlinsky. We are very excited to perform Maurice Ravel’s Sonata, while in there.
read morePosted by Class&Jazz on 1:08 am in News | Comments Off on Music Night at Maru Sushi Okemos
This coming Saturday, June 17th, the Class&Jazz Duo performs at the Maru Sushi Okemos restaurant! Come listen to a nice mix of relaxing jazz and light classical music at the outside patio, while enjoying the marvelous cuisine of Maru. We will play from 5 to 8pm! You will have a rare opportunity to experience the music we play up-close and personal and have a chat with the artists afterwards. See you soon.
read morePosted by Class&Jazz on 1:01 am in News | Comments Off on Fundraising in Battle Creek
Last weekend the Class&Jazz Duo was invited to perform at the major fundraising event for the Battle Creek Music Center. For me it was especially important ocassion because of my long-standing relationship with Battle Creek Symphony orchestra as the Associate Concertmaster. We greatly enjoyed playing outside of Jim Fletcher’s house, one of the Music Center’s board members, and we’re happy to learn that the fundraising was a big success. Thank you Battle Creek, MI for having us this summer!
read morePosted by Class&Jazz on 11:18 pm in News | Comments Off on New article about Class&Jazz
Hello guys, MSU College of Music just posted an article about Class&Jazz Duo and our recent experience as a prize winner at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston! Big thank you to Ann Kammerer for interviewing us and writing this article. Check it out! <<Read the article at MSU website>> A husband-wife chamber duo from Russia working on doctorates at the MSU College of Music took third prize at the prestigious International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in December 2016 through the Chamber Music...
read morePosted by Class&Jazz on 6:04 pm in News | Comments Off on Ed Engagement Residency Fellowship
Class&Jazz Duo got the Ed Engagement Residency with MSU College of Music
read morePosted by Class&Jazz on 3:35 pm in News | Comments Off on Great concert in Mason
Hello friends, It was an absolute pleasure to play Camille Saint-Saens’s Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with Mason Symphony Orchestra under the direction of maestro Suren Petrosyan. This community orchestra has grown so much since the time I first heard them playing about 2 years ago. I enjoyed rehearsals with these guys, they are incredibly friendly and love music sincerely. Besides Saint-Saens, the program of the concert at St James Catholic Church included N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and R. Schumann’s...
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