Spotlight Artists will present “Dedication to the Muse,” a concert celebrating Women’s History Month, on March 15, 2026, at the Puffin Cultural Forum. Soprano Zoya Gramagin and pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy will headline the evening, which is produced by artist manager Natalie Burlutskaya of Spotlight Artists. “Dedication to the Muse’ is also a tribute to the women who keep classical music {…}
(Photo credit: Osber, Schumann) “From Falla to Chick Corea” will be presented at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in NYC in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 17. The program features performances by soprano Zoya Gramagin, and mezzo-sopranos Eugenia Forteza and Laura Virella, along with pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy, and other instrumentalists. “From Falla to Chick Corea” includes both classical and {…}
(Photo credit: Justin Schuman, Jessica Osber) The upcoming Holiday Concert, “Voices of Heritage: Together in Song,” showcases a diverse lineup of artists representing the United States, Argentina, France, Puerto Rico, Russia, Ukraine, and Finland. The program features a mix of classical and contemporary music, including opera arias, art songs, spirituals, crossover pieces, and instrumental works, however, this article only features {…}
Spotlight Artists Management and Production has announced that it will present “Love Popsicle” on Feb. 3, 2023. The showcase, which will take place at St. John’s in the Village in New York City, will be headlined by Alexander Chaplinskiy, Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Joshua Oxyer, and Stanislav Serebriannikov. Per the official event page for the concert, the program will bring {…}
Spotlight Artists Management is set to present “Christmas in the Village” on Dec. 9, 2022 at St. John’s in the Village in New York City. The showcase will feature music by Korngold, Strauss, Bach, Catalani, Schubert, Ravel, Guastavino, de Falla, Offenbach, Piazzola, and Nataliya Medvedovskaya. Performers include Eugenia Forteza, Zoya Gramagin, Lucas Levy, Sara Beth Pearson, and Daniel Scofield. Alexander {…}
In March 2022, just a month after Russia’s unprovoked and illegal attack on Ukraine, Spotlight Artists Management presented a benefit concert to support Ukraine at St. John’s Church In the Village. There was much uncertainty regarding the outcome of the war. It was a time of heartbreak, but also of Ukrainian pride. As of this writing, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the {…}
Union Avenue Opera has announced its 2022 summer lineup. The St. Louis, MO-based company will open its festival season with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The famed work will star Robert Garner in the title role, Zoya Gramagin as Tatiana, William Davenport as Lensky, and Melissa Wilson as Olga. Other cast members include Victoria Carmichael, Debbie Stinson, Andrew W. Potter, Marc Schapman, {…}
We’ve seen the photos, the videos, the horror of invasion through our iPhones. And yet, amid the destruction, music continues, it endures—from a child singing “Let it Go” in a makeshift bomb shelter to a soldier playing the country’s national anthem on the violin for their brothers and sisters in arms; it’s an unstoppable force for uniting people, bringing comfort {…}
Spotlight Artists Management is set to present a Benefit Concert to Support Ukraine on March 21, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at St. John’s in the Village will feature performances by pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy; sopranos Zoya Gramagin and Sara Pearson; mezzo-sopranos Eugenia Forteza, Ema Mitrović, and Galina Ivannikova; bass-baritone Jonathan R.Green; and the instrumental duet of Yulia Basis and Andy {…}
The Russian Opera Society is set to perform scenes from Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” along with selections of holiday music on Dec. 15, 2022, at the National Opera Center in New York. The program features baritone Daniel Scofield, (Chicago Lyric, Seattle Opera); soprano Zoya Gramagin, (St. Petersburg Opera Company); tenor Lucas Levy, (Opera Project Columbus, Berkshire Opera Festival); mezzo-soprano Vita Koreneva, {…}
On November 19, 2021 Spotlight Artists Management presented a concert of beloved Russian works, titled “Russian Musical Masterpieces.” Held at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, this concert marked the beginning of an artistic partnership between the two entities, and came in celebration of the cathedral’s 120th anniversary, as well as the 75th birthday of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Primate of {…}