Alexander Sinchuk First Prize Winner of Rachmaninov Piano Competition Orlando February 15, 2009
December 2008 Rachmaninov Society USA Honorary President performs
Daniel Pollack, our new Rachmaninov Society USA Honorary President performs with the Moscow Philaharmonic, December 28 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory at 7:00 PM.
September 2008 Rachmaninov Society USA CONCERT
Yuri Didenko, Pianist, Rachmaninov Society USA at Grace Covanent Presbyterian Church on Sunday September 14, 2008 at 2:00 PM.
Denis Plutalov Central Florida March 2007
Denis Plutalov came to Central Florida in March of 2007 on spring break from Nebraska- Lincoln School of Music and performed in the Orange County Library, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and Reformation Lutheran Church of Orlando. Denis also made a radio broadcast in New Smyrna, Florida and performedin the New Smyrna Beach Public Library.
Sergei Kossenko - Lord Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Sergei Kossenko, pianist, composer, recording specialist and Music Ambassador for the Rachmaninov Society USA launched the first "Lord Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace" Community Building Concert, October 31, 2006 at Grantham Peace Church, Grantham, Pennsylvania . Moscow Conservatory and Dartmouth College graduate Sergei Kossenko made an expressive lyrical and romantic presentation of three Rachmaninov pieces. The Kyiv Symphony under the direction of Conductors Rodger McMurrin and Sergey Golubnichy with Vocal Soloists of Music Mission Kiev performed works representative of the culture of Sergei Rachmaninov (Rachmaninoff) (1873-1943). The Chamber Singers of Messiah College presented an a cappella work of Rachmaninov to complete the program. Carol Bacha, Rachmaninov Society USA President, spoke of the humanitarian shaping and peace making work as central to guiding the development of the Mission of the Rachmaninov Society USA.
Messiah College Dean of Arts, Dr. Richard Roberson sponsored the travel for Kossenko and Bacha. The Messiah College music students and 20 families of Grantham BIC Church housed 93 Ukrainian musicians of The Kyiv Symphony and Music Mission Kiev before their next day return to Kyiv , Ukraine , November 1, 2006.
October 2006 "Music for two pianos"
Yuri Didenko & Maria Parshina Music for two pianos Debussy "En Blanc et Noir" Ravel Waltz Messiaen "Visions De L Amen" Rachmaninov Suite No. 1 (Fantasia) for two pianos, op. 5
Yuri Didenko assistant professor of Piano at Moscow Conservatory and winner of many international piano competitions and prizes will conduct summer masterclasses at the Rachmaninov Family Estate Museum in Ivanovka, Russia. the masterclasses and it will include meals and housing at Ivanovka. Please write soon if you are interested in these classes as space is limited.
The legacy of one of the world's greatest Russian artists attempts to live on in New Smyrna Beach. Still in its infancy, a local organization known as Rachmaninov Society aims to promote greater awareness and appreciation of the music and art of not only Russian composer, pianist and conductor, Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), but of all artists.
