News Release

IWV Campus

Natasha Kislenko

College to Present Piano Concert

April 20, 2009

The Associated Students of Cerro Coso Community College are pleased to present a FREE Piano concert to be given by Natasha (Natalia) Kislenko. The concert will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the College Lecture Center.

Kislenko has performed extensively as a soloist and a collaborative pianist in Russia, Europe, and the United States. She has appeared in recital and chamber music performances with numerous distinguished soloists, including Sarah Chang, Torleif Tedeen, James Buswell, Zvi Zeitlin, Theodore Kuchar, Tadeu Coelho, and Leone Buyse. As a soloist, Kislenko has received top prizes in international piano competitions in Germany, Portugal, France, the Slovak Republic, and the United States. She made her solo recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1996. Over the years, Natasha has developed a vast repertoire extending from the Baroque era to the present. While favoring her native Russian music, she has also been exploring the diversity of the piano styles in the first half of the 20th century.

Kislenko holds graduate degrees in piano from the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia, the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (Dallas), and the State University of New York, Stony Brook, where she completed her doctorate with Gilbert Kalish in 2004. In 2007, Kislenko moved to Santa Barbara to assume a full-time teaching position at UC Santa Barbara. Previously, she served on the faculties of California State University, Fresno, and Meadowmount School of Music (New York). Kislenko is an alumna of the Music Academy (2001) and has been a member of the faculty since 2004.

The public is welcome to this FREE concert of musical enjoyment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Natalie Dorrell, Public Information (760) 384-6260

EVENT DETAILS
Date Apr. 25
Time 3pm
Campus IWV
Location Lecture Center
Cost FREE