Thursday 7 November 2.00 pm
Yevgeny Kutik (violin)
Diana Cooper (piano)
Stravinsky (arr. Dushkin): Suite Italienne (17')
Introduction / Serenade / Tarantella / Gavotte /
Scherzino / Moderato / Finale
Chausson: Poème (16')
Brahms: Violin sonata in D minor Op 108 (21')
Allegro / Adagio / Un poco presto / Presto
Yevgeny Kutik has captivated audiences worldwide with an old-world sound that communicates a modern intellect. Praised for his technical precision and virtuosity, he is also lauded for his poetic and imaginative interpretations of both standard works and newly composed repertoire. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Kutik began violin studies with his mother and immigrated to the US at the age of five. An advocate for the Jewish Federations of North America, he regularly speaks and performs across the country to promote the assistance of refugees. Kutik's discography, all on Marquis Classics, includes The Death of Juliet and Other Tales (2021), Meditations on Family (Marquis Classics 2019), Words Fail (2016), Music from the Suitcase (2014), and Sounds of Defiance (2012). In 2021, Kutik made his debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra led by Leonard Slatkin, performing the world premiere of Schwantner's Violin Concerto, an expansion of The Poet's Hour written specifically for Kutik. In 2019, he made his debuts at the Kennedy Center, presented by Washington Performing Arts, and at the Ravinia Festival. Kutik made his major orchestral debut in 2003 with Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops as the First Prize recipient of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. In 2006, he was awarded the Salon de Virtuosi Grant as well as the Tanglewood Music Center Jules Reiner Violin Prize. Kutik holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's degree from the New England Conservatory and currently resides in Boston. Kutik's violin was crafted in Italy in 1915 by Stefano Scarampella.
Diana Cooper was born in France to a French-Spanish mother and a British father and gave her first solo recital age 9. She was admitted at the age of 16 to the Paris Conservatoire and graduated with a master's degree five years later. She went on studying for three years at the Ecole Normale de Musique with the renowned professor Rena Schereshevskaya and in 2022, she was selected to join the new season of the Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky. That same year, she was admitted on an Artist Diploma course at the Paris Conservatoire. She is currently studying at the Royal College of Music in London where she has been admitted to pursue a second Artist Diploma programme in Norma Fisher's class. Diana won 3rd Prize at the Chappell Medal Competition at RCM and has recently been selected to join the Talent Unlimited charity as well as the Kirckman Concert Society promoting young talented musicians and offering them concerts in London. She has distinguished herself in several international competitions, winning1st Prize at the Chopin Competition in Brest and 1st Prize at the International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefanská in Poznan (Poland) as well as 1st Prize at the Concurso Internacional de piano de Vigo, (Spain), among many other awards.
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