“Salon Series” at Parrish Art Museum Presents Vlaeva

[caption id="attachment_56901" align="alignright" width="421"] Nadejda Vlaeva.[/caption]

“Salon Series” at The Parrish Art Museum will present Bulgarian-born pianist Nadejda Vlaeva on October 28 at 6 p.m. Ms. Vlaeva has won several awards—including first prize at the Liszt Competition in Lucca, Italy, third prize at the International Liszt Competition in Budapest and the Yamaha Award for best Brahms interpretation.

“Salon Series creates an intimate and interactive environment for master musicians of classical and contemporary music to share their performances in new ways,” Curator of Special Projects, Corinne Erni said. “The audience is invited to engage in a dialogue with the musicians and learn more about their creative process and program choices.”

Ms. Vlaeva’s “Salon Series” program reflects her eastern European roots featuring works by Ukranian composer Sergei Bortkiewicz, Russian American composer Vladimir Drozdoff, and Polish-born Franz Liszt. Ms. Vlaeva has played at Carnegie Hall and received critical acclaim for her 2016 CD, piano music of Bortkiewicz. Her 2002 CD, “A Liszt Recital” was awarded The International Grand Prix ‘Liszt’ du Disque.

Ms. Vlaeva starts off her program with “Piano Sonata in G Major” by Franz Schubert, “the most perfect in form and conception” of any Schubert sonata, composer Robert Schumann said. She will perform three works by American composer, pianist and singer Jackson Berkey, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, followed by two works by Drozdoff and Fantasiestücke, Op. 61 by Bortkiewicz. The program finishes with Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 “Pester Karneval” by Liszt—a medley of Hungarian dance melodies.

Tickets for Salon Series include Museum admission are $20 and $10 for members. The Golden Pear Café and the Parrish will be open before and after the concerts. For more information, visit parrishart.org.