Filip Pogády, Ani Kalayjian, Vassily Primakov: Tchaikovsky Piano Trio

5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
6 PM Performance
7:30 PM Post-Reception

Filip Pogády, Ani Kalayjian, Vassily Primakov: Tchaikovsky Piano Trio

Gotham Arts in collaboration with Groupmuse is delighted to present an intimate private chamber music performance by violinist Filip Pogády, cellist Ani Kalayjian, and pianist Vassily Primakov featuring the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio and other works.

Wine will be served.

Program:

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50

Other works TBA

About the Artists

Watch Filip perform Milstein's "Paganiniana"

About Filip Pogády

Violinist Filip Pogády has been praised by the press for the "beauty of his tone", "lightning-like virtuosity" (Russkoe Slovo) and his "commanding performance" (The New York Times).

Pogády has performed in some of the most renowned concert venues in the world including Lincoln Center (New York), Rudolphinum (Prague), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Tel Aviv Opera House, Kamakura Arts Center (Kamakura), Natori Arts Center (Tokyo), Lotte Hall (Seoul), and Seoul Arts Center.

Pogády gave his solo debut with orchestra at age 11 at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna after winning the 1st prize at the Tsusuki Violin Competition as the youngest contestant.

He participated three times at Austria's nationwide music competition "Prima La Musica" and won the 1st prize each time. He was also honored with special prizes by the Austrian String Society and the Raiffeisen Bank for extraordinary results at this competition.

Pogády earned his Master's Degree in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman at the Manhattan School of Music, where he was awarded a full scholarship.

Born in Bratislava (Slovakia), Pogády moved with his family to Austria as a child and began his violin studies at age 7. Just one year later he was admitted to the Bruckner Conservatory Pre-college in Linz. He gave his first recital at age 10.

Pogády resides in New York City.

He is endorsed by Thomastik-Infeld Strings.

About Ani Kalayjian

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "representing the young, up-and-coming generation," and a "superb cellist with a large, expressive, singing tone, passionate musicianship, and magnificent playing" by the Journal Tribune, Armenian-American cellist Ani Kalayjian leads a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, soloist, collaborator, artistic director and educator that has taken her to Japan, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, and throughout Europe and the United States. Artistic Director of Carriage House Concerts at The Woman's Club of Englewood and Co-Artistic Director of Lyrica Chamber Music in Chatham, she is at home in diverse musical settings and sought-after for her openhearted, passionate and vibrantly detailed approach to music-making.

At the heart of Ani's artistic practice is her love of chamber music & interdisciplinary collaborations and the development of adventurous new works. Her most recent projects included recording Albanian composer Fatrin Krajka's new album as well as new collaboration with a World Premiere by Polina Nazakinskaya and MORDANCE company in NYC, several tours to Jordan with Oberlin College & Lebanon performing at American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University, as well as solo concerts at Haigazian University where she performed a World premiere, ‘Yesterday is No More' written for her and violinist Rebecca Jackson by award-winning composer Polina Nazakinskaya. During her time in Lebanon, Ani gave outreach performances to underserved communities at St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Insan School for Iraqi & Syrian refugee children, Byblos Birds' Nest Armenian orphanage, Karageusian Foundation, and in refugee camps.

Ani's passion for chamber music led her to attend various festivals including the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival in California, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival as a Shouse Artist in Michigan and the American String Project in Seattle as well as the Lichfield Festival in England. She has also performed at Michael Tilson Thomas' Carnegie Hall workshop in New York, Pablo Casals Prades festival in France, Mendelssohn on Mull in Scotland, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada as an Artist-in-Residence, Sarasota festival in Florida, Apeldoorn festival in Holland, London Masterclasses, Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, New York String Seminar, Holland Music Sessions, RNCM International Cello Festival in England, Music at Menlo and Chateau de la Moutte festival in St. Tropez.

Passionate about nurturing the next generation of artists, Ani is Cello Director at the Elisabeth Morrow School and on faculty at Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey and enjoys giving masterclasses to musicians around the country, such as Brandeis University, Wellesley College, La Jolla, NYU SummerStrings, and University of Washington. Ani has also given Musician Entrepreneur talks and workshops at the Royal Academy, Royal Northern College of Music, NYU, UC Long Beach, The Dwight-Englewood School, Lebanese American University, and Oberlin. She has also been on faculty at the Horace Mann School and launched several virtual international cello festivals during the pandemic, bringing together cellists from 15 different countries from Brazil, Syria, Australia, Germany, Lebanon, and more. Ani received an M.A. with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music in England as a student of Ralph Kirshbaum and a B.A. from the Mannes College of Music as a student of Timothy Eddy.

Upcoming performances include Music for Montauk Chamber Music Festival, PhiloSonia Chamber Music Series, Saugerties Pro Musica, Manor Camerata in the Catskills, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Pleasantville Chamber Music Society, La Grua Arts Center in Stonington, CT, Carriage House Concerts, Lyrica Chamber Music, music and dance collaboration of Polina Nazakinskaya's new work at Site Specific Dances in NYC, Bridgemusik Festival and more. Starting in June 2024, Ani took on the new role of Co-Artistic Director at The Dwight-Englewood School's String Society for aspiring music students. When not performing, Ani loves spending time with her husband, Ylvi and two daughters, Layla and Celine. Keep up with Ani's upcoming concert dates and news @anicellist on Instagram.

About Vassily Primakov

In recent years, Vassily Primakov has been hailed as a pianist of world class importance. Gramophone wrote that "Primakov's empathy with Chopin's spirit could hardly be more complete," and the American Record Guide stated: "Since Gilels, how many pianists have the right touch? In Chopin, no one currently playing sounds as good as this! This is a great Chopin pianist."

Vassily entered Moscow's Central Special Music School at the age of 11, and at 17 came to New York to pursue studies at the Juilliard School. At Juilliard he won the William Petschek Piano Recital Award, which led to his debut recital at Alice Tully Hall. He also won both the Silver Medal and the Audience Prize in the 2002 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition, and later that year he won First Prize in the 2002 Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions. In 2007 he was named the Classical Recording Foundation's "Young Artist of the Year." In 2009, his Chopin Mazurkas recording was named "Best of the Year" by National Public Radio.

Vassily has released numerous recordings for Bridge Records that include works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, among others. In 2011, he and his duo-piano partner, Natalia Lavrova, established a new record company, L.P. Classics, Inc. which has released a number of additional recordings.

In the fall of 2021, Vassily collaborated with two other pianists, Natalia Lavrova and Oxana Mikhailoff, to perform a "piano extravaganza" of two piano works based on transcriptions from opera and ballet, at the Sparkill Concert Series in Sparkill, NY. This performance is also available on a CD.

In addition to Vassily's full teaching schedule and his performance career, he is, in partnership with Oxana Mikhailoff, co-director of the Sparkill Concert Series in Sparkill, NY. Vassily is also is a Yamaha Artist.

What's the music?

Filip Pogady Violin

Ani Kalayjian Cello

Vassily Primakov Piano

Attendees

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