Suk to concertize at National Gallery

WASHINGTON - Ukrainian pianist Mykola Suk will appear in recital at the National Gallery on Sunday, March 18, in a program of works by Haydn, Kolessa, Thalberg and Liszt. The concert will be held in the gallery's West Garden Court at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Mr. Suk gained international recognition as the winner of the first prize and the gold medal at the 1971 International Liszt-Bartok Competition in Budapest. Since then he has concertized to great acclaim both as a soloist and a chamber musician throughout the former USSR, in North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. He recently appeared at Moscow's Great Hall with the Russian National Symphony and with the San Diego and New Haven symphonies in concertos by Bach and Liszt.

After his performance of the Liszt Dante Sonata at the Franz Liszt Festival in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1994, among the enthusiastic reviews were the following : "It was some of the finest Liszt playing I have ever heard. He will surely prove to be one of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years" (John C. Tibbett, American Record Guide); "Indeed, I have seldom heard Liszt playing in which such an impressive technique was so completely subsumed in the task of musical characterization" (William Littler, The Toronto Star).

Mr. Suk has premiered a number of concertos and solo works by Ukrainian composers, including Valentin Silvestrov, Ivan Karabyts and Myroslav Skoryk. Mr. Suk has been awarded the title of Outstanding Artist of Ukraine.

Formerly on the faculty of the Kyiv and Moscow conservatories, he is currently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and is artistic director of the "Music at the Institute" series at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City.

Mr. Suk has recorded for the Melodiya, Russian Disc, Hungaraton and Meldac labels.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 4, 2001, No. 9, Vol. LXIX

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