The Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut & New Britain Museum of American Art Presents
Pavlo Gintov Piano Recital
The New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT.
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut is thrilled to partner with the New Britain Museum of American Art to bring visitors classical music performances from world-renowned pianists.
CONCERT INFORMATION
All concerts begin at 3 p.m. in the Stanley Works Center. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Concert seating is first come, first served on the day of the concert and seating capacity is limited to 120.
Museum Members have free admission, and Museum guests are welcome with the purchase of an admission ticket.
MEMBERSHIP
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A native of Ukraine, Pavlo Gintov has been described as “a poet of the keyboard” by the Illinois Entertainer, a “musical storyteller” by the Japanese publication Shikoku News, and “a fantastic pianist and extraordinary artist” by Fanfare Magazine. Following his debut at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall at the age of 12, Mr. Gintov has been touring throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the US.
Biography
Following his debut at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall at the age of 12, when he performed Mozart Concerto in D minor K 466 with Kyiv Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Roman Kofman, Mr. Gintov has been touring throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the United States, appearing at such stages as Carnegie Hall in New York, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Teatro Verdi Nationale in Milan, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory and Kioi Hall in Tokyo. He has been a soloist with Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra under such conductors as Michiyoshi Inoue, Victor Yampolsky, Thomas Sanderling, Volodymyr Sirenko and Tomomi Nishimoto. Mr. Gintov has appeared on WFMT radio station of Chicago, WCLV of Cleveland, WPR of Wisconsin as well as numerous radio and TV stations in Europe, Japan, and Ukraine.
A native of Ukraine, Mr. Gintov won a First Prize in the Premiere Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, where in addition he was awarded four special prizes. An avid chamber music performer, he has worked with such distinguished musicians as violinists Nina Beilina and Alena Baeva, cellist Yehuda Hanani, tenor Neil Rosenshein, pianist Mykola Suk, woodwind quintet Windscape and many others. He regularly performs together with his sister, violinist Iryna Gintova.
Mr. Gintov graduated with honors from the Moscow State Conservatory, where he was a student of Lev Naumov and Daniil Kopylov. He holds a Doctor of Musical Art degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova.y as well as a piano teacher at the Music Institute Juvenalia.
Program
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
I. Grave. Doppio movimento
II. Scherzo
III. Marche funebre. Lento
IV. Finale. Presto
THEODORE AKIMENKO (1876–1945)
Three Pieces on Ukrainian Themes
I. Tender Idyll
II. By the Cradle
III. Celebratory Song
SERHIY BORTKIEWICZ (1877-1952)
Crimean Sketches, Op. 8
I. The Rocks of Uch-Kosh
II. Caprices of the Sea
III. Oriental Idyll
IV. Chaos
LOUIS-MOREAU GOTTSCHALK (1829-1869)
“The Union”
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53