Osinchuk to appear in D.C. concert at National Gallery

WASHINGTON - Pianist Juliana Osinchuk will present a recital at the National Gallery of Art as part of the museum's 59th annual concert season featuring acclaimed national and international musicians. The recital will take place on Sunday, February 4, at 7 p.m.

The program will include works by Clementi, Fauré, Poulenc, American composer Morton Gould, as well as feature Washington premieres of "The Fragile Vessel" by Alaskan composer, Philip Munger, and Piano Sonata No. 3 by Ukrainian composer, Viktor Kosenko.

Audiences in Anchorage, where the pianist resides, will be able to hear most of the concert program on Saturday, January 27, during a program presented by the Anchorage Festival of Music.

A versatile artist, Dr. Osinchuk has been performing internationally since her student days at the Juilliard School and the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris. Her recent orchestral engagements include the European premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Second Piano Concerto at the Kyiv Contemporary Music Fest and performances with symphony orchestras across the United States and Europe. As chamber pianist, Dr. Osinchuk has collaborated with such renowned artists as Ruggiero Ricci, Daniel Heifetz, Nathaniel Rosen, Maria Chaikovska and Lee Wilkins.

Dr. Osinchuk's recordings include "Ukrainian Piano Works" - featuring compositions by Dmytro Bortniansky, Lev Revutsky, Andrij Shtoharenko, Mykola Lysenko and Kosenko, as well as "Tchaikovsky's Piano Music" and "The Sorcerer's Piano."

Active as an educator in developing and presenting music workshops for young students, adults and professional groups, Dr. Osinchuk continues her concert career, teaches privately and is the director of chamber music for the Anchorage Festival of Music.

Concerts at the National Gallery of Art are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis. Seating begins promptly at 6 p.m.; concerts are performed in the West Garden Court at 7 p.m. Listings of the concert programs may be obtained from the gallery's website at www.nga.gov or by calling (202) 842-6941.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 21, 2001, No. 3, Vol. LXIX

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