Lewisville Lake International

Chamber Series

Featuring emerging artists from around the world.

Free concerts in an intimate setting

Sponsored by the Lewisville Lake Symphony in cooperation with the University of North Texas

Elena Dorozhkina

Piano

Friday, March 14, 2008, 7:30pm

Trinity Presbyterian Church  (Map)
5500 Morriss Road, Flower Mound TX 75028
(Just south of Marcus HS, on the other side of the road.)

Concert is free  - a donation to the Symphony is welcomed

Symphonic Etudes in C sharp Minor, opus 13

Robert Schumann
Theme - Andante
Etude 1 (Variation 1) - Un poco più vivo
Etude II (Variation 2) - Andante
Etude III - Vivace
Etude IV (Variation 3) - Allegro marcato
Etude V (Variation 4) - Scherzando
Etude VI (Variation 5) - Agitato
Etude VII (Variation 6) - Allegro molto
Etude VIII (Variation 7) - Sempre marcatissimo
Etude IX - Presto possibile
Etude X (Variation 8) - Allegro con energia
Etude XI (Variation 9) - Andante espressivo
Etude XII (Finale) - Allegro brillante

     Intermission

L'Isle Joyeuse

Claude Debussy

June "Barcarolla" from "The Seasons" Op.37b

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

 Toccata in D minor, Op.11

Sergei Prokofiev
 

Elena Dorozhkina

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Elena Dorozhkina began to study piano at the age of five. In her hometown, she attended the Herzen State Pedagogical University (graduated in 2000) and the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (graduated in 2003). Elena taught piano and was a collaborative pianist at Herzen University.

She is a participant and prizewinner of several international piano competitions, including the International Competition of Young Performers, XXI Century Art (Kiev, Ukraine, 2002), St. Petersburg in the Mirror of Musical Culture of the XX Century—The First International Competition of Musicians (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2002), and XIV International Robert Schumann Competition for Pianists and Singers (Zwickau, Germany, 2004). Elena also was invited as a collaborative pianist to the International Competition of Young Opera Singers of Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003).

In the summer of 2006, Elena took part in the Prague International Piano Master Classes (Czech Republic). She took lessons and masterclasses with distinguished professors from the United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Russia. Elena also has performed at the historical palace Villa Bertramka and the Baroque Recital Hall of the Jan Deyl Conservatory (Prague, Czech Republic.)

As a 2006 winner of the University of Northern Iowa School of Music Concerto Competition, Elena Dorozhkina performed on February 28, 2007 with the UNI Orchestra under conductor Rebecca Burkhardt at the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. In May 2007, she finished her MM in piano performance at the UNI School of Music (studio of Sean Botkin). Currently, Elena is pursuing her doctoral degree in piano performance with Pamela Mia Paul at the University of North Texas College of Music.