Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:30 p.m.
1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205

Experience an unforgettable evening designed specifically for lovers of great piano featuring the students of Park ICM’s founder, Stanislav Ioudenitch. Revel in performances by these award-winning pianists as they deliver mesmerizing renditions of both classic and contemporary piano masterpieces. Performers and repertoire to be determined.

“Musicians need to have the practical training of performing. That’s what we’re trained to do, to perform in public. These young artists in my piano studio are already successful musicians. They are award winning instrumentalists, so something not to miss,” says Ioudenitch.

Ali Mammadoff

Praised by The Examiner (Independence, Mo., newspaper) as a “piano protege” and an “award winning talent,” Ali Mammadoff has been captivating audiences around the globe with his virtuosity, depth sensitivity and individuality. His exceptional talent has taken him all over the world, appearing numerous times as a soloist and with orchestras in the U.S., England, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and his home country of Azerbaijan. His breathtaking performances have won Mammadoff prizes at international competitions as a pianist and a composer.

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, the future musician began to show curiosity in piano at the age of 5. After beginning studies at the Bulbul Secondary Special Music School in Baku, he found early success winning local competitions, orchestrating and performing his own works. At 16, Mammadoff made a commitment to music. A fan of jazz, Mammadoff wanted to pursue a career as a jazz pianist, but finding it best as a hobby, his talent and passion for classical music brought him to the Manhattan (N.Y.) School of Music. After spending six years in New York, his journey continued at the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

At the age of 24, as a part of the “New Names” project, Mammadoff appeared for the first time with a symphonic orchestra performing one of the most difficult concertos in piano literature, Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 30.” In October 2023, Mammadoff participated in a world concerto tour project by pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch, Park University International Center for Music founder and artistic director, celebrating Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday anniversary featuring the composer’s complete piano concerti. In summer 2024, Mammadoff recorded a complete set of 24 preludes and fugues from the second set of “The Well-Tempered Clavier” by Johann Sebastian Bach, which will be published soon.

Currently, Mammadoff studies at the Park ICM under Ioudenitch, gold medalist of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001.

Dmitry Yudin

Dmitry Yudin was born in Moscow on May 16, 2001. In 2008 – 2019, he was Professor Lydia Grigoryeva’s student at the Moscow Gnessins School of Music. Dmitry has taken part in a number of national and international competitions and festivals, winning prizes and audiences at numerous international events.

Dmitry has given solo recitals across Russia and abroad. His performance record includes concerts with orchestras like the Baltic States Youth Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Music Academy Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Tomsk Academic Symphony Orchestra.

Since August 2019, Dmitry has been studying with Horacio Gutierrez at the Manhattan School of Music where he was awarded full scholarship. During the pandemic, he gave several virtual solo recitals at MSM.

In February 2022, Yudin became the winner of the MSM Eisenberg-Freid Concerto Competition with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto-2. He performed the Concerto with maestro George Manahan in September 2022.

In 2023, Yudin played the recital in Boston after winning HMA Foote Award, won third prize in New York Concert Artists Auditions in August, and the second prize in Wideman Concerto Competition in Shreveport, Louisiana (December, 2023). Among Yudin’s last musical accomplishments is the Second Prize in the Geza Anda International Piano Competition (Zurich, Switzerland, 2024).

Tatiana Dorokhova

“An innate musical involvement and understanding is always evident in her

Interpretations.” That’s how the great pianist Dina Yoffe described one of Tatiana Dorokhova’s performances. 

Tatiana plays with virtuosity, a sensitive touch and a clear understanding of cultural context and style. She deftly performs music encompassing all eras from the Baroque to the present.

Even during her formative years, despite her young age, distinguished musicians repeatedly noted the impressive maturity of Tatiana’s musical interpretations; her performances invariably left deep and lasting marks in the hearts of listeners around the globe. Today, Tatiana continues to leave strong memories as she plays concerts in the most prestigious halls of Europe, the United States and Asia.

Born in Volgograd in southern Russia into a family of musicians, Tatiana began studying music at the age of 6. Her talent was immediately discovered, and it was decided that she would move to Moscow to study at the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Alexander Mndoyants, a laureate of the 5th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Later, she served as his assistant at the conservatory.

In 2023, Tatiana changed her life dramatically and entered the Park University International Center for Music to study with an outstanding teacher – Stanislav Ioudenitch, Gold Medal winner of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Under his sensitive guidance, Tatiana became a laureate of such prestigious competitions as the Gurwitz International Piano Competition (San Antonio, USA) Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition (Porto, Portugal), Enescu International Music Competition (Bucharest, Romania).

Tatiana performed with orchestras under the baton of Stanislav Kochanovsky, Christian Reif, Scott Yoo and others.

As a participant of a huge project of the Anthology of Russian and Soviet Piano Music CD series, Tatiana’s recordings were released by the world renowned ”Melodiya” label. Her first solo album will come out with KNS Classical in 2025.

Jiarui Cheng

Jiarui Cheng from Nanjing, China, is known for his blend of artistic nuance and bravura pianism. He is hailed for his affinity for a wide range of stylist traditions. Jiarui Cheng has performed as concerto soloist and recitalist in China, United States and Europe. He has been featured as concerto soloist with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra for the Conservatory’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Concert, performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in Shanghai Symphony Hall.  He subsequently performed Beethoven No. 4 with the Grossetto Symphony Orchestra in Italy. 

Jiarui Cheng has been a prizewinner in multiple competitions including the Scriabin International Piano Competition and the National Piano Competition in Shanghai. In 2019, he performed Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto to great acclaim with The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra as winner of the CIM Concerto Competition. As recipient of the Niu Ende Piano Scholarship, Jiarui Cheng studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Professor Jin Tang.  He also studied at The Cleveland Institute of Music as an Artist Certificate candidate with Kathryn Brown.

He was one of semi-finalists of Cleveland International piano competition and Santander International piano competition. In 2023, he performed Grieg piano concerto with Aspen Conducting Academy orchestra as winner of Aspen concerto competition. He also performed Beethoven piano concerto No.4 with Tongyeong Music Festival Orchestra as prize winner of ISANGYUN International Piano Competition. In 2025, he was one of the medalists and won the SASCHA GORODNITZKI MEMORIAL PRIZE in Hilton Head International Piano Competition.