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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Alexander Bolotin\n\n5 PM Doo
 rs & Pre-Reception\n6 PM Recital\n7:30 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**Ale
 xander Bolotin**: Early Chopin\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in
  collaboration with [Groupmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is delighted t
 o present an intimate private solo recital by pianist [Alexander Bolotin](
 https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/guests/piano/bolotin/) featuring a pro
 gram of earlier works by Chopin.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\
 nAll-Chopin:\n\nNocturne in b-flat minor\, Op. 9 No. 1\nNocturne in E-Flat
  Major\, Op. 9 No. 2\n\nMazurka in B-Flat Major\, Op. 17 No. 1\nMazurka in
  e minor\, Op. 17 No. 2\nMazurka in A-Flat Major\, Op. 17 No. 3\nMazurka i
 n a minor\, Op. 17 No. 4\n\nSonata No. 2 in b-flat minor\, Op. 35\n\nAddit
 ional works TBA\n\n_____\n\n**About the Artist**\n\n[Watch an interview tr
 ailer with Alexander at the Mariinsky Theatre (English captions available)
 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_d7MA26w5o)\n\nAlexander Bolotin was bo
 rn in St Petersburg in 2000. He graduated from the Secondary Special Music
  School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of 
 Alexander Sandler). From 2018 to 2020 he continued his studies with the sa
 me teacher at the conservatory itself. Has participated in masterclasses h
 eld by Dmitri Bashkirov\, Efrem Briskin\, Alexander Braginsky\, Pavel Ners
 essian\, Miroslav Kultyshev\, Alexander Kobrin\, Anthony Newman\, Matthew 
 Cameron\, Philippe Giusiano and Anna Malikova. Since 2021 the artist has b
 een a student at the Manhattan School of Music (initially under the guidan
 ce of Arkady Aronov\, and since 2023 he has been perfecting his skills in 
 the class of Inessa Sinkevich). In 2015 Alexander Bolotin was awarded the 
 Path to Scriabin scholarship\, in 2017 – the A.P. Petrov Scholarship fro
 m the St Petersburg City Government\, and in 2023 – the Arthur Balsam an
 d Viola Markus scholarships.\n\nWinner of the International Chopin Competi
 tion of Young Pianists (Narva\, Estonia\, 2023)\, the International Fryder
 yk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth (Szafarnia\, Poland\, 2
 016)\, the International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (It
 aly\, 2016)\, the Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Pianis
 ts (2016) and the Mary Smart Concerto Competition (New York\, 2018)\, 2nd-
 prize winner of the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia (Mosco
 w\, 2017). Recipient of the St Petersburg City Government’s Young Talent
 s award for 2011.\n\nAlexander Bolotin has performed at the Mariinsky Thea
 tre\, the St Petersburg Philharmonia\, the Sverdlovsk (in Yekaterinburg) a
 nd Kaliningrad philharmonics\, the Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye and many o
 ther venues. He has toured to Poland\, France\, Italy\, Austria\, Slovenia
 \, Croatia\, Serbia\, Finland\, Estonia\, Slovakia\, Moldova\, Kazakhstan\
 , Israel\, Japan and the USA. Has participated in the Mariinsky Internatio
 nal Piano Festival\, the festivals Summit (New York State) and KLAVER (“
 Piano”) (Tallinn)\, the David Oistrakh Festival (Sillamäe and other Est
 onian towns) and the Chopin Festival in Nohant (France) among others. Has 
 performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra\, the St Petersburg State Academic 
 Symphony Orchestra\, Moscow’s Borodin Symphony Orchestra\, the North Cze
 ch Philharmonic Teplice\, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (Greec
 e)\, the National Philharmonic Serghei Lunchevici’s Symphony Orchestra (
 Chișinău\, Moldova) and other ensembles.
LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York
SUMMARY:Alexander Bolotin: Early Chopin
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/16598-alexander-bolotin-early-chopin
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