IrinaG
November 8, 2013

Ludmila and Matti,

Yesterday's concert went really great! Andrusha and I enjoyed it a lot!

We saw so many talented musicians! From all over the world!

I am not going to describe particular performers but would like to stress that we saw many different styles of performance - solo, duet, trio, quintet - playing and singing - performed by authors and by other musicians - piano, violin/string instruments, clarinet, flute - so we did not have a small change to get bored. :)

Ludmila, thank you very much for organizing this exceptional event! And for the unique way of hosting (with humor and freshness) which I enjoy a lot!

Matti, thank you for bringing Andrew and other students to the real performance!

-- Andrusha & Ira

Olga Livshin
Boston University
Professor and Head of the Russian Language Program

November 8, 2013

Dear Ludmilla,

Thank **you** for bringing Miroslav Kultyshev to our class, our students adored him. A few went to the concert and adored it too; I heard that there was standing/sitting on floor room only, and one of the students Facebook-updated in the Russian Studies section, asking who else was there of our students! It was a terrific world-class community-building event!

All best, and thank you-

Olga

After attending Miroslav Kultyshev concert on Nov. 5, 2013

Dear Ludmilla,

What a wonderful concert at Tsai!

And so glad I got to sneak in during the Intermission to hear (& see) most of his beautiful playing. Very nice that the BU/Boston community came through and came out that evening. I took the T home, and it was filled with the concert-goers: all happy to have attended.

Wonderful, that the Festival was a, once-again, success!

Thank you,

Gloria

Michael Gruenbaum
November 11, 2013

After attending Miroslav Kultyshev concert on Nov. 5, 2013

Ludmilla,

I meant to tell you that a very good friend of Mimi, Connie Kantar, also came to the concert and sat in the second row of the balcony.  She is very knowledgeable about music (she was the manager of the Newton Symphony for over a dozen years and played piano herself) and she was ecstatic about Miroslav, especially the Chopin part some of which she knew from her own playing days.  You made a lot of people happy and that must be a very good and satisfying feeling.

Keep well!

Michael