Faculty Artist Series: The Music of Schumann & Brahms featuring Kitai, Morgulis & Potiomkin
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Come enjoy the another exciting recital in the Moores School of Music Faculty Artist Series! Affiliate Artist in Clarinet, Sasha Potiomkin will be performing works by Schumann and Brahms featuring fellow faculty members Tali Morgulis, piano and Anthony Kitai, cello.
Alexander (Sasha) Potiomkin joined the Houston Symphony as Bass Clarinet/Utility in October 2012. A native of Ukraine, he moved with his family to Israel in 1991, where he attended the Rubin Jerusalem Academy of Music, while appearing as a regular substitute clarinetist with Israel Philharmonic. He came to Houston in 1995 to study at Rice University, where he earned his Master of Music Degree in 1997. He has appeared as substitute Principal Clarinet of the Alabama Symphony on their Carnegie Hall tour in spring 2012. He has also performed as guest principal clarinet with the Kansas City Symphony and as a soloist with the Tel Aviv Symphony and the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
To learn more about Sasha Potiomkin and his accomplishments, please visit: houstonsymphony.org/about-us/musicians/alexander-potiomkin
Anthony Kitai joined the Houston Symphony in 2001, serving as acting associate principal cellist from 2003–2005. Previously, he was a member of the Memphis Symphony and the Iris Chamber Orchestra. Kitai currently serves as an affiliate artist of cello at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. He is an artist faculty member at the Texas Music Festival and is the principal cellist of the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria. Kitai received his bachelor’s degree and performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music and his master’s degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. His major teachers have included Desmond Hoebig, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, and Peter Spurbeck.
To learn more about Anthony Kitai and his accomplishments, please visit: houstonsymphony.org/about-us/musicians/anthony-kitai
Israeli-American pianist Tali Morgulis is a passionate performer and a dedicated pedagogue. Prize winner of several international competitions, Dr. Morgulis continues to present critically acclaimed solo, chamber music, and orchestral performances worldwide. An expert collaborator, Tali has shared the stage with such renowned musicians as soprano Albina Shagimuratova, cellist Misha Quint, violinist Uri Pianka, mezzo-soprano Sonja Bruzauskas and many others. Tali’s recordings can be found on Delos, Albany, and Navona labels.
To learn more about Anthony Kitai and his accomplishments, please visit: www.uh.edu/kgmca/music/about-us/faculty-staff/morgulis-tali
PROGRAM
Schumann: TBD
Brahms: TBD
- Location
- Dudley Recital Hall
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu