Vyacheslav Gryaznov Performs Liszt for Cecilian Music Club

Vyacheslav
Gryaznov, the Drozdoff Society's Artist-in-Residence, once again
presented the Cecilian Music Club with an extraordinary performance.

At
a meeting at president Marina Strakovsky's house in Rumson, he played
all twelve of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes.

The
Etudes, which are some of the most challenging pieces in piano
literature, present a variety of moods, from the peaceful Paysage
(Scenery), to the dramatic Mazeppa, to the playful Will o'the Wisp.
It takes a pianist of consummate skill and depth of feeling to do
justice to these passionate pieces.

The
Drozdoff Society was founded to preserve, perform, and publish the
works of Vladimir Drozdoff, and to support the musicians who perform
these works. For more information, contact Natasha O. Cherny, Founder
and Co-President of the society, and granddaughter of the composer,
at Natasha@vladimirdrozdoff.com.

The
Cecilian Music Club, founded in 1883, is an organization of teachers,
performers, and music lovers dedicated to the study and performance
of classical music. For more information, or to become a member,
visit our website at www.cecilianclub.org.

Picture
caption: back row, left to right, Lisa Frost-Goodall, Irene Kapp, Therese Whelan,
Heidi Volvano, Alan Wasserman, George Borisov, Vyacheslav Gryazanov,
Julia Vasilenko; back row, Jennifer Bao, Bernice Cooperman, Alex
Gryaznov, and Marina Strakovsky.