Musical Evening “European and Russian Romanticism”

Russian Cultural Center "Our Texas" proudly presents the concert “European and Russian Romanticism” dedicated to 145th anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninoff.

In the program: selected pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frederick Chopin, Claude Debussy, and Franz Liszt.

Performer, pianist Oleg Poliansky, originally from Kiev, Ukraine, has been living in Cologne since 1993. He is an Associate Professor for Major Piano at Hochshule für Musik Köln since 2007.

Oleg Poliansky had been a prize winner of many international competitions: International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, competitions in Tokyo (1986), Montreal (1988), Cincinnati (1999), Cantu (Italy) in 2003, and the International Christian Ferras and Pierre Barbìzet Memorial Duet Competition in Marseille (1997).

Mr. Poliansky has appeared as a soloist with many renowned orchestras, including the Moscow Soloists, the Moscow Sympony Orchestra, the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia, the Cologne Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest String Orchestra, the Symphony Radio of Korean Radio, and others.

As a chamber musician, Oleg Poliansky plays with internationally acclaimed performers, such as Pavel Gililov, Henri Sigfridsson, Pierre Amoyal, Mayuko Kamio, Kirill Rodin, Lazslo Fenyo, Tatyana Vassilieva and Dmitri Sitkovetski, among others.