The Eurasia Festival has announced the “Six Feet Under” series, which will kick off on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 at 6 p.m. The event, which will be presented via Zoom starting at 6 p.m. EDT, will star several major opera singers in performance live from the Eurasia Cultural Center in New York City. Pianist and Eurasia Festival Artistic Director Aza {…}
Celebrating the 180th anniversary of Tchaikovsky’s birth, the Eurasia Festival will be launching its Summer Opera Institute. This Zoom-based workshop series will allow singers from around to world to study roles from some of the famous Russian composer’s operas through group diction classes, individual coaching sessions, and more. Interested artists are asked to submit a form of interest in lieu {…}
On December 21, 2019, the Eurasia Festival presented the second concert of its Park Avenue Concert Series. Held at the organization’s new location of the Eurasia Cultural Center, this series gives performance opportunities to students of the “Azatt Sessions,” a series of classes taught by director Mark Verzatt and Eurasia Festival President and pianist, Aza Sydykov. A Tenor Opens Opening {…}
On Dec. 21, 2019, The Eurasia Festival will present the latest installment of their Park Avenue Concert Series, featuring a broad program of opera, musical theatre, and art songs. The roster of artists was drawn from students of the “Azatt Sessions,” a series of masterclasses, led by director Mark Verzatt and conductor Aza Sydykov, which help prepare artists for auditions {…}
The Eurasia Festival is set to present “Music of the Season” on Dec. 19, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the Eurasia Cultural Center. The performance is set to feature soprano Clara Lisle, mezzo-soprano Alvard Mayilyan, bass-baritone Rocky Sellers, flautist, DeShaun Gordon-King, and pianists Aza Sydykov and Jonathan Levin. Lisle has performed with such companies as On Site Opera, Amalfi Coast {…}
The Eurasia Festival will present the latest edition in its Park Avenue Concert Series on Nov. 16, 2019. The concert, which is set to take place at the Eurasia Cultural Center at 8 p.m. will star six singers in wide-ranging repertory. Among the artists are soprano Gianna Barone, mezzo-soprano Rachel Deatherage, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, soprano Ana Maria Gelovani, soprano Lauren {…}
(Photo Credit: Jonathan Levin) On Oct. 9, 2019, Eurasia Festival presented “Russian Opera Today,” a seminar and discussion given by Dr. Vadim Zhuravlev. A noted figure in Europe’s performing arts world, Dr. Zhuravlev has served as Director of Artistic Programming at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, with his writings appearing in publications throughout Russia, Germany, and France. Translating for Dr. Zhuravlev was {…}
Noted Russian music critic Vadim Zhuravlev will conduct a seminar / discussion “Russian Opera Today: Modern Theaters from St. Petersburg to the Ural Mountains” as presented by the Eurasia Festival. The event will take place at the National Opera Center in NYC on Oct. 7, 2019. The event will be moderated by the Festival’s Artistic Director Aza Sydykov and will {…}
(Photo: Jonathan Levin) The last night of the Eurasia Festival saw the artists returning to the Kaufman Music Center for highlights from Tchaikovsky’s cherished opera “Eugene Onegin.” This concert staging was bolstered by excerpts from the original Pushkin poem, with the script adapted by pianist and Russian diction coach Vera Danchenko-Stern. Narrated by stage director Marc Verzatt, these excerpts served {…}
(Photo: Niabari Dugbor) On June 24, 2019, the Eurasia Festival began its second year with an Opening Night Gala at the Kaufman Music Center. What ensued was a highly compelling tour through some of the musical and cultural heirlooms of the Eurasian region. Introducing the festival and the artists to come was Eurasia Festival president Aza Sydykov. “We have had {…}
As part of their ongoing mission to share and celebrate the artistic treasures of Eurasian cultures, the Eurasia Festival has announced their 2019 Summer Season, featuring a lineup of performances which will be sure to inspire and delight audiences of all backgrounds. June 24 will see the festival’s Opening Night Gala, held at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York {…}