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P I A N O   R E C I T A L     Saturday, Feb 27, 2016, 7 PM
Johns Creek United Methodist Church, 11180 Medlock Bridge Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30097

PROGRAM

Gulnara Fatykhova
was born in Kazan, Russia. In 2011 she graduated from the Kazan State Conservatory, where she studied in the class of Professor A. Starikov. A prizewinner of the Regional Bach Competition (2005), she also obtained the Diploma of the Sofia Gubaidullina International Competition (Kazan, 2006). Since 2011, she has been on the faculty of the Bell’Arte Foundation. Currently she perfects her art under Professor Daniel Blumenthal at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Since 2014 she has been a participant in the International Certificate for Piano Artists (ICPA) studying under Maestro Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri. She has participated in master classes of Philippe Entremont, Andrei Diev, Alexander Sandler and Birgitta Wollenweber. She has performed at concerts and festivals in Russia, Lithuania, France, Belgium, and the United States.

Elodie Vignon
Even before she was old enough to read, Elodie Vignon demonstrated a keen interest in the piano. After obtaining a Golden Medal at the Conservatory of Lyon in 2001, she joined the class of American pianist Daniel Blumenthal, at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In addition, she has pursued a chamber music specialization course at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Since 2010, Elodie Vignon has studied with Nelson Delle-Vigne as a member of the Bell’Arte Foundation, where she has benefited from regular advice from Philippe Entremont, Jerôme Lowenthal and Jean-Philippe Collard. Ms. Vignon started performing publicly at a very young age, and has continued to perform in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and the United States. She has recorded a solo CD, playing works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy.

Nikolai Saratovsky
Nikolai Saratovsky is an internationally-acclaimed Russian concert pianist. He began his piano studies at the age of six and gave his first solo recital when he was only nine and performed with a symphony orchestra shortly thereafter. He entered the prestigious Central Music School in Moscow at the age of fifteen. He then was accepted to enroll at the Moscow State Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Elena Richter and also was invited to study at the Juilliard School by Professor Jerome Lowenthal. He graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory with the Academic Excellence Award in 2010. He completed his master’s degree in 2013. Saratovsky studied with world- renowned artists such as Dmitry Bashkirov, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri, Philippe Entremont, Jerome Lowenthal and Michel Beroff. Mr. Saratovsky has performed in major concert halls around the world, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. He has had concert engagements in Russia, Spain, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Japan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Canada, and United States and has performed with the orchestras of Russia, Portugal, Spain, and Japan. In 2015, Mr. Saratovsky became a member of the International Certificate for Piano Artists program (ICPA) based in Brussels. He also performs four-hand piano duets with his older brother, Sergei Saratovsky. Nikolai Saratovsky has received numerous awards, at least one in almost every year since 2003, including one bestowed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in recognition of his musical accomplishment.