Join us for an intimate evening of piano music performed by internationally renowned pianist Faina Lushtak. The evening will include an hour-long performance and a reception with the artist.
Program: My Favorite Encore Pieces
F. Lushtak – My Mother’s Music Box
R. Schumann – Arabesque Op 18
R. Schumann – Fantasiestücke Op12 Aufschwung
J. Brahms – Intermezzo Op.118 No 2
F. Chopin – Polonaise Op. 26
No 1
F. Chopin – Nocturne Op15
No 2
A. Scriabin – Etude Op.8 No 2
P.i. Tchaikovsky – Meditation
Op.72 No 5
S. Rachmaninov – Op. 32 No 12
I. Albeniz – Cantos De Espana
Op.232 Cordoba
E. Granados – Spanish Dance
Op.5 No5
C. Debussy -Pour le Piano
Prelude
F. Lushtak – Old and New
About the Artist
Faina Lushtak was born and raised in the Soviet Union. A child prodigy, she began her piano and composition studies at the age of six. Following her early instruction under her mother, Genya Lushtak, Faina went on to study and graduate from the Stoliarsky School for Musically Gifted Children under the tutelage of Eleonora Levinson in Odessa, Ukraine. She continued her studies at the Moscow Tchaikowsky Conservatory, where she earned degrees in piano performance and composition under the apprenticeship of Genrietta Mirvis, Yakov Zak, and Tikhon Khrennikov. Subsequently, she became a faculty member at the Moscow Conservatory until emmigrating to the United States.
Since her debut at the age of ten, Ms. Lushtak’s performances have inspired audiences throughout Ruissa, Western Europe, Canada, and the United States. She has appeared as a guest artist with numerous symphony orchestras under the batons of noted conductors, including Klauspeter Seibel, William Henry Curry, Maxim Shostakovich, and Alfred Savia.
She has also performed as a solo recitalist in major cities throughout the United States, including repeat performances at the Lincoln Center.
Faina Lushtak has had numerous invitations to appear as a guest artist and judge at international competitions and festivals, including the Nena Wideman Competition, the Gina Bachauer International Junior Competition, the Canadian National Music Competition, the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition, the Yamaha-Bosendorfer Competition, and the New Orleans International Piano Competition. At the Bachauer Festival, The Salt Lake Tribune commented: “that two hours spent basking in her glorious music wasn’t enough.”
Currently Ms. Lushtak is a Downman Professor of Music at Tulane University. She also serves on the faculty of the Orfeo International Music Festival in Italy. Recent professional activities include performing as a Guest Artist at University of Iowa, St. Ambrose University, University of Mobile, Tulane University, Saddleback College Santa Ana, and Masterclasses at University of Utah.
Ms. Lushtak’s performance of works by Rachmanioff, Scraibin, and Chopin’s Mazurkas have been recorded on the Centaur label. Fanfare Magazine described her “vibrant, dynamic readings, delicate expressiveness and a dazzling virtuosity.”
Ms. Lushtak’s compositions for piano have been published by Willis Music and Boosey & Hawkes, England. Faina Lushtak is a Steinway artist and her latest CD: “My Mother’s Music Box” has also been published by Centaur Records.