BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T183151Z UID:c972d273-3f78-46c7-80cb-491517bde1cf DTSTART:20261023T230000Z DTEND:20261024T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Alexander Bolotin\n\n7 PM Doo rs & Pre-Reception\n8 PM Performance\n10 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**A rseniy Gusev & Alexander Bolotin: Mozart\, Schubert\, Mahler\, Mussorgsky\ , Janáček\, Gusev**\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collabor ation with [Groupmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is excited to present a n intimate private duo recital by pianists [Alexander Bolotin](https://www .mariinsky.ru/en/company/guests/piano/bolotin/) and [Arseniy Gusev](https: //www.arseniygusev.com/) featuring works for four hands by Mozart\, Schube rt\, Mahler\, Mussorgsky\, and Janáček\, in addition to an original work by Arseniy.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nSCHUBERT Allegro i n a minor\, D. 947\n\nMAHLER Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Major\, Movements 3 & 4\n\nJANÁČEK Selections from *From the House of the Dead* (transcr ibed by Arseniy Gusev and Alexander Bolotin)\n\nMOZART Adagio and Allegr o in f minor\, K. 594\n\n*Intermission*\n\nMUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mount ain\n\nARSENIY GUSEV Songs and Dances of 20 Fingers\n\nSCHUBERT Fantasy in f minor\, D. 940\n\n_____\n\n**About the Artists**\n\n[Watch Arseniy pe rform a recital at Piano Cleveland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0G6jb m28iM)\n\n**About Arseniy Gusev**\n\nPianist and composer Arseniy Gusev wa s born in St. Petersburg in 1998 and has been studying music since the age of five. In 2015\, he went to the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. In 2017\, he graduated with honors from the Specialized Music School of t he St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory\, and afterwards stud ied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 2018\, he moved to the US\, in 2022\, received his bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Mu sic\, and in 2024\, finished his master's program at the Yale School of Mu sic as a composer. He now continues his studies at the Juilliard School as a pianist. Sergei Babayan\, Keith Fitch\, Chris Theofanidis\, and David L ang are among his teachers. Gusev’s compositions present a colorful vari ety of styles and genres\, some of which are solo\, collaborative\, sympho nic\, ballet\, and opera.\n\nHe actively performs in the US and abroad\, a nd has given solo concerts in Austria\, Belgium\, Italy\, Slovakia\, Russi a\, and Germany. His compositions are performed in Mariinsky Theater\, Car negie Hall\, Konzerthaus Dortmund\, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and other major venues. He collaborated with such conductors as Arkady Steinluht\, D mitry Vasiliev\, Robert Carter Austin\, Alexander Titov\, Ilya Derbilov\, Mikhail Golikov\, and Mikhail Mosenkov\, and performed together with such musicians as Jaime Laredo\, Sharon Robinson\, Olga Kaler\, and Anthony Rot h Costanzo. Arseniy participated in master classes of Garrick Ohlsson\, Sa muel Adler\, Andrew Norman\, Joan Tower\, Dmitry Bashkirov\, Grigory Gruzm an\, Jerome Rose\, Alexander Mndoyants\, Nina Lelchuk\, and others.\n\nArs eniy is a laureate of many prestigious competitions\, such as the Dorothy McKenzie Artist Award\, Cleveland Piano Virtu(al)oso Competition\, Singapo re International Piano Competition\, Three Arts Piano Competition\, Clevel and Composers Guild Contest\, "Another Space" Composition Competition\, In ternational Gavrilin Competition\, International Competition "Performer-Co mposer"\, and others. In 2025\, he was awarded the prestigious Charles Ive s Fellowship by American Academy of Arts and Letters.\n\n*Newburyport Curr ent*: "His performances have been described as a blend of superb technical proficiency and lyrical romanticism seldom found in equal measure\, espec ially in one so young."\n\n*Petersburg Gazette* outlined Arseniy's music a s "melodic and cantabile"\, "continuing the traditions of Russian school". \n\nAs of 2024\, two solo piano albums by Arseniy were published: *Enfleur age* (Etymology Classics\, 2023)\, and *Musical Offering* (Steinway&Sons\, 2024).\n\nAmong Arseniy's recently published works are 24 Postludes (2018 ) and 3 Toccatas (2020).\n\n**About Alexander Bolotin**\n\nAlexander Bolot in was born in St. Petersburg in 2000. He graduated from the Secondary Spe cial Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Alexander Sandler). From 2018 to 2020 he continued his studies w ith the same teacher at the conservatory itself. Has participated in maste rclasses held by Dmitri Bashkirov\, Efrem Briskin\, Alexander Braginsky\, Pavel Nersessian\, Miroslav Kultyshev\, Alexander Kobrin\, Anthony Newman\ , Matthew Cameron\, Philippe Giusiano and Anna Malikova. Since 2021 the ar tist has been a student at the Manhattan School of Music (initially under the guidance of Arkady Aronov\, and since 2023 he has been perfecting his skills in the class of Inessa Sinkevich). In 2015 Alexander Bolotin was aw arded the *Path to Scriabin* scholarship\, in 2017 – the A.P. Petrov Sch olarship from the St Petersburg City Government\, and in 2023 – the Arth ur Balsam and Viola Markus scholarships.\n\nWinner of the International Ch opin Competition of Young Pianists (Narva\, Estonia\, 2023)\, the Internat ional Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth (Szafarnia\ , Poland\, 2016)\, the International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Ga rfagnana (Italy\, 2016)\, the Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (2016) and the Mary Smart Concerto Competition (New York\, 2018)\, 2nd-prize winner of the All-Russian Competition *Young Talents of Russia* (Moscow\, 2017). Recipient of the St Petersburg City Government’ s *Young Talents* award for 2011.\n\nAlexander Bolotin has performed at th e Mariinsky Theatre\, the St Petersburg Philharmonia\, the Sverdlovsk (in Yekaterinburg) and Kaliningrad philharmonics\, the Moscow Concert Hall *Za ryadye* and many other venues. He has toured to Poland\, France\, Italy\, Austria\, Slovenia\, Croatia\, Serbia\, Finland\, Estonia\, Slovakia\, Mol dova\, Kazakhstan\, Israel\, Japan and the USA. Has participated in the Ma riinsky International Piano Festival\, the festivals Summit (New York Stat e) and *KLAVER* (“Piano”) (Tallinn)\, the David Oistrakh Festival (Sil lamäe and other Estonian towns) and the Chopin Festival in Nohant (France ) among others. Has performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra\, the St Peters burg State Academic Symphony Orchestra\, Moscow’s Borodin Symphony Orche stra\, the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice\, the Thessaloniki State Symph ony Orchestra (Greece)\, the National Philharmonic *Serghei Lunchevici*’ s Symphony Orchestra (Chișinău\, Moldova) and other ensembles.\n\n LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York SUMMARY:Arseniy Gusev & Alexander Bolotin: Mozart\, Schubert\, Mahler\, Mus sorgsky\, Janáček\, Gusev URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/17006-arseniy-gusev-alexander-bolotin- mozart-schubert-mahler-mussorgsky-janacek-gusev END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR