Sergei Polusmiak
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Sergei Polusmiak "Merited Artist of Ukraine
", Artist in Residence, is the Tom and Christine Neyer Family Professor of Music at Northern Kentucky University
. He is first prize winner in the Lysenko International Music Competition. He is a graduate of the Kharkiv Institute of Arts, where he studied with Regina Horowitz, sister of Vladimir Horowitz
, after which he received the Post Graduate Diploma, Kiev Conservatory
. From 1975 to 1998 he was Professor at Kharkiv Institute of Arts and the Special Music School for Gifted Children, Ukraine.
He has performed concerts in Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Mexico and the United States. He was presented in "Sergei at the Aronoff", at the Grand Opening of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, and has appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Music Director, the Northern Kentucky Symphony, and the Russian Chamber Orchestra of San Francisco.
Sergei Polusmiak is a jury member of major international piano competitions, including the first International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
, Kiev
, Ukraine; Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, Palm Desert, California; Lysenko International Piano Competition, Kiev, Ukraine; Milosh Magin International Piano Competition, Paris, France, and the International Piano Competition, Lugansk, Ukraine. He is founder and Director of the Ukrainian Children's Music Theater of Kharkiv which performed in 1992 and 1994 with Cincinnati's May Festival Chorus. He is also founder and artistic director of the Ukrainian-France Summer Music Festival.
Sergei has recorded four CDs: Sergei Plays Sergei and Alexander, solo piano works of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin; Shostakovich, Music for Two Pianos with French pianist, Therese Dussaut; "Music for Clarinet and Piano with Ukrainian prodigy, Alexander Bedenko; and SERGEI POLUSMIAK, Beautiful Music For Friends; The Language of Feelings. He has been featured artist and adjudicator for Music Teachers National Association, Ohio and Kentucky chapters, featured artist at the NKU Summer Piano Institute since1997, and Visiting Artist at the Pedagogical University of Lugansk, Ukraine.
Merited Artist of Ukraine
Merited [Performing] Artist of Ukraine is a state honorary title of decoration awarded by the Ukrainian SSR and later Ukraine for outstanding achievement in the performing arts...
", Artist in Residence, is the Tom and Christine Neyer Family Professor of Music at Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University
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. He is first prize winner in the Lysenko International Music Competition. He is a graduate of the Kharkiv Institute of Arts, where he studied with Regina Horowitz, sister of Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was a Russian-American classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer. His technique and use of tone color and the excitement of his playing were legendary. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Life and early...
, after which he received the Post Graduate Diploma, Kiev Conservatory
Kiev Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...
. From 1975 to 1998 he was Professor at Kharkiv Institute of Arts and the Special Music School for Gifted Children, Ukraine.
He has performed concerts in Russia, France, Germany, Belgium, Mexico and the United States. He was presented in "Sergei at the Aronoff", at the Grand Opening of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, and has appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Music Director, the Northern Kentucky Symphony, and the Russian Chamber Orchestra of San Francisco.
Sergei Polusmiak is a jury member of major international piano competitions, including the first International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
International competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz is an international competition that is held every two years in Kiev...
, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine; Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, Palm Desert, California; Lysenko International Piano Competition, Kiev, Ukraine; Milosh Magin International Piano Competition, Paris, France, and the International Piano Competition, Lugansk, Ukraine. He is founder and Director of the Ukrainian Children's Music Theater of Kharkiv which performed in 1992 and 1994 with Cincinnati's May Festival Chorus. He is also founder and artistic director of the Ukrainian-France Summer Music Festival.
Sergei has recorded four CDs: Sergei Plays Sergei and Alexander, solo piano works of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin; Shostakovich, Music for Two Pianos with French pianist, Therese Dussaut; "Music for Clarinet and Piano with Ukrainian prodigy, Alexander Bedenko; and SERGEI POLUSMIAK, Beautiful Music For Friends; The Language of Feelings. He has been featured artist and adjudicator for Music Teachers National Association, Ohio and Kentucky chapters, featured artist at the NKU Summer Piano Institute since1997, and Visiting Artist at the Pedagogical University of Lugansk, Ukraine.