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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: \n\n5 PM Doors & Pre-Receptio
 n\n6 PM Recital\n7:30 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**Alexander Bolotin**:
  Early Chopin\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration wi
 th [Groupmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an inti
 mate private solo recital by pianist [Alexander Bolotin](https://www.marii
 nsky.ru/en/company/guests/piano/bolotin/) featuring a program of earlier w
 orks by Chopin.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nAll-Chopin:\n\nS
 cherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor\, Op. 31\n\nNocturne in b-flat minor\, Op. 9 
 No. 1\nNocturne in E-Flat Major\, Op. 9 No. 2\n\nMazurka in B-Flat Major\,
  Op. 17 No. 1\nMazurka in e minor\, Op. 17 No. 2\nMazurka in A-Flat Major\
 , Op. 17 No. 3\nMazurka in a minor\, Op. 17 No. 4\n\nSonata No. 2 in b-fla
 t minor\, Op. 35\n\n_____\n\n**About the Artist**\n\n[Watch an interview t
 railer with Alexander at the Mariinsky Theatre (English captions available
 )](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_d7MA26w5o)\n\nAlexander Bolotin was b
 orn in St Petersburg in 2000. He graduated from the Secondary Special Musi
 c School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of
  Alexander Sandler). From 2018 to 2020 he continued his studies with the s
 ame teacher at the conservatory itself. Has participated in masterclasses 
 held by Dmitri Bashkirov\, Efrem Briskin\, Alexander Braginsky\, Pavel Ner
 sessian\, Miroslav Kultyshev\, Alexander Kobrin\, Anthony Newman\, Matthew
  Cameron\, Philippe Giusiano and Anna Malikova. Since 2021 the artist has 
 been a student at the Manhattan School of Music (initially under the guida
 nce of Arkady Aronov\, and since 2023 he has been perfecting his skills in
  the class of Inessa Sinkevich). In 2015 Alexander Bolotin was awarded the
  Path to Scriabin scholarship\, in 2017 – the A.P. Petrov Scholarship fr
 om the St Petersburg City Government\, and in 2023 – the Arthur Balsam a
 nd Viola Markus scholarships.\n\nWinner of the International Chopin Compet
 ition of Young Pianists (Narva\, Estonia\, 2023)\, the International Fryde
 ryk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth (Szafarnia\, Poland\, 
 2016)\, the International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (I
 taly\, 2016)\, the Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Piani
 sts (2016) and the Mary Smart Concerto Competition (New York\, 2018)\, 2nd
 -prize winner of the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia (Mosc
 ow\, 2017). Recipient of the St Petersburg City Government’s Young Talen
 ts award for 2011.\n\nAlexander Bolotin has performed at the Mariinsky The
 atre\, the St Petersburg Philharmonia\, the Sverdlovsk (in Yekaterinburg) 
 and Kaliningrad philharmonics\, the Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye and many 
 other venues. He has toured to Poland\, France\, Italy\, Austria\, Sloveni
 a\, Croatia\, Serbia\, Finland\, Estonia\, Slovakia\, Moldova\, Kazakhstan
 \, Israel\, Japan and the USA. Has participated in the Mariinsky Internati
 onal Piano Festival\, the festivals Summit (New York State) and KLAVER (
 “Piano”) (Tallinn)\, the David Oistrakh Festival (Sillamäe and other 
 Estonian towns) and the Chopin Festival in Nohant (France) among others. H
 as performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra\, the St Petersburg State Academ
 ic Symphony Orchestra\, Moscow’s Borodin Symphony Orchestra\, the North 
 Czech Philharmonic Teplice\, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (Gr
 eece)\, the National Philharmonic Serghei Lunchevici’s Symphony Orchestr
 a (Chișinău\, Moldova) and other ensembles.
LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York
SUMMARY:Alexander Bolotin: Early Chopin
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/16506-alexander-bolotin-early-chopin
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