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Grand Piano Series
Narrative Musicales
Beethoven and Joplin
Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
Joplin — Maple Leaf Rag
Joplin — The Cascades
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith — Boogie Woogie
Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
Expect the unexpected.
In this Narrative Musicale, Konstantin Soukhovetski traces Beethoven’s surprising influence on the American musical imagination — from Scott Joplin’s ragtime to the birth of boogie-woogie. How does a rhythm, a gesture or a harmonic cadence travel across the Atlantic and reappear a century later in an entirely new world? You’ll find out.
Improvisation abounds as this multimedia performance reveals hidden musical connections across time, geography and culture. American music emerges as a quintessential expression of the New World — vibrant, multicultural, rebellious and original — while the Old World reveals itself as an unexpected laboratory for musical disruption.
Narrative Musicales is presented in collaboration with Grand Piano Series, an indepdendent nonprofit organization.
Konstantin Soukhovetski
Konstantin Soukhovetski is a pianist, composer and educator recognized for his distinctive concert programming and multimedia performances. A laureate of 17 international competitions, he has appeared at major venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall and The Louvre, performing in recital and with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. Recent highlights include a Scotland tour with Absolute Classics and appearances at PianoFête in Vashon, Washington.
As director of education and community engagement at Grand Piano Series, Soukhovetski curates the series’ Narrative Musicales—multimedia programs that combine live music, storytelling and visual elements—and oversees Grand Piano Series' educational and outreach initiatives with schools and seniors in Lee and Collier counties.
Beyond the piano, his work includes composition, libretti and interdisciplinary collaborations in dance and film. His recording, Yuliya: Forgotten Songs of Julie Weissberg Rimsky-Korsakov, with soprano Sarah Moulton-Faux, was released on Azica Records. He is a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammy) and serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School. Born in Moscow to a family of prominent artists, he studied piano and composition at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. Soukhovetski has been a resident of Naples since 2024.
Grand Piano Series
Grand Piano Series is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt and financially self-supporting organization. Founded in 2016 by Milana Strezeva and Raniero Tazzi, Grand Piano Series is a nonprofit concert and education organization that seeks to enrich the cultural life of the Southwest Florida community with memorable concerts by international artists of the highest caliber, along with a dynamic program of community outreach for all ages, including programs for over 10,000 students each year in Collier and Lee counties.
For more information, visit grandpianoseries.org.
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