Historical
Piano Concerts Series
About
the Musicians
Sima Kustanovich
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Sima Kustanovich
is one of the Northeast’s most sought-after pianists. Hailed by
the Worcester Telegram & Gazette for the “extraordinary intensity
and brilliance of her playing,” she concertizes in some of the most
acclaimed international venues, including France’s Courchevel Chamber
Music Festival, New York’s Bargemusic, Toronto’s Royal Conservatory
Chamber Music Series, Niagara on the Lake Music Festival, Summit
Festival, Sweden’s St. Jacob’s Cathedral, Hungary’s Matthias Cathedral,
Praha’s Hlahol and major cities of Russia, Austria, Italy and
Estonia. In 1990 she was the recipient of a rare invitation to
perform on Steinway & Sons’ 500,000th piano that toured the
United States from coast to coast.
Thorough mastery of the
keyboard repertoire equipped Ms. Kustanovich with a richly varied
career. Cited as the “consummate musician” (Worcester Telegram),
she is equally at home as soloist or chamber musician, collaborating
with such ensembles as the Borodin String Quartet. She received a
Masters in Music degree from the St. Petersburg Conservatory; she then
joined its faculty and accepted a coveted appointment to the famed
Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater, working intensively with such
luminaries as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.
A
recipient of the Telegram & Gazette’s 1995 prestigious Visions 2000
Cultural Enrichment Award, Ms. Kustanovich has won many grants and
commendations for community contributions as performer and program
administrator.
An esteemed teacher, she is on the faculties at
Clark University, where she was appointed Distinguished Artist in
2008, and Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts.
She is
Co-Founder/Administrator of the Commonwealth Competition for Young
Pianists, Music Director of Brown Bags for Kids at Mechanics Hall, and
Founder/Director of the Neighborhood Music Program sponsored by Clark
University.
We welcome Ms. Kustanovich to her third collaborative performance in our concert series.