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Legato Arts presents Nikita Galaktionov, Piano, in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Legato Arts is pleased to present the return of pianist Nikita Galaktionov to the stage of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Galaktionov brings an all-Beethoven concert in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, performing Sonata No. 8 (“Pathetique”), Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight”), Sonata No. 17 (“The Tempest”) and Sonata No. 23 (“Appassionato”).
Tickets are on sale now for the October 24th concert and are available through CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), online at www.carnegiehall.org and at the Carnegie Hall box office located at 57th St. and 7th Ave. in New York City.
About Nikita Galaktionov
Pianist Nikita Galaktionov graduated from the Central Music School of Tchaikovsky's Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied under Professor Arkady Sevidov, a laureate of the 4th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Making his debut at eight years of age at a concert hall in Moscow's International House of Music - the main philharmonic stage of Russia's capital - while being accompanied by the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra (artistic director Vladimir Spivakov), Nikita performed Mozart's Concerto No. 8. At the age of thirteen, while competing against eighteen-year-olds, Nikita placed first at the international competition in Corato, Italy.
In May 2016, in response to the invitation of the Presidential Orchestra of Russian Federation, Nikita performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace.
In 2019, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Galaktionov performed solo concerts in Paris, and in Beijing, celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
Nikita Galaktionov is the first Russian musician who made a music video based on the Liszt composition Liebestraume or "Dreams of Love." Nikita performed in the video as pianist and as actor. Nikita's teacher Arkady Sevidov also took part in the creation of the video. This clip has prompted heated debates, and has been viewed over half a million times on the popular forum devoted to classic music - forumklassika.ru.
One of Nikita's favorite composers is Anton Rubinstein, the founder of classical music education in Russia, prodigy pianist, composer and conductor. He is credited with conceiving the idea of international music competitions. Nikita performed Rubinstein's Fourth Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in February, 2015. The best compositions of Rubinstein have become an essential part of Nikita's solo repertoire, which he has performed in Rome, Prague, Vienna, Vilnius, Tallinn, Milan and several Russian cities. Those compositions were included in Nikita's first recording called "The Best" along with piano masterpieces by Mily Balakirev, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev and Peter Tchaikovsky.
The Program
All-Beethoven Program
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 47, “Apassionata”
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest”
Contact: Norman Dunfee 917-592-8317
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