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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

6 p.m.
Welcome event for festival participants

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

Harvard University tour for the festival participants

7:30 p.m.
Harvard University, Mather House, Senior Dinner (by invitation)
Culture Knows No Borders, Needs No Visas: young musicians from Boston and St. Petersburg – Abigail Joseph and David Joseph (USA), Alexey Osipov and Alexey Vyakhirev (Russia) – perform musical compositions from classical to very contemporary

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

Boston University tour for the festival participants

7 p.m.
Boston University Castle (In collaboration with the Center for the Study of Europe)
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Joseph Brodsky:  Talk on “Symbiosis of Poetry and Music” by Anton Faynberg, following musical performances by Maria Lyudko, Alexey Osipov and Alexey Vyakhirev

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

Massachusetts Institute of Technology tour for the festival participants

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

University of Massachusetts tour for the festival participants

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

1 p.m. Harvard University, Lowell House, Bell Tower
Ringing of the Lowell House Russian Bells -    Program Poster - PDF

1:45 p.m.
Harvard University, Lowell House, Junior Common Room
An Afternoon of Classical Music: masterpieces of classical vocal repertoire performed by Maria Lyudko (soprano) and Georges Devdariani (clarinet)  -    Program Poster - PDF

4 p.m. (tbc)
Harvard University, Lowell House, Junior Common Room
La Fabbrica del Canto: Russian Professor of Voice, Maria Lyudko, gives a master-class with Lowell House Opera singers  -    Program Poster - PDF

5 p.m.
Boston University, School of Music, Marshall Room
Klever Keys Scales event presented by Tanya Schwartzman, Director of the Sharon Music Academy, young pianists from the Academy, and Alexey Vyakhirev

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

3-5:30 p.m.
Boston University, School of Music, Studio of Professor Boaz Sharon
Exploring collaborative exchanges: Zora Tsuker’s master-class

7-8 p.m.
Boston University, School of Music, room 410
Musical Analysis 101: from Beethoven to Rachmaninov, from Classicism to Romanticism. Ludmilla Leibman (music theory), Alexey Osipov (violin) and Andrei Reshetnik (piano) present the program for the Boston University students of Professor Maria Gapotchenko’s class, WR100: Russian Literary Masterpieces

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

6 p.m.
St. Botolph Club (by invitation)
Petersburg Autumn, Violin/Piano recital by Alexey Osipov, violin, and Andrei Reshetnik, piano. Works by Beethoven, Ysaye, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

2:15-3:30 p.m.
Wellesley College, Green Hall 330, Alexey Osipov and Andrei Reshetnik - guests of the Advanced Russian class (Professor Alla Epsteyn). Musical Profession: A discussion with advanced students of Russian.

7:30 p.m.
Wellesley College, Jewett Auditorium
Concert - Alexey Osipov, violin, and Andrei Reshetnik, piano. Poster - PDF

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

12 noon
Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies
154 Bay State Road (In collaboration with the Center for the Study of Europe)
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Joseph Brodsky. Brodsky and Italy,  Presentation by Zakhar Ishov - Poster-PDF
Flyer-PDF,  BU European Studies Talk,  BU Talk Announcement 

7:30 p.m.
Harvard Musical Association, Marsh Room (by invitation)
Private concert hosted by composer Tony Schemmer. Music by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Schemmer performed by Alexey Osipov and Andrei Reshetnik

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

1:30 p.m.
Boston Symphony Hall (for participants only)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin:
concert of music by Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Schubert

7:30 p.m.
New England Conservatory (NEC) Keller Room
Discussion with NEC students on Entrepreneurial Musicianship - Designing Careers in the East and West. Perspectives from Russia and the American trained musician. Music by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Schemmer performed by Alexey Osipov (violin) and Andrei Reshetnik (piano)

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

3 p.m.
Central Square Theater (by invitation)
Play “Copenhagen,” Han Nah Son, piano

(Time tbc)
NEC Preparatory Division
Zora Tsuker’s master-class

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1

4 p.m.
Closing Day of the Festival
Sharon Music Academy
Piano performance seminar: Zora Tsuker’s master-class

 

 

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

• Boston University, Pardee School of Global Studies ~ 154 Bay State Rd., Boston
• Boston University, School of Music, College of Fine Arts ~ 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
• Boston University, Castle ~ 225 Bay State Rd, Boston
• Harvard University, Lowell House ~ 10 Holyoke Place, Cambridge
• Harvard University, Mather House ~ 10 Cowperthwaite St., Cambridge
• New England Conservatory, Keller Room ~ 30 Gainsborough St., Boston
• New England Conservatory, Brown Hall ~ 30 Gainsborough St., Boston
• Sharon Music Academy ~ 112 North Main St., Sharon
• St. Botolph Club ~ 199 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
• Wellesley College, Jewett Auditorium ~ 106 Central St., Wellesley
• Wellesley College, Green Hall ~ 106 Central St., Wellesley

 

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Many of the festival participants are returning to Boston, including the famous Russian piano pedagogue Zora Tsuker, coloratura soprano Maria Lyudko, a rising young star violinist Alexey Osipov, and movie and theater actor and clarinetist Georges Devdariani. Professors and students from non-musical fields represent such diverse areas as informatics and computer engineering, radio electronic systems and sets, mechatronics and robotics, and navigation support for space applications. For this group, tours and meetings have been scheduled with their American colleagues and fellow-students from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Boston University, Harvard University and MIT, among others.

Students of colleges and universities in the Boston area will have a chance to interact with the festival participants in informal discussions and master classes. Russian musicians will appear at the following classes:

Festival program includes more than twenty events, including the following which are open to the general public. A complete schedule will be posted on Monday, October 12, 9 a.m.: www.educationalbridgeproject.org