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:20260923T063953Z UID:b1d1d2e8-f36f-4347-918c-8433dbc56c19 DTSTART:20261023T230000Z DTEND:20261024T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Alexander Bolotin\n\n**Arseni y Gusev & Alexander Bolotin: Schubert\, Mussorgsky\, Mahler\, Janáček\, Schreker\, Gusev**\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaborati on with [Groupmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is excited to present an i ntimate private duo recital by pianists [Alexander Bolotin](https://www.ma riinsky.ru/en/company/guests/piano/bolotin/) and [Arseniy Gusev](https://w ww.arseniygusev.com/) featuring works for four hands by Schubert\, Mussorg sky\, Mahler\, Janáček\, and Schreker\, in addition to an original work by Arseniy.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nSCHUBERT Allegro in 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* (transcri bed by Arseniy Gusev and Alexander Bolotin)\n\nFRANZ SCHREKER Intermezzo from *Romantische Suite* (transcribed by Arseniy Gusev and Alexander Bolot in)\n\n*Intermission*\n\nMUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain\n\nARSENIY GUS EV Songs and Dances of 20 Fingers\n\nSCHUBERT Fantasy in f minor\, D. 94 0\n\n_____\n\n**About the Artists**\n\n[Watch Arseniy perform a recital at Piano Cleveland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0G6jbm28iM)\n\n**About Arseniy Gusev**\n\nPianist and composer Arseniy Gusev was born in St. Pete rsburg 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 grad uated with honors from the Specialized Music School of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory\, and afterwards studied at the St. Pet ersburg Conservatory. In 2018\, he moved to the US\, in 2022\, received hi s bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music\, and in 2024\ , finished his master's program at the Yale School of Music as a composer. He now continues his studies at the Juilliard School as a pianist. Sergei Babayan\, Keith Fitch\, Chris Theofanidis\, and David Lang are among his teachers. Gusev’s compositions present a colorful variety of styles and genres\, some of which are solo\, collaborative\, symphonic\, ballet\, and opera.\n\nHe actively performs in the US and abroad\, and has given solo concerts in Austria\, Belgium\, Italy\, Slovakia\, Russia\, and Germany. H is compositions are performed in Mariinsky Theater\, Carnegie Hall\, Konze rthaus Dortmund\, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and other major venues. He c ollaborated with such conductors as Arkady Steinluht\, Dmitry Vasiliev\, R obert 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 Roth Costanzo. Arseni y participated in master classes of Garrick Ohlsson\, Samuel Adler\, Andre w Norman\, Joan Tower\, Dmitry Bashkirov\, Grigory Gruzman\, Jerome Rose\, Alexander Mndoyants\, Nina Lelchuk\, and others.\n\nArseniy is a laureate of many prestigious competitions\, such as the Dorothy McKenzie Artist Aw ard\, Cleveland Piano Virtu(al)oso Competition\, Singapore International P iano Competition\, Three Arts Piano Competition\, Cleveland Composers Guil d Contest\, "Another Space" Composition Competition\, International Gavril in Competition\, International Competition "Performer-Composer"\, and othe rs. In 2025\, he was awarded the prestigious Charles Ives Fellowship by Am erican Academy of Arts and Letters.\n\n*Newburyport Current*: "His perform ances have been described as a blend of superb technical proficiency and l yrical romanticism seldom found in equal measure\, especially in one so yo ung."\n\n*Petersburg Gazette* outlined Arseniy's music as "melodic and can tabile"\, "continuing the traditions of Russian school".\n\nAs of 2024\, t wo solo piano albums by Arseniy were published: *Enfleurage* (Etymology Cl assics\, 2023)\, and *Musical Offering* (Steinway&Sons\, 2024).\n\nAmong A rseniy's recently published works are 24 Postludes (2018) and 3 Toccatas ( 2020).\n\n**About Alexander Bolotin**\n\nAlexander Bolotin was born in St. Petersburg in 2000. He graduated from the Secondary Special Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Alexande r Sandler). From 2018 to 2020 he continued his studies with the same teach er at the conservatory itself. Has participated in masterclasses held by D mitri Bashkirov\, Efrem Briskin\, Alexander Braginsky\, Pavel Nersessian\, Miroslav Kultyshev\, Alexander Kobrin\, Anthony Newman\, Matthew Cameron\ , Philippe Giusiano and Anna Malikova. Since 2021 the artist has been a st udent at the Manhattan School of Music (initially under the guidance of Ar kady Aronov\, and since 2023 he has been perfecting his skills in the clas s of Inessa Sinkevich). In 2015 Alexander Bolotin was awarded the *Path to Scriabin* scholarship\, in 2017 – the A.P. Petrov Scholarship from the St Petersburg City Government\, and in 2023 – the Arthur Balsam and Viol a Markus scholarships.\n\nWinner of the International Chopin Competition o f Young Pianists (Narva\, Estonia\, 2023)\, the International Fryderyk Cho pin Piano Competition for Children and Youth (Szafarnia\, Poland\, 2016)\, the International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (Italy\, 2016)\, the Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (20 16) 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 the Mariinsky Theatr e\, the St Petersburg Philharmonia\, the Sverdlovsk (in Yekaterinburg) and 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 Estonian towns) and the Chopin Festival in Nohant (France) among others. H as performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra\, the St Petersburg State Academ ic Symphony Orchestra\, Moscow’s Borodin Symphony Orchestra\, the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice\, the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (Gr eece)\, the National Philharmonic *Serghei Lunchevici*’s Symphony Orches tra (Chișinău\, Moldova) and other ensembles. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York\, 10011 SUMMARY:Arseniy Gusev & Alexander Bolotin: Schubert\, Mussorgsky\, Mahler\, Janáček\, Schreker\, Gusev URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/17006-arseniy-gusev-alexander-bolotin- schubert-mussorgsky-mahler-janacek-schreker-gusev IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://bunny.groupmuse.com/988f1675-48df-4dc7-8d90-b787b15 16231/GusevBolotin-1.875w.png?aspect_ratio=1%3A1&width=1200 X-PRICE:$65 tickets ($55 for Supermusers) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR