November 22, 2018
Maxim Lando, has become famous since he has been playing with Lang Lang. This November he became famous on his own, being one of the winners at the finals of YCA competition. Congratulations!
November 22, 2018
Nathan Lee, one of our own prodigy, is now an international pianist, and currently under the attentive care of Susan Wadsworth, president of YCA. Here, after the Maryland recital, Nathan got a standing ovation, as he usually does everywhere.
March 31, 2018
Music Fest Perugia is delighted to have professor He-Ion Seo join our Voice Faculty. Professor He-Ion Seo has completed her education in Italy and has Italian and international career. She is one of the few Asian singers to sit on Italian voice jury. In Seoul she is professor at the Seoul National University, which is the equivalent of the Juilliard School. The entire Faculty and Staff of Music Fest Perugia is welcoming her.
February 7, 2018
Sasha Starcevich, our Co-Director, has just come back from the International Taipei Maestro Piano Festival, where he taught and gave a much applauded recital. He will play at UCLA in the Jan Popper Theater on February 8, 2018. If you are in California, don’t miss this event!
February 2, 2018
Massimiliano Silvestri, our faculty participant from Music Fest Perugia, is the guest tenor at the Haifa Opera singing Don Pasquale the 4th and 5th of February! Don’t miss this bel canto evening that brings all the flavour and melodies from Italy. Massimiliano will also sing in Cosi fan Tutte production of Music Fest Perugia, August 4th in Perugia, Italy. More Information: https://www.iichaifa.esteri.it/iic_haifa/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2018/02/don-pasquale-l-opera-a-haifa_0.html
January 30, 2018
Nathan Lee, our home grown “Little Mozart”, has performed with the Seattle orchestra and in Mexico. Nathan gets standing ovations at the end of his concerts, and did so the last two times also. Nathan Lee with Ilana Vered and Sasha Starcevich.
January 29, 2018
We have a new superb addition to our faculty from exotic Thailand! Onvapee Nitisingkarin is Chair of the Piano Department at the College of Music at Mahidol University in Thailand and Director of the 5th Thailand International Piano Competition (TIPC). Welcome to Music Fest Perugia, Onvapee!
December 25, 2017
We have the pleasure of introducing a superb roster of new faculty for 2018. Gabriel Tacchino, Alex Brazinsky, Andreas Frolich, Ervis Gega, Solomia Sokora, Yingdi Sun, Vadim Lando, Irina Akrin, Sandra Shapiro, Klaidi Sahatchi, Jura Margulis, Mari Takeda, Alexander Ludin, Iris Gorin, Farida Nurizade, Corey Hamm. Each of them is a leader in their field and the entire staff and present faculty is welcoming them and wishing them an exciting music summer. We are doing the Opera Cosy Fan Tutte and our vocal faculty includes Eva Mei, Jennifer Larmore, Bruno Pratico, Giulio Boschetti, Massimiliano Silvestri, Giovanna Canetti, and others. Finally, major news; Maestro Paul Badura Skoda is returning next year for a whole week! Happy new year, you are all invited to Music Fest Perugia in the summer of 2018
October 9, 2017
MFP warmly welcomes world renowned mezzo-soprano, Jennifer Larmore who will be joining the Faculty this coming summer. She will be giving master classes and introducing her new book “Una Voce” to MFP participants. Jennyfer Larmore sings Rondo from Rossini’s “La Cenerentola”