MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES / OSIP NIKIFOROV, PIANO

On Saturday, August 26, at 7:00 pm, the Cultural Center “Our Texas” will host a solo concert by renowned Russian-American pianist Osip Nikiforov. The program features some of Rachmaninoff’s most famous pieces, as long as the works of Scarlatti, & Gershwin’s famous Rhapsody in Blue.

Osip Nikiforov is a distinguished pianist who has won numerous awards in national and international competitions. He studied under the tutelage of the world-renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman at Manhattan School of Music.Currently, he is a Malcolm W. Perkins Teaching Fellow in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at Rice University, studying with Jon Kimura Parker.

The concert at the Cultural Center “Our Texas” promises to be a memorable experience for lovers of classical music.

Tickets – $25

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Cultural Center “Our Texas” or online. For more information, please contact the Cultural Center “Our Texas” at (713) 395-3301.

Program:

D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 213
S. Rachmaninoff:
Etude-tableaux Op. 33 No. 8 in G minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E-flat major
Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 in E-flat minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G-sharp minor
Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C-sharp minor
Daisies Op. 38
Moment musicaux No. 3 in B minor
Etude-tableaux Op. 39 No. 4 in B minor
Moment musicaux No. 6 in C major
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue