Russian pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky in concert Thursday at DePauw

Monday, October 10, 2016
Russian-born pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky will present a solo concert of favorite works by Bach, Brahms, Mussorgsky and Sergei Taneyev for the Faculty Select Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in Thompson Recital Hall at DePauw University’s Green Center for the Performing Arts.
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The DePauw University School of Music will present the distinguished Russian-born pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky in concert for its Faculty Select Series on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Green Center's Thompson Recital Hall.

Since making his first public appearance at the age of six, Gliadkovsky has toured extensively on three continents, performing piano and organ recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi, Maliy and Rachmaninoff Halls, St. Petersburg Philharmonic's Glinka Hall, as well as in Italy, U.K., Poland, Mongolia, Canada, Japan and throughout the U.S.

The guest pianist, born in Moscow, attended the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, later receiving his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California.

For his DePauw recital, Gliadkovsky has selected a program of personal favorites, including the Bach-Busoni "Chaconne in D Minor," the popular "Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118" by Johannes Brahms, a "Prelude and Fugue" by Sergei Taneyev, and Modest Mussorgsky's famous "Pictures at an Exhibition."

"The intensity -- and a nicely honed musicality -- left the audience a bit stunned at times," Josef Woodward wrote for the Los Angeles Times of Gliadkovsky's performance at the Wengler Center for the Arts in Malibu. "But in this mostly romantic program, highlighted by Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition,' the 'more is more' approach was warranted, and the result was often enthralling. In its rigorous solo piano version, Mussorgsky's classic piece of 'picturesque' writing assumes an identity as a heroic tour de force."

General admission to Thursday's concert is $10. Tickets for seniors, youth and all students are free thanks to season sponsors Judson and Joyce Green.

For more information or to make online purchases, visit music.depauw.edu.

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