DATE & TIME: Saturday June 6, 7:30 p.m.VENUE: Incarnation Episcopal
Church, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco
TICKETS: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students
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PROGRAM
To be announced
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
DUO SMIRNOV is a Piano Show by the family couple of musicians,
Angelika and Anton. They perform original, classical, jazz, and
crossover works. Their repertoire ranges from classical and romantic
era to modern pop with a comedy twist. Duo Smirnov carefully choose
pieces for their show to keep listener’s attention until the very
last note of the concert! Previously successful soloists, they have
decided to unite and expand their style into something new, adding
more creativity and positive energy to the piano recital. Together
with an extensive performer’s career, the couple working on the
album in crossover genre which they plan to release in 2019.
ANTON SMIRNOV, PIANIST
Anton Smirnov began his piano studies at age of seven in Novosibirsk,
Russia. After graduating from Novosibirsk State Conservatory with a
Bachelor’s Degree, Anton came to the United States in 2006 to
further his education. Anton has received his Artist Diploma from the
Oberlin Conservatory with Sedmara Z. Rutstein and Peter Takacs as his
piano teachers; Professional Studies Certificate at The Colburn School
in Los Angeles, CA with John Perry. Mr. Smirnov received his
Master’s Degree from Yale University in 2015 with help of Boris
Berman and Hung Kuan Chen as his primary piano professors.
As a student, he was honored by the Russian government with several
special talent scholarships. He has made more than 1000 public
performances worldwide at venues that include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln
Center’s Avery Fischer Hall, Walt Disney Hall, and Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Anton is a prizewinner at many international piano competitions
including the Moscow International Competition for Young Musicians,
International Russian Music Piano Competition in San-Jose, CA, Oberlin
Concerto Competition, Corpus Christi International Concerto
Competition, Louisiana International Piano Competition, the NTD
International Piano Competition in New York, and many others. He has
performed as a soloist with various orchestras including the
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Tomsk Philharmonic Orchestra, San
Jose Symphony and The Oberlin Orchestra.
Anton is a prominent chamber musician: he performed with members of
Quatuor Ebene; Edgar Meyer, Alexander Buzlov, Evgeny Tonkha, Antonio
Lysy, Boris Allakhverdyan, Simone Porter, and many others.
Anton has participated in many international music festivals including
“International Program New Names” in Moscow and St. Petersburg,
Vladimir Spivakov International Festival, Cassalmaggiore International
Music Festival in Italy, Banff Master Classes in Canada, and Sarasota
International Festival. Anton is a member of the piano faculty at The
Heifetz International Music Institute in Virginia. He participates in
the “Heifetz on Tour” music series, touring with the finest young
string players in the country.
Anton currently resides in Los Angeles, teaching and giving the
lectures extensively. Together with his wife, also pianist Angelika
Smirnov, he has formed a piano ensemble called Duo Smirnov. As an
ensemble, Duo Smirnov successfully presents shows in rare
classical/cross-over/comedy genre in the US and abroad.
ANGELIKA SMIRNOV, PIANIST
In her native Ukraine, Angelika’s talent was recognized by an array
of prizes and performances. She appeared with chamber and symphony
orchestras in Kiev, Donetsk and Uzhgorod and received top honors in
all the competitions in which she has taken part: Kyiv-Vorsel (First
Prize, two years in a row), the Zakarpatija Festival of Uzhgorod
(Grand Prix), and the Donetsk Competition in honor of Sergei
Prokofiev’s 110th birthday (Second Prize). During her studies at
Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy, Angelika gave numerous solo recitals
across Hungary and won First Prize at the 2008 Yamaha Competition in
Budapest.
In 2008, Angelika Fuchs became the recipient of the Third Prize at the
prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht,
Holland. As a soloist, highlights of the 2009-10 season included
extensive concert tours through the Netherlands and China. That same
year, at the invitation of Russia’s renowned Musical Olympus
Festival, she had her debut appearance with the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic. She performed at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile,
Italy, and gave a concert tour of Quito, Ecuador, which included a
solo recital at Casa de la Musica, a performance and an interview for
Quito Radio as well as a master class at Quito’s Franz Liszt
Conservatory. Angelika also performed in South Korea, Monaco, Germany,
Ukraine, USA, Canada, Russia, Australia and Hungary. She has taken
part in many Music Festivals including the International Keyboard
Institute and Festival at Mannes in NYC, the Weimar Liszt Festival,
the Utrecht Liszt Festival and many others.
Angelika Fuchs received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from
Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy under the tutelage of Professors
Attila Némethy, Sándor Falvay and Balázs Szokolay. She continued
her education at the Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio, USA) and earned her
Professional Studies Diploma at the Manhattan School of Music (New
York, USA) where she was a student of Solomon Mikowsky. In 2012, she
won the Koch Competition at the Manhattan School of Music and
performed with conductor Philippe Entremont.
In 2012 Ms. Fuchs moved to Quito, Ecuador where she was teaching as a
guest professor at the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music. While there,
she gave numerous concerts in South America with orchestras and as a
soloist as well as continuously working as an accompanist to various
musicians.
In 2014 Ms. Fuchs went back to Ukraine, where she founded the
“Visual Music” project. The idea behind this project was the
possibility of connecting classical piano with other arts. To name a
few of these collaborations: Photography and piano (in collaboration
with Ilva Haust), Painting and piano – “Magic of Art”, as well
as sand painting and piano – “Sound of the Sand” (in
collaboration with Yulia Mironova and Natalia Tarnay). Under the
“Visual Music” project, two silent movies were also created and
directed by Ms. Fuchs who accompanied them with the music of
Schubert’s Serenade and Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor.
While Ms. Fuchs was creating and leading these projects, she
nevertheless continued to perform both as a soloist and an
accompanist, as well as teaching piano privately and in schools.
Recently, Ms. Fuchs moved to Los Angeles, United States, where she
continues to give concerts, teach and work on her future projects.
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