Feed Your Hunger for Classical Music
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The
El Paso Public Library Presents |
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of the Piatigorsky Foundation performing a
series of classical music concerts in
October. The concerts, which are sponsored
by the Friends of El Paso’s Public
Libraries, are free and open to the public.
The Piatigorsky Foundation was established in 1990 in honor of the renowned Russian cellist, Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976). |
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Piatigorsky believed that music is not a
luxury for an elite few but a necessity of
life for all. Since its inception, the
Foundation has presented over 1,700 concerts
bringing live classical music to hundreds of
thousands of people who otherwise would not
have the opportunity to attend such
performances. Visit the Piatigorsky Foundation website |
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Winner of the year
2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a prize awarded
to outstanding American artists, Mr. Begelman
has appeared as a soloist with the Houston
Symphony, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Odense Simfoniker,
New Haven, Savannah and Greenwich Symphonies. He
has also performed recitals in Western and
Eastern Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan and
Israel. This past season Mr. Begelman appeared
with the Bangor, Key West, Fairbanks Symphonies
and Astral and Chappaqua Chamber Orchestras as
well as in recitals in Philadelphia, at Caramoor
and Ravinia Festivals. An active educator, Mr. Begelman teaches at Brooklyn and Swarthmore Colleges and has taught on various occasions at Yale, Juilliard, and Manhattan School of Music in addition to many master classes throughout the US including such festivals as Caramoor and Bowdoin among others Raised in Kiev, Ukraine, Igor Begelman came to the United States in 1989. He received his Master's degree from The Juilliard School of Music and a Bachelor's degree from The Manhattan School of Music. His major teachers include Charles Neidich and Stanley Drucker.
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October 09, 2007