Mumbai, Dmitri Ivanov, a student of the renowned Dutch violinist and Jasha Heifetz pupil, Christiaan Bor is in his graduating year studying with Benzion Shamir. In 2006, he won a third prize during the Princess Christina Concourse in Rotterdam.

Svjatoslav Presnyakov was born in Chernigov, Ukraine is due to finish his masters degree this year. He has won several prizes including one which gave him a recital at Carnegie Recital Hall. In 2006, he participated in a TV-Documentary Young musicians on their way to the stage. Svjatoslav has given concerts all over the world and the teachers who have influenced him most include Jan Wijn, Martino Tirimo, John Bingham, Pascal Devoyon, Naum Grubert, Boris Petrushanky and Mila Baslawskaja.

Programme:

Beethoven: Fantasie Op. 77 for Piano solo; Sonata Op. 30 No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Violin

Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante Op. 22 for Violin and Piano

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42 for solo Piano

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir dun lieu cher Op. 42

Tickets: Rs.300 & 200/-

Box Office: July 26 for Members and July 29 for the Public

For tickets contact - NCPA Box Office on 22824567 / 66548135 / 66223742 (from 9.00 am onwards)

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About the NCPA

Inaugurated in 1969, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, exists to provide leadership on a national level as Indias premier performing arts, research and training centre through the presentation of Indian and international art forms, the promotion of excellence and the preservation of Indian & International cultural heritage.