Evgeny Rivkin, piano - Faculty Artist Recital

EVGENY RIVKIN PIANO

Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Ramsey Concert Hall

UGA Performing Arts Center

PROGRAM

Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:49

1. Allegro

2. Adagio e cantabile

3. Finale - Tempo di Minuet

Préludes ( Premier Livre)

1. … Danseuses de Delphi

2. … Voiles

3. … Le Vent dans la plaine

4. …”Les Sons et les Parfums tournent dans l’air du soir”

5. … Les Collines d’Anacapri

6. … Des Pas sur la neige

7. … Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest

8. … La Fille aux cheveux de lin

9. … La sérénade interrompue

10….La Cathédrale engloutie

11….La Danse de Puck

12….Minstrels

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Evgeny Rivkin Professor of Piano

Evgeny Rivkin represents and continues at UGA glorious traditions of Moscow Conservatory and Russian piano school. He earned his MM and DM degrees from Moscow Conservatory and is a top prize winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Bavarian Radio Competition in Munich, Russian National Piano Competition in St. Petersburg and International McMahon Competition in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Dr. Rivkin came to the University of Georgia in 1995 after serving as a professor of piano at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia. In addition to presenting master classes worldwide, Rivkin continues to perform as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Russia, Canada, Brazil and Europe to high acclaim, appearing as a soloist and with symphony and chamber orchestras in such venues as Weill Carnegie Hall in New York, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Great Hall of F. Liszt Hungarian Academy of Music and others. “Music of Latvia” reviewed Rivkin’s style as “distinguished by its elegance, nobility, and high culture.”

Rivkin has released many compact discs, including one featuring some of his favorite solo piano music by Tchaikovsky, as well as a number of chamber music CD’s in collaboration with his lifelong friend and colleague, violinist Levon Ambartsumian.

Fans of piano should definitely not miss this upcoming concert

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