Jury of Vancouver International Festival of Russian Music

Natasha Foresi - Flute.

Natasha Foresi was born in Russia to a musical family. She began to play the flute at the age of ten and studied with many renowned musicians including Moshe Epstein (Israel), Kathleen Rudolph (Vancouver) Maurice Pruvot and Florence Souchard (Paris) Emmaniel Pahud & Jacques Zoon (Geneva). She earned Bachelor and Master degrees in flute performance from the Paris and Geneva Conservatories. Natasha Foresi is a lucky recipient of numerous awards and scholarships: Karen Sharet scholarship, McPherson music society scholarship, British Columbia Fund scholarship just to name a few. Recently returned from Europe, Natasha Foresi is now an active freelance performer and teacher in Vancouver.

Nikolay Maloff - Piano.

A winner of major piano competitions such as the Virginia Waring, Franz Liszt (Italy), Eckhardt-Gramatté and Canadian Music Competitions, Dr. Maloff has appeared to resounding acclaim as recitalist, chamber musician, and collaborative musician in Canada, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Peru and Chile. He has also performed as guest soloist with orchestras such as the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, Kelowna Mozart Festival Orchestra, the International Chamber Ensemble of Rome, and the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra.
Nikolai Maloff studied with some of Canada’s finest teachers, including Jane Coop, Dale Reubart, Robert Rogers, Kum Sing Lee and Ronald Turini. He holds a Masters degree from the Moscow State Conservatory in Russia, where he studied with Gleb Axelrod, a second-generation disciple of Liszt, and a Doctoral degree from the University of British Columbia. In his capacity as a teacher, Dr. Maloff not only brings to his students the full breadth of his years of performance experience, but also the benefits of an intimate understanding of both Eastern and Western pedagogical traditions. Previously a faculty member at institutions such as the Peru State Conservatory of Music, San Agustin University, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and the Euromusic Piano School, Dr. Maloff now runs a successful private studio in Vancouver and teaches at the School of Music at UBC.

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2010 - Piano

Tatyana Ribnitska - Piano.

Tatyana Ribnitska has been a concert pianist and teacher for 36 years. She has a Masters degree of piano pedagogy. She did solo recitals and concerts with orchestras in most of eastern Europe. She was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine. Since establishing herself in Canada, she has become a renowned teacher and performer with many of her students winning local and national competitions.

She has taught at UNBC, and the Prince George Conservatory of Music and was principle keyboardist with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra for 15 years. Some of her recent students have performed with symphony orchestras at a young age. Her students progress faster than average because of a unique teaching philosophy which includes students performing piano duets, trios, concertos and chamber music. This improves a pianist’s ability to listen objectively to themselves and to other musicians.She has recently moved from Prince George and is now residing in Surrey, BC.

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2010 - Violin

Yuri Zaidenberg - Violin.

Since coming to Toronto,Canada in 1991, he is much in demand as a concert soloist, also performing in various chamber music groups and as a member of several orchestras. He was invited to perform in International Music Festivals of South America, USA and Germany and served there as a recitalist, concertmaster and professor of the faculty. Mr. Zaidenberg has completed his project to present the Canadian premiere of the complete works for violin and piano by Alfred Schnittke (Russia).
He was a founder, artistic director and performer of the "Russian Musical Heritage Series" concerts, representing variety of Russian classical and contemporary music. As well as enjoying active performing life Yuri Zaidenberg achieved great success as a violin and viola teacher.Many his students won top prizes and scholarships of the Festivals and Competitions and passed RCM exams getting high marks and Silver Medals.
Since moving to Richmond, B.C. in 2006, Yuri joined faculties of Langley and Richmond Music Schools.

www.yurizaidenberg.com

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2010 - Guitar

Peter Zaenker - Guitar.

Peter lived for 10 years in Germany, giving performances in Germany and France and participating in over 20 masterclasses with the “who’s who” of the guitar world, including Pepe Romero, Leo Brouwer, Manuel Barrueco, and David Russell. Past engagements include the “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Rodrigo with the West Coast Symphony, Castelnuovo string quintet with Pro Nova, Douglas college noon hour series, and Vivaldi “Concerto in D” with I Musici Sushi. He is also a past conductor of the “Druzhba” Russian folk choir and is a board member of the Vancouver Classic Guitar Society. He currently teaches privately and in the New Westminster school district, and performs on a resonant 2004 Bernhard Kresse Spruce top guitar, made in Cologne, Germany.

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2010 - Voice

Andrey Andreychik - Voice.

In 1998 he participated in International youth singing competition in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The competition was held in Ekaterinburg conservatorium. He also won the third prize (the first prize wasn’t awarded). In 2004 Andrey Andreychik participated in 41 Francisco Vinas International singing contest in Barcelona, Spain. In summer 2005 he participated in three tour auditions of “Academy of La scala theatre” in Milan, Italy. He had a wonderful opportunity to sing on the stage of “La scala” theatre and to work with opera professionals. In 2006 Andrey Andreychik had a tour with choir “Capriccio” to Japan to perform on music festival in Shizuoka city. In February 2008 he won the third prize in All-Russia voice competition in Abakan, Russia. Upcoming Performances:“Louis Riel”- H. Somers ( Louis Riel) - University of British Columbia , 2010 “La Boheme”- G.Puccini (Marcello) - European Music Academy, Teplice, 2010“Don Giovanni” - W. A. Mozart (Don Giovanni) - European Music Academy, Teplice, 2010

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2009 - Piano

Boris Konovalov - Piano.

Education: 1979-1982 Doctorate of Musical Arts. 1979-1983 Postgraduate studies, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, USSR (Under Prof. Vera Gornostaeva) 1969-1973 Specialized Musical School for Gifted Children

Adjudicator Experience:1999 Canadian Music Competition (in 9 Canadian cities)1999,2000 North Shore Festival, Vancouver, Canada

Piano Competitions: 1992 Second Prize, National Piano Competition, Israel 1977 First Prize, National Piano Competition, USSR 1967 First Prize, Competition for Young Pianists, Novosibirsk, USSR 1992 Second Prize, National Piano Competition, Israel

Adjudicator Experience: 1999 Canadian Music Competition (in 9 Canadian cities) 1999, 2000 North Shore Festival, Vancouver, Canada

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2009 - Violin/Viola

Robert Rozek - Violin.

Robert Rozek is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music where he studied the violin with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy Delay. He continued his studies at the Academia Chigiana of Siena, Italy. There he studied violin with Franco Gulli and conducting with Sergiu Celibidache. Later he studied the violin with Nathan Milstein in New York, London and Zurich, Switzerland.

Mr. Rozek's teaching career began in New York. He held positions at the Barlow School, Columbia University, the State University of New York, Hamilton College and Colgate University. In the 1990's until 2003 Mr. Rozek was professor of violin at the University of Miami School of Music. At this time he conducted the chamber orchestra, taught string pedagogy and headed the Summer String program in Europe.

Presently Rozek is the Head of the Violin Department at the Vancouver Music Academy in Canada. He is also a conducting teacher and conductor of the chamber orchestra.

 

 

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2009 - Piano

Marina Navrotsky - Piano.

Marina Navrotski, originally from Russia, comes from a family of piano teachers. She began her music studies at the age of 5 and debuted as a soloist with the Crimea Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at 10.

She pursued her love for piano at the Gnessin Musical and Pedagogical Academy in Moscow under the guidance of professor Evgeny Liberman.

After graduating with a Masters degree in Pedagogy and Piano Performance, she has been passing her devotion to music to her students, continuing the pedagogical tradition established in the middle of the 20th century by the legendary teacher and pianist Heinrich Neuhaus.

Marina's teaching career began in Moscow and continued in musical colleges in Russia and Ukraine, as well as in South Korea where she served as a quest professor of music.

 

 

 

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2009 – Voice

Boris Poludo – Voice

Boris Poludo studied voice with professor Nina Meshko at Russian Music Academy in the name of Gnessin in Moscow and Italian soprano Maria Pellegrini of Ottawa Opera Lyra company

Mr.Poludo took part in several Ottawa Opera Lyra productions such as Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore, Verdi Traviatta, Puccini Tosca and others.

Boris Poludo also has been a substantial addition to Moscow State Chorus in the name of Pyatnitsky as well as Drezden Academic song and dance military ensemble.

Since coming to Canada, Boris has been performing in many concerts and recitals around Canada and USA

 

Jury of Russian Music Festival, Vancouver 2009 - Clarinet-Saxophone

Sergei Silin Clarinet-Saxophone www.siliny.com

He started his music career and education in Estonia.

There Sergei Silin majored in Classical Saxophone under the guidance of Alexander Rjabov, renown Estonian musician.
After moving to Canada Sergei Silin started studying at Capilano University with Stan Karp where hi completed the Jazz Music Program in 2007.

 

 

 

Russian Music Vestival-Vancouver 2008 - Piano