COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Music will host Alexey Trushechkin, an internationally renowned pianist, in an evening of Russian solo piano music Monday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m.
The recital will take place in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium in Poindexter Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Trushechkin will perform virtuosic pieces by Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Trushechkin is a laureate of numerous international piano competitions including the Parnassos International Competition (Monterrey, Mexico); first place at the Skriabin International Piano Competition (Paris, France) and most recently the 2018 Los Angeles International Piano Competition.
This performance is funded by the Leslie F. Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series, an endowment established by her family to promote family and cultural influences, to advance the artistic and intellectual environment of the University and to strengthen the cultural bond between the University and the public.
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March 5, 2018