The Tradition Continues! We Have Music For You.
DATE/TIME: Sunday,
January 8, 2012 2:00-3:30 PM
ARTISTS: Duo Pianos: Victor Bunin and Julia Kruger
Italian Flutist: Mario Puerini
PROGRAM: Holiday Music to Warm the Soul
PLACE: Stanley Hotel Concert Hall
CONCERT SPONSORS: Garrett Group International
We are starting off the year with a Fantastic Celebration; honoring one of our
own and it's going to be a surprise! Come join us. You will not be disappointed.
As we cannot mention this honorees name, we can only state that the depth and
breadth of this person's contribution to our world and our own community is
beyond measure. This person has been internationally recognized yet this
person's humility and gentleness keeps him/her well-grounded in reality. As a
contributor to the arts for many decades our honoree deserves the highest
recognition.
It is for these reasons, and other multiple accolades too great to mention in
this space, that our musical artists this week request the pleasure of your
company as they present a special musical composition specifically arranged for
this occasion. Come and join your fellow music lovers this Sunday as each one
tries to guess the identity of our honoree!
This Sunday, the Estes Park Music Festival will present an exciting
international program with duo pianists Victor Bunin and Julia Kruger. And for
the first time with the Festival, we are proud to introduce renowned Italian
Flutist Mario Puerini.
MARIO PUERINI graduated from the "G. Rossini Conservatory" in Pesaro, Italy,
where he studied with the illustrious teachers Giovanni Gatti and Arrigo
Tassinari. He received numerous awards and prizes from international
competitions. Under the guidance of the great flutist Severino Gazzelloni he
graduated from the Chigiana Academy in Siena with a scholarship for excellence.
For several years, he was first flutist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Le
Marche. He has performed frequently with pianist David Bradshaw and has appeared
in many European cities, in Russia, and in Japan. In the United States Mario has
performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Norton Hall, Beethoven Festival di
New York, University and Cathedral of New Orleans. He also performed on RAI,
Vatican Radio, Ukraine Radio, and WNYC and WQXR in New York. He has incised his
CDs for “Iktius Baby Records”, “Philarmonia”, “Pagano”, “Domani Musica”, “Málleus”,
“Primrose Music”,“Mediateca delle Marche”.
In 1986 he was one of the founders of the Italian Quartet "Les Flûtes Joyeuses."
As a member of the quartet he took particular interest in the commissioning and
the performing of contemporary music. In fact, many contemporary composers have
dedicated their compositions to him and he has overhauled several volumes of
music for flute and chamber music written by classic and modern composers and
edited by "Berben" and "Edizioni '800”, “Intras”, “Armelin”, "EurArte". Mario is
a professor of music at the Academy Musical in Ancona and at the "N. Vaccaj"
Institute of Tolentino, where he has been the Artistic Director of the summer
Music Festival International "MUSIC and ART" since 1993. He has also been the
Artistic Director of the Master Class “Resonant Thoughts” in Cepina Valdisotto
since 2008.
Victor Bunin, the son of famous Russian composer Vladimir Vasilievich Bunin
graduated from Musical College of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the
instruction of Olga Feodorovna Mukhortova, then Mirra Yakovlevna Sever. In 1961,
Victor Bunin appeared in and won an All-Russian piano competition.
Victor Bunin’s agenda is well-packed with recitals and tours around Russia and
abroad. He has made regular appearances with Russian orchestras including The
State USSR Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and
Great Symphony Radio and TV Orchestra, conducted by K. Ivanov, B. Khaikin,
Eduard Serov, A. Dmitriev, V. Dudarova, G. Tcherkassov, V. Sinaisky, R.
Satanovsky, V. Mizka, E. Khachaturian, L. Shulman and others. His extensive and
diverse repertoire includes traditional Western classic works in addition to
late 19th and 20th century composers , including his father Vladimir Bunin.
Since 1963 Victor Bunin has been teaching piano performance techniques at the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Central Music School and the Academic Musical
College both under the Moscow Conservatory. From 1993 to 2003, he also taught at
the Syrian National Conservatory and the Lebanese National Superior Conservatory
in Beirut. Many of his students became prize-winners of different international
piano contests. Professor Bunin conducts master-classes in Russia, the USA and
many European and Arabian countries. He holds yearly Master Classes at the
Lebanese National Superior Conservatory in Beirut. He has judged many piano
competitions in Russia and Europe.
Victor Bunin is an Honored Member of The International Association 'Scalcottas-Feinberg"
in Paris. In Russia, he was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Russian
Federation".
Julia Kruger is the Vice President of the American College of Musicians in
Austin, Texas as well as a private piano professor for over 44 weekly piano
students. Julia Amada Kruger and Professor Bunin have judged many international
piano competitions together over the past seven years. They are in constant
demand both as judges and as performers in the USA, Russia and Europe. The
Kruger/Bunin team began their 2009 Performance Tour in the western states of the
United States as well as performances in Sitka and Kodiak Island, Alaska.
Performances in 2009 included concerts in Moscow, Russia and Buenos Aries,
Argentina. In June 2009, the duo team were Guests Artists for the new
International Music Festival held in Albania; sponsored by the UNESCO
Foundation. Kruger and Bunin performed in a triumphant concert tour in October
2009 where they presented two concerts in Moscow, Russia: one at the famed
Romansaida Concert Hall in Moscow and the second concert at the School of the
Arts in Zhukovsky, Russia. Victor and Julia have also been asked to be the
Russian and American adjudicators for a newly established Liszt Piano
Competition held in Dubai.
In the summer of 2008, Kruger and Bunin were invited to be the “professors
in–residence“ at a new “Performance Festival” held in Cepina/Bormio, Italy. The
festival attracted students from the United States and Russia and will be held
yearly with the duo team as the permanent guest artists/professors. They
returned to Italy in July of 2009 to continue their work with international
students. Both have chaired the 2011 Performance Festival in Cepina, Italy. They
are currently organizing a yearly” Russian/American” Piano competition.
Join us for this surprise celebration and musical event of the new year. As part
of the program, Sunday’s music will include: Michael Cox, Grand Perpetual Motion
Waltz, Donizetti, Sonata for Flute and Piano, Bizet, Pieces from “Jeux Enfants
for piano duet, Rossini, Andante and Allegro for Flute and Piano and Fantasy on
George Gershwin’s Songs (for two pianos).
Coming on January 15 is a man of many talents, tenor Fred Peterbark and pianist
composer Anthony Green. Their program will be reflective of “The Music Tree” and
describes the origins and development of the negro spirituals and its influence
in blues, ragtime, jazz and gospel music. Peterbark is returning to the EPMF by
popular demand. This concert is dedicated to Ted Snyder.
Thank you to the Stanley Hotel, our weekly sponsors and Winter Season Major
Benefactors: Ron and Sylvia Kuhns, Daniel and Stephanie Rauk and Ron and Vivian
Gordon.
For further information, please contact our business office at 970-586-9519 or
visit our up to date web site: estesparkmusicfestival.org . To receive weekly
updates of our concerts and upcoming events, please send an e mail to
epmfinfo2@yahoo.com. For your convenience, there is additional parking behind
the Stanley. Doors to the concert area open at 1:30 PM.