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New York, NY
(April 8, 2011) – The Musical Olympus Foundation, led
by Irina Nikitina, presented an international music
festival at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, April 7th at
7:30 p.m., which featured five, young, international music
competition winners. The festival’s fourth return to the
Carnegie stage, Slovenian percussion duo Simon Klavžar
and Jože Bogolin, pianist Ilya Maximov of
Russia, violinist Solenne Paidassi of France and
soprano Anna Kasyan of Georgia performed at Zankel
Hall to an energetic ovation. The performance was
followed by a dinner reception at Petrossian.
Joining Musical Olympus
Founder Irina Nikitina and Festival committee members
Peter Ruof, Mariam Azarm, Tatiana Pouschine,
Esmeralda Spinola Pedroni and Aspasia Zoumas,
were applause leaders CeCe Cord, Jean Shafiroff,
Ambassador Carl Spielvogel and BarbaraLee Spielvogel,
American Ballet Theater principal dancers Irina
Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, actress Cassandra
Seidenfeld, Janna Bullock, fashion designer
Maggie Norris, Sarah Scoffield, Elaine Sargent, Dr.
Robert Grant, Michele Gerber Klein, Alexander Gregory,
Gail Karr, Flor Riccio and cosmetic dentists
Dr. Shawn Sadri and
Dr. Laura Torrado.
Supported by the
foundation’s honorary committee, which includes
Claudio Abbado, Daniel
Barenboim, Montserrat Caballé,
Placido Domingo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Mariss Jansons,
Yo-Yo Ma, Zubin Mehta
and Yuri Temirkanov,
Petrossian guests toasted the performances of the
young musical prodigies. Percussionists Klavžar and Bogolin
were also presented with the Audience Prize; an award
to the favorite festival participant determined by the vote
of concert attendees. The duo received a unique piece of
silver artwork by Vladmir Mikhailov, an esteemed
Russian artist.
Musical Olympus,
with support from the World Public Forum “Dialogue of
Civilizations” and other sponsors, is proud to have the
opportunity to present this festival annually. This year,
their rising stars were the winners of the: The
International Percussion Duo Competition in Luxembourg,
2009, The Gabala International Piano Competition in
Azerbaijan, 2009 and The Long—Thibaud International
Violin Competition in Paris, 2010.
The Musical Olympus
Foundation was established in St. Petersburg, Russia in
1995. The foundation develops and implements a range of
international cultural projects, including the Musical
Olympus Festival and an annual charitable ball. For
more information, please visit
www.musicalolympus.org.
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