Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 24, 2013 Sunday Apr 28, 2013
Wednesday, April 24 - Sunday, April 28
Contact Information
For more information, call 507-537-7103.
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Description
The SMSU Music Program presents
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL 2013
Dr. Daniel Rieppel, Artistic Director
April 24-28
Wednesday, April 24—Sunday, April 28
EXHIBITION OF LOCAL Artists—
William Whipple Gallery, SMSU McFarland Library
Artworks by Local Russian Artists, Katia Andreeva and Olga Krasovska
Library Hours: Wednesday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 24
All-Rachmaninov Evening—
7:30 pm, SMSU Fine Arts Theatre
David Viscoli Performing The Complete Etudes Tableaux, Op. 39
The Viscoli-Rieppel Duo Performing Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Thursday, April 25
Russian Chamber Music—
Noon (12:00 pm), SMSU Fine Arts Theatre
Mussorgsky: Sonata For 4 Hands with Danae Aslesen And Hannah Mccarther, Smsu Music Students;
Mussorgsky: Songs And Dances Of Death with Carrie Heniman Shaw, Soprano, And Daniel Rieppel, Piano;
Arensky: The Trio In D Minor, Op. 32 performed by Russian Festival Trio, Daniel Rieppel, Piano; Te-Chiang Liu, Violin; and
Ramiro Alvarez, cello.
Friday, April 26
Russian History Seminar
Noon, SMSU Charter Hall 201
Panel Discussion on Russian Culture, Geography, Religion, Literature. Moderated by Dr. Michael Hoffstetter & Dr. Daniel Rieppel with SMSU Faculty and Students from the Russian History Seminar.
The Russian Artistic Tradition
6:00 p.m. Whipple Gallery, SMSU McFarland Library
Talk by Nationally Noted Scholar and Art Historian Dr. Marianne Woods, U of TX of The Permian Basin.
Saturday, April 27
Russian Roundtable—
4-6 pm, SMSU Conference Center Lower Ballroom
Variety of Scholars and Artists on The Importance of Russian Culture and Thought In World History
The Elkina Sisters: Russian Two-Piano Music
7:30 pm, SMSU Fine Arts Theatre
This internationally-recognized duo piano team (who are twin sisters) will perform music of Scriabin, Rachmaninov,
Prokofiev And Stravinsky.
Admission: $5 all ages.
Sunday, April 28
Grand Finale: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4 pm, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Downtown Marshall
The Southwest Minnesota Orchestra—Russian Festival Concert Featuring Ksenia Nosikova, Russian Virturoso Pianist And Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture—With Real Cannons!
Admission: Adults $12, Students $5.
For more information, call 507-537-7103.
