2001, Boston
Five graduate students from the composition department of St. Petersburg Conservatory after the concert of their music share the stage with their hosts at the Concert Hall of the Boston University College of Fine Arts.  Sitting, from left to right: Anton Tanonov, Leonid Iogansen (Boston University graduate student in composition who was interpreting from Russian to English and back to Russian for the guests), and Nikolai Mazhara.  Standing, from left to right:  Ludmilla Leibman (Professor of music theory and director of the Educational Bridge Project), Ekaterina Blinova, Svetlana Nesterova, John Daverio (Director of the School of Music) and Maria Petrenko. 
Photo by Fred Sway, Boston University. Testimonials translated by Maria Petrenko.