Concert August 15, 2010

Maria Krasnyuk

21 year –old Ukrainian violinist Mariya Krasnyuk began violin study at the age of six with Prof. Oksana Tzap at the Special Music School for gifted children in Lviv, Ukraine. Since April of 2007 she has been a student of Prof. Ariadne Daskalakis at the Musik Conservatory in Cologne, Germany.

During her school years, Mariya had been the recipient of a scholarship endowed by the President of Ukraine. An active competitor, she has garnered prizes in a large number of international competitions including: 1st Prize at the “Art of XXI Century competition in Ukraine; 4th Prize at the “Remember Enescu” competition in Romania; 3rd Prize at the competition named after Adnrea Postacchini in italy; 2nd Prize at the “Young Musicians” competition in Slovakia and 3rd place award at the competition in the Czech Republic.

Mariya Krasnyuk also took part in many Master Classes with such renowned, international violinists as Donald Weilerstein, Mauricio Fuks, Mihaela Martin, Dora Schvrzberg and Vladimir Spivakov. As a soloist, she has performed with the National Orchestra in Lviv, Tschernvzy, Zaporoze in Ukraine, the V. Varchal Chamber Orchestra in Slovakia and elsewhere.

This past April 2010 Mariya was the recipient of a scholarship from the Dortmung Mozart Union Foundation. She currently plays an 18th Century, French violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, on loan from the private collection of Peter Hauber of Berlin, Germany.

Lyudmyla Krasnyuk

The 18 year-old violinist Lyudmyla Krasnyuk was born in Uzgorod, Ukraine. She began violin study at the Special Music School for gifted children in Lviv, Ukraine as a student of Prof. Juriy Sokolovskyj. During her studies she has been the recipient of numerous awards in international competitions. Among these:
2001 – 4th Prize “Silver Bell”, Uzgorod, Ukraine
2001 – 5th Prize “Remember Enescu”, Bucarest Romania
2002 – 5th Prize “Warchal”, Dolni Kubin, Slovakia
2003 – 1st Prize “Silver Bell”, Uzgorod, Ukraine
2008 – 2nd Prize “Warchal”, Dolni Kubin, Slovakia

Lyudmyla is currently a studying with Prof. Ariadne Daskalakis in Cologne, Germany.

Program

Mariya Krasnyuk, Lyudmyla Krasnyuk-violin
Tatyana Stepanova, Vasyl Ilchyshyn, Solomiya Chuyko -piano

Gypsy Tunes…………….P. Sarasate
Cantabile. ………….. … N. Paganini
Caprice No. 20………… N. Paganini
Lyudmyla Krasnyuk- violin, Tatyana Stepanova-piano

Nocturne Op. 9 No 2…..F. Chopin
Vasyl Ilchyshyn-piano

Solosonata; “Ballade” No. 3……E. Ysaye
“Romanian Dances”…………….B. Bartok
Meditation from”Thais”……..J. Massenet
Caprice No 1…………………N. Paganini
Maria Krasnyuk-violin

Valse in C# Minor, Op 64 No2………….F. Chopin
Solomiya Chuyko-piano

“Melody”……..M. Skoryk
“Smoke gets in Your Eyes”……….J. Kern, arr. Frolov
Mariya Krasnyuk, Lyudmyla Krasnyuk-violin,
Tetiana Stepanova-piano