The Hammond Performing Arts Series Presents Yevgeny Kutik, Julian Schwarz, and David Aladashvili

Chestnut Hill, MA – February 17, 2014 – Saul Cohen, President of Hammond Residential Real Estate in Chestnut Hill, is pleased to announce that violinist Yevgeny Kutik, cellist Julian Schwarz, and pianist David Aladashvili will be performing works by Mendelssohn as part of the Hammond Performing Arts Series. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m. at the South Shore Conservatory in Hingham. Admission is free.

American violinist Yevgeny Kutik has captivated audiences worldwide with an old-world sound that communicates a modern intellect. The New York Times has commented on his “old-fashioned rhapsodic style…magnified by [his] rich, sweet tone.” Mr. Kutik’s second album, Music from the Suitcase: A Collection of Russian Miniatures, will be released by Marquis Classics in early 2014 and will feature music he found in his family’s suitcase after immigrating to the United States in 1990 at the age of five. He began violin studies with his mother, Alla Zernitskaya, and went on to study with Zinaida Gilels, Shirley Givens, Roman Totenberg, and Donald Weilerstein. Mr. Kutik holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory. He currently resides in Boston.

Cellist Julian Schwarz is being recognized as one of the finest cellists now before the public. In August 2013 he won the first prize in the inaugural Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong. Mr. Schwarz made his orchestral debut at the age of 11 playing the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 1 with the Seattle Symphony and his father, Gerard Schwarz, on the podium. Since then he has appeared as soloist with the Virginia, Omaha, Hartford, Puerto Rico, Grand Rapids, Columbus, San Diego, Memphis, Sarasota, Springfield MA, Syracuse, Boca Raton, Chesapeake, Greensboro, Seattle, Wichita, Binghamton, UNLV, and Las Cruces Symphonies, as well as many regional orchestras from the Pacific Northwest. Born in 1991, Julian Schwarz started piano lessons at the age of five and began his cello studies the following year with the late David Tonkonogui; subsequent teachers have included the late Toby Saks, Lynn Harrell, Paul Coletti, Neal Cary, Arnold Steinhardt, Andre Roy, Ronald Leonard at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School. 

David Aladashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1990. He began to study piano at the age of 11 with Leila Mumladze. At the age of 15, he was accepted to the Tbilisi Special Music School to study with Daredjan Tsintsadze. In 2007, he moved to New York City where he began his studies at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division with Ms. Victoria Mushkatkol. In 2012, David graduated from the Bachelor Program of The Juilliard School, studying with Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio. Hailed as “sensitive virtuoso born for the stage”, Mr. Aladashvili is the laureate of many national and international competitions and festivals including the International Competition for Young Pianists in Tbilisi (2001), the Vladimir Spikanov International Festival in Moscow (2005) and the Grand Prix at the Nikolai Rubenstein Piano the Nikolai Rubenstein Piano Competition in Paris (2006).

The largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts, the South Shore Conservatory incorporated in 1970 as a non-degree granting community music school in Hingham after previously serving as a satellite preparatory program run by the New England Conservatory of Music. The Hingham campus contains more than three floors of beautiful studio and performance space, as well as the Jane C. Carr Amphitheater with its state-of-the-art design.

Established nineteen years ago, The Hammond Performing Arts Series began in Chestnut Hill as an outlet to provide talented musicians with performance opportunities and to enrich the cultural life of the Hammond-surrounding communities. The series proved so successful in Chestnut Hill, that it was expanded to Boston, Concord, Hingham, Lexington, and Weston.

Reservations for the March 2 concert are currently being accepted. If you are interested in attending, please email Rachael Carlisle at rcarlisle@hammondre.com or call 781-749-3650 to reserve your complimentary seats.

To learn more, please visit http://www.hammondre.com/community-outreach/performing-arts-series.html