Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Friday May 11 (07:30 PM)
First Baptist Church, Covington
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Yakov Kasman, piano
PROGRAM:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Yakov Kasman’s debut in America in 1997 as Silver Medalist in the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth was the culmination of several competition triumphs and tours in Europe and the Middle East, including prizes at the 1991 Valentino Bucchi Competition in Rome, the 1991 London World Piano Competition, the 1992 Artur Rubinstein International Competition in Tel Aviv, and the 1995 International Prokofiev Competition at St. Petersburg.
Since his American debut, he has given concerts in the United States, South America, Europe, Russia and Asia, including recitals in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Atlanta, and Birmingham. He has appeared as soloist with more than fifty orchestras including the Buffalo, Oregon, Pacific, Syracuse, Memphis, Miami, Ft. Worth, Nashville and Alabama symphonies, Athens State Orchestra, the Orchestre de Lille and Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier in France, the Singapore Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Orquestra Simfonica de Baleares (Spain), Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea) and the Moscow Philharmonia Orchestra.
Kasman is also active as a teacher and adjudicator. He is a jury member of the Horowitz Competition (Kiev), the Corpus Christi International Competition, and the Rocky Mountain Amateur Piano Competition (Colorado Springs). He has been guest artist and faculty at the Piano Texas International Academy and Festival (Fort Worth), and is a faculty member at the Summer Music Academy in Kiev.
Born in the city of Orel, near Moscow, Kasman began his piano studies at the age of five. A graduate and postgraduate of the Moscow Conservatory and previously a professor of piano at the Music College of the Conservatory, he is now Associate Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. His students are winners of regional and national and international competitions.
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