Dear friends, LE SALON DE LA MUSIQUE was born to support talented young artists. In fact, today, more than ever, in this difficult moment all our and your support is needed! Because of COVID-19 many MUSICIANS CAN NOT work in concert halls and THEREFORE an important and in most cases THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME IS TAKEN away from them.
If EACH OF US makes a SMALL CONTRIBUTION, we can easily reach our goal! EVERY SUNDAY we will present some of our very TALENTED ARTISTS who will PLAY for you FROM THEIR HOUSES to share their love for music.
In order to watch the video of the concert, you can MAKE A SMALL DONATION directly to the artist ( ANY AMOUNT will be greatly appreciated).
Next pianist that we are presenting here is Mikhail Berestnev, who will be playing on SUNDAY, 28th OF JUNE.
We will continue presenting more concerts on following Sundays with other extraordinary musicians! LET’S UNITE FOR MUSIC!!!
The concert will be premiered on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H1w-mQME8W4
There will be a FREE ACCESS to the performance, however, even SMALL donation can make a HUGE difference for the artist, so do not hesitate TO USE the PAYPAL link below to show your gratitude.
https://www.paypal.me/MikhailBerestnev
Music by Haydn, Medtner and Bartòk
Mikhail Berestnev has been described as having “flawless technique and constant inspiration…superb sonority…” (Belgian La Libre Magazine) and “…an astonishingly gifted pianist…equally at home as a soloist and collaborative pianist” (Theater Jones).
He has been featured as a soloist with orchestras such as Sydney Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Fort Worth Symphony, “Metropolitan Winds” (Dallas, TX), Symphony Orchestra of Meadows School of Arts at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX), San Angelo Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestras of Yaroslavl, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh (Russia).
He is 4th prize-winner at the 10th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, 2nd prize-winner at the 3d BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2nd prize-winner at the 2nd International Piano Competition named after Stanislav Neughaus, 1st prize-winner at the 5th International “Delphic Games” in Minsk, Belarus and Grand-Prize Winner at Eric Sorantin International Young Artist Award in San Angelo, TX – United States.
Since beginning of 2019-2020 season Mikhail Berestnev is has been a member of instrumental group of violin, clarinet and piano “MAKE” https://whoismake.com/ where the group was featured at the Dallas-based “Basically Beethoven Festival” described at their debut concert by Dallas Morning News as: “…The Ensemble`s style fit the character of the music like a tailored suit …”
Mikhail has been a guest artist and collaborative pianist with “Musica Nova Ensemble”, advanced chamber orchestra directed by renowned American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts and Humanities. He also has collaborated in various performances with violinists Emanuel Borok, Aaron Boyd, Eunice Keem, Hubert Pralitz, Ensemble “Neo Camerata” directed by Mark Landson, Julius Quartet, “Seraphim-Trio”, pianist Andrei Ponochevny, Texas Ballet Theater, Avant Chamber Ballet.
He graduated from school of music named after Grigory Ponomarenko in Slavyansk-na- Kubani, Russia studying primarily with his teacher Irina Grebenkina, then after that from College and Russian Academy of Music named after Gnessins in Moscow with Professors Andrei Khitruk, Alexei Skavronsky and Vladimir Tropp, Texas Christian University School of Music in Fort Worth, TX with Dr. Tamas Ungar and Southern Methodist University Meadows School of Arts in Dallas, TX with Professor Joaquin Achuccarro.
