Schedule

2015

• Fri

  02

  Jan

  2015

  Thu

  08

  Jan

  2015

  National YoungArts Foundation

  Miami, FL

  National Panelist

• Thu

  22

  Jan

  2015

  Brandon Wilde Community Center

  7:00 PM

  Augusta, GA

  Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo

• Tue

  27

  Jan

  2015

  Chamber Innovista Series

  7:30PM

  USC School of Music

  South Carolina Premiere of Man Fang works for two pianos, Pure White and Big Red

• Sat

  31

  Jan

  2015

  USC "Musical Feast"

  7:30PM

  300 Senate Street, Columbia, SC

  Annual USC School of Music Fundraiser
  Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo

• Sun

  01

  Feb

  2015

  JCC and SEPF joint fundraiser

  7:00 PM

  Private residence, Columbia, SC

  Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo

• Fri

  06

  Feb

  2015

  Sun

  08

  Mar

  2015

  Northeastern State University

  Tahlequah, OK

  Guest Artist Residency: Solo Recital, Adjudication and Masterclass
  Flyer

• Tue

  17

  Feb

  2015

  Sun

  22

  Feb

  2015

  YoungArts Foundation Week in LA

  website

  National panelists John Stevens and Marina Lomazov teamed up with soprano Rebecca Nathanson to work with the young musical talent for YoungArts week in Los Angeles and present a chamber music concert in the downtown LA theater.

• Thu

  05

  Mar

  2015

  SC Governor's School for the Arts

  7:30 PM

  South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities
  website

  Solo Concert

• Thu

  12

  Mar

  2015

  Sun

  15

  Mar

  2015

  Dallas International Piano Competition

  SMU Meadows School of the Arts
  Dallas, TX
  website

  In 2015, Marina joined David Korevaar (chair) and Ran Dank to listen to some outstanding performances by the young pianists. Saetbyeol Serena Kim claimed the First Prize with her irresistible performance of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.  

  

  Jurors with co-founders of the competition Carol Leone, piano faculty at SMU and Richard McKay, the music director of the Dallas Chamber Symphony

  Winners of the competition enjoy widespread recognition, publicity, a professional performance opportunity with the Dallas Chamber Symphony, and a recital at the Meadows School of the Arts. The DCS will also invite the winner to perform with the orchestra at Dallas City Performance Hall.

• Sat

  21

  Mar

  2015

  Music Teachers National Association Convention

  Las Vegas, NV

  Presenter at Saturday Pedagogy Forum Advanced Piano: Teaching Artistry 
  Lecture “Building Technique for Budding Virtuosi”

  

  With Andrew Cooperstock, Alvin Chow, Jennifer Hayghe, Doug Humpherys, Alan Chow, and Bob Shannon

  Participated in panel discussion on youth competitions (such as Bachauer, Cooper, Eastman, and Southeastern Piano Competitions) with Douglas Humpherys and Robert Shannon

• Sun

  22

  Mar

  2015

  Sun

  29

  Mar

  2015

  Seattle Young Artist Music Festival

  University of Washington - Seattle

  Together with colleagues Christopher Hahn (University of Montana), Evelyne Brancart (Indiana University) and Gwen Beamish(Western University, London Ontario) adjudicated, gave written feedback, and taught approximately forty mini-masterclasses to pre-college students from across the state of Washington. website

   

• Wed

  08

  Apr

  2015

  Concert Series at Kimball Farms

  7:00 PM

  Lenox, MA

  Lomazov/Rackers piano duo 

• Sat

  11

  Apr

  2015

  New Bedford Symphony

  7:30 PM

  New Bedford, MA

  Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2
  Reviewed

• Sun

  19

  Apr

  2015

  Coastal Carolina Cultural Arts Concert Series

  4:00 PM

  Myrtle Beach, SC

  Solo piano concert

• Sun

  26

  Apr

  2015

  Arthur Dann Piano Competition

  Oberlin, OH

  Adjudicated Arthur Dann Piano Competition and gave a masterclass
  website

• Wed

  13

  May

  2015

  Thu

  21

  May

  2015

  Cleveland International Piano Competition (Young Artists)

  Cleveland, OH

  CIPC Young Artists is an international competition for pianists ages 12 through 18 presented by the Cleveland International Piano Competition.  Launched by the CIPC in 2003 as a one-day competition for Ohio piano students, the program has been reorganized in 2015 to follow the multi-round format of the CIPC. website

  

  The jury left to right: Dorian Leljak (Serbia), Alexander Schimpf (Germany), Pierre van der Westhuizen (President and CEO), Soyeon Kate Lee (Korea/USA), Lei Weng (China), Sean Schulze (USA/South Africa), Marina Lomazov (USA/Ukraine), Paul Schenly (USA, Chair)

  
  

• Sat

  30

  May

  2015

  Sun

  07

  Jun

  2015

  Texas State International Piano Festival

  Texas State University
  San Marcos, TX

  website

  

  with festival faculty Enrico Elisi, Jason Kwak, Washington Garcia, Carol Leone, and Julian Martin

   

• Sun

  14

  Jun

  2015

  Sun

  21

  Jun

  2015

  Southeastern Piano Festival

  Columbia, SC

  

  The opening Piano Extravaganza – a multimedia concert by festival faculty and guests. in the photo: Marina Lomazov, Phillip Bush, Joseph Rackers, and Lynn Kompass performing Graham Fitkin’s Totti. VJ by Jordan Young, Photo by Mike Bull

  website
  

• Fri

  26

  Jun

  2015

  Sun

  26

  Jul

  2015

  Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival

  Salt Lake City, UT
  Lomazov/Rackers piano duo
  Joint solo recital and Piano Duo Recital
  
  

  website
  
  credits: Scott Pollei, Gina Bachauer International Foundation

• Sat

  11

  Jul

  2015

  Sun

  12

  Jul

  2015

  Young Artist World Piano Festival

  Minneapolis, MN
  Wirth Center for the Performing Arts
  
  

  
  Guest Solo Recital, Masterclass, and Judge for Concerto Competition

• Fri

  24

  Jul

  2015

  Wed

  05

  Aug

  2015

  Music Fest Perugia

  Perugia, Italy

  Ilana Vered Artistic Director
  With beautiful setting, acoustically and aesthetically perfect venues, enthusiastic crowds, and above all, phenomenal faculty and students, Music Fest Perugia offers a rich lineup of concerts, masterclasses, opera and chamber music.

  

  Basilica di San Pietro

  website

• Thu

  10

  Sep

  2015

  Mon

  14

  Sep

  2015

  Thousand Islands International Piano Competition

  Cape Vincent, NY

  
  with winners and fellow judges Joachim Segger and Brian Preston (chair and artistic director)

• Sun

  20

  Sep

  2015

  September Concerts

  3:00 PM

  USC School of Music, Columbia, SC

   

  Schubert, Trout Quintet
  Bolcom, Serpent’s Kiss for Two Pianos

• Sat

  03

  Oct

  2015

  Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra

  8:00 PM

  website
  Plymouth, MA

  Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

• Mon

  12

  Oct

  2015

  Florence Symphony Orchestra

  7:30 PM

  Florence, SC
  website

  Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

• Thu

  15

  Oct

  2015

  TX State International Concert Series

  7:30 PM

  San Marcos, TX
  website

  Solo recital
  Music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Kapustin

• Thu

  22

  Oct

  2015

  Temple University Guest Artist Residency

  7:30 PM

  Boyer College of Music and Dance
  website
  
  

  Solo recital
  Works by Haydn, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Kapustin

• Fri

  30

  Oct

  2015

  Seattle (Eastside) Music Teachers Association

  7 PM PDT

  Bellevue Presbyterian Church
  1717 Bellevue Way, NE, Bellevue, WA

  Solo recital and workshops
  Works by Haydn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Kapustin

• Sun

  01

  Nov

  2015

  Seattle Steinway Gallery

  1 PM

  website

  Lomazov/Rackers piano duo recital
  Works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Schumann, Kapustin

• Mon

  02

  Nov

  2015

  Sun

  08

  Nov

  2015

  YoungArts Foundation national pre-screening

  website

  National panelists John Stevens (woodwinds and brass), Efraim Amaya (composition and percussion), Jeff Ziegler (strings and harp) and Marina Lomazov (keyboard) get together to select a group of national finalists for the signature YoungArts event in Miami, FL from more than 600 applicants nationwide.  More than $80,000 in scholarship money in addition to national exposure and career opportunities are some of the benefits extended to the young musicians ages 15-18 through the National YoungArts Foundation.  

• Sat

  14

  Nov

  2015

  University of Central Missouri Piano Festival

  1:30 PM

  Hart Recital Hall
  University of Central Missouri
  Warrensburg, MO

  Guest Artist residency includes a solo recital and masterclass

• Sun

  22

  Nov

  2015

  Steinway Celebration Recital

  3:00 PM

  Rice Music House
  Village at Sandhill
  website

  Solo recital
  Works by Schumann, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Kapustin