Department of Music
Gleb Karpushkin, french horn, with Alexander Tutunov, piano
11/17/2008
Guest Artist: Gleb Karpushkin, horn with Alexander Tutunov, piano.
(Ashland, Ore.) – The Southern Oregon University (SOU) Music Department is pleased to present guest artist Gleb Karpushkin on the French horn. Professor of Music Alexander Tutunov, DMA, will accompany Karpushkin, in addition to playing solo works on the piano. This incredible performance is scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2008, at 8 pm in the SOU Music Recital Hall.
Gleb Karpushkin is one of a few performers presenting French horn as a solo instrument. After graduating from the USSR Music School specializing in wind instruments and the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory, Karpushkin entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1985, to study with A. Demin and I. Lifanovsky. In 1988, he won the First Prize at the All-Soviet Union Brass Competition. He has worked with several of Russia's leading orchestras, including the Great Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and the Russian State Orchestra. Currently, he is the soloist with the New Russia Orchestra under the direction of Y. Bashmet.
In January 2004, Karpushkin toured the U.S. with solo recitals and master classes. After his performance of the Horn Concerto by R. Gliere, a reviewer from Music and Time wrote, “Gleb Karpushkin charmed everyone with his musicality, refined lyricism, and brilliant command of the instrument.” Karpushkin’s passion for the instrument and a desire to broaden the repertoire keep him looking for more compositions, sometimes beyond traditional technical and expressive limitations of the horn.
Alexander Tutunov is one of the most outstanding virtuosos of the former Soviet Union. His playing was described by Soviet Culture in Moscow as “exhilarating and inspired, and which demonstrated a unique talent.” A native of Belarus, Tutunov entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory at age seven—one of three chosen out of 200 applicants—to study with Lev Naumov and Victor Merzhanov, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Tutunov has performed widely in the former Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, China, Mexico, and the United States as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and on radio and television. Tutunov is presently under contract with Altarus Records to record the complete solo piano works of Lev Abeliovich. He has also recorded on AUR, Bravissimo, and Albany Records labels.
Currently director of keyboard studies and artist-in-residence at SOU, Tutunov is also the artist-in-residence at the University of Alaska Southeast and artistic director of the SOU International Piano Institute. He continues to be in great demand as a recitalist and orchestral soloist.
Tickets for this performance are $15 for general admission and free for students. Tickets and season passes may be purchased by calling 541-552-6101 or by visiting the Music Box Office prior to the performance. For more information, please visit Southern Oregon University’s Music Department website at http://www.sou.edu/music
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