Yamaha Artist Olga Kern on National Tour
NEW YORK CITY — Yamaha Artist Olga Kern is currently embarked on a highly successful national tour. The acclaimed pianist will perform several upcoming dates on the CFIIIS concert grand piano, the choice of many of the world's most prestigious music venues.
On February 14, Kern will perform a solo recital of international and Russian masterworks at The Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall in Northridge, California. On February 21, she will perform a solo recital at The Jacqua Concert Hall at The Shedd Center for the Arts in Eugene, Oregon. On February 27 & 28, Kern will make a concerto appearance with the Utah Symphony, conducted by Keith Lockhart, presenting works by. Bartok, Kodaly and Prokofiev.
Olga Kern's outstanding performance at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition made her the first woman in 30 years to win the Gold Medal at this prestigious event.
Ms. Kern has performed in many of the world's most important venues, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; Symphony Hall in Osaka; La Scala in Milan; the Salle Cortot in Paris; and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She has appeared as a soloist with the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, China Symphony, Belgrade Philharmonic, Warsaw National Philharmonic, La Scala Philharmonic, Torino Symphony and Cape Town Symphony Orchestras. Ms. Kern has also performed at Carnegie's Zankel Hall and Isaac Stern Auditorium, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, as well as with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Orchestra of Taiwan.
The recipient of an honorary scholarship from the President of Russia, she is also a member of Russia's International Academy of Arts. A successful recording artist, Ms. Kern's performances can be heard on several CDs including Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1; Rachmaninoff Transcriptions, Corelli Variations andTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. She lives in Moscow with her son Vladislav and records exclusively with harmonia mundi USA.
To learn more, visit www.yamaha.com/yasi.
 Olga Kern |
Olga Kern's outstanding performance at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition made her the first woman in 30 years to win the Gold Medal at this prestigious event.
Ms. Kern has performed in many of the world's most important venues, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; Symphony Hall in Osaka; La Scala in Milan; the Salle Cortot in Paris; and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She has appeared as a soloist with the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, China Symphony, Belgrade Philharmonic, Warsaw National Philharmonic, La Scala Philharmonic, Torino Symphony and Cape Town Symphony Orchestras. Ms. Kern has also performed at Carnegie's Zankel Hall and Isaac Stern Auditorium, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, as well as with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Orchestra of Taiwan.
The recipient of an honorary scholarship from the President of Russia, she is also a member of Russia's International Academy of Arts. A successful recording artist, Ms. Kern's performances can be heard on several CDs including Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1; Rachmaninoff Transcriptions, Corelli Variations andTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. She lives in Moscow with her son Vladislav and records exclusively with harmonia mundi USA.
To learn more, visit www.yamaha.com/yasi.