Acclaimed Classical Pianists Coming to UMaine Stage Oct. 25
Contact: Baycka Voronietsky, 581-1257; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — UMaine professor and School of Performing Arts senior pianist Baycka Voronietsky has invited two acclaimed musicians to campus for a guest performance recital at Minsky Recital Hall Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Performing to rave reviews across the United States, pianists Ludmilla Lifson and Eda Shlyam, faculty members at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, are known for impeccable musicianship, harmonious unity, vitality and virtuosity, according to Voronietsky.
The duo plays so well that Voronietsky says she was emotionally moved by a recent concert. Bringing Lifson and Shlyam to the University of Maine creates a great opportunity for UMaine students to see and hear the superb performers and it offers an exciting concert for the community, Voronietsky says.
Lifson and Shlyam have performed together for 25 years, concurrent with teaching on the faculty of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. The duo’s wide-ranging repertoire includes world premiers and music written especially for them.
They have been featured as frequent guests on Boston radio stations WGBH and WBUR. They also were featured in a special interview on the “Morning Pro Musica” and “Note to You” programs, and opened a new series at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston University, MMTA conventions and many others revered venues.
Voronietsky is planning for Lifson and Shlyam to spend two days at UMaine, performing the public concert, making a presentation to the “Women in Music” class and teach a master class, open to all School of Performing Art students of piano.
Tickets are $6, and students with a MaineCard are admitted free. Further information can be obtained by calling the Maine Center for the Arts box office at 581-1755.