Park ICM 2023-2024 Season of Concerts
Park University’s International Center for Music is proud to bring a wide array of world-class musical performances to the Kansas City metro area. We hope you enjoy these performance recordings (where available) and program notes prepared by Paul Horsley.
Program Notes Written by Paul Horsley
Paul Horsley studied piano and musicology at WSU and Cornell University. He also earned a degree in journalism, because writing about the arts in order to inspire others to partake in them was always his first love. After earning a PhD from Cornell, he became Program Annotator for the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he learned firsthand the challenges that non profits face. He moved to KC to join the then-thriving Arts Desk at The Kansas City Star, but in 2008 he happily accepted a post at The Independent. Paul contributes to national publications, including Dance Magazine, Symphony, Musical America, and The New York Times, and has conducted scholarly research in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic (the latter on a Fulbright Fellowship). He also taught musicology at Cornell, LSU and Park University.
Park ICM Presents Pianist Mikhail Voskresensky
Performed: September 22, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Mikhail Voskresensky, born in Berdiansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union, is a Russian pianist and music pedagogue who left Russia for the United States in 2022 protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is known internationally as a pianist in the great Romantic tradition. His playing shows a thorough command of contrasting musical colors, never disharmonious, and a legato technique drawing forth a singing voice from the instrument. Program Information Here
Park ICM Orchestra Fall 2023 Concert With Guest Conductor David Amado
Performed: October 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m
The Park ICM Orchestra will open the orchestral season with guest conductor David Amado. Music Director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Music Director and Conductor of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. Program Information Here
ICM String Studio in Recital
Performed: October 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Park ICM’s concert season continues with an award-winning roster of musicians from the string studios of violinist Ben Sayevich, cellist Daniel Veis and violist Peter Chun. Program Information Here
Park ICM Piano Studio in Recital
Performed: November 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
An entire evening devoted to piano lovers, this amazing annual concert will feature the students of Van Cliburn gold medalist Stanislav Ioudenitch. Program Information Here
Park ICM Orchestra Presents a Holiday Concert
Performed: December 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Offered at the charming Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel at Park University, this delightful concert enhances what has already become one of the best holiday events in the Greater Kansas City area, Christmas on the River. Park ICM’s Orchestra will create a special evening of music full of holiday sounds and spirit.
Park ICM Presents the Rosamunde Trio
Performed: January 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m
The Rosamunde Trio has toured extensively in the UK on 25 occasions and has also performed in festivals and major venues in the USA, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Cyprus and the Czech Republic. The Trio’s recordings include the Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Trios, as well as Dvorak’s Trios, all recorded in Prague at the Liechtenstein Palace. Park ICM is pleased to present the Rosamunde Trio at the 1900 Building. Program Information Here
Park ICM Orchestra 2024 Valentine’s Week Concert With Guest Conductor Tim Hankewich
Performed: February 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
The ICM Orchestra of Park University will present a program of music with a Valentine’s Day theme in the quaint Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel at Park University. Tim Hankewich, will join the Park ICM Orchestra as special guest conductor. Popular with audiences and critics alike, Hankewich has earned an outstanding reputation as a maestro whose classical artistry is as inspiring as his personality is engaging. Program Information Here
Park ICM Masters in Concert Presents Ben Sayevich, Violin, & Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano
Performed: February 29, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
The thrilling combination of this husband-and-wife duo will be highlighted by their always dynamic choice of repertoire. Program Information Here
Park University Presents Stanislav & Friends 2024
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on March 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
For nearly two decades, under the leadership of 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal Winner Stanislav Ioudenitch, Park University’s International Center for Music (ICM) has molded already accomplished musicians into national and international phenoms. Ioudenitch is widely admired and celebrated around the globe and on March 8, 2024, ICM will once again convene Stanislav’s friends, family, ICM alumni, and current faculty and students in this annual concert that writer Paul Pattison called, “. . . completely alluring. Bravo to all.”
Park ICM March 2024 Orchestra Concert With Guest Conductor, Laura Jackson
Performed: March 15, 2024
The Orchestra of the International Center for Music at Park University is pleased to present this penultimate orchestra season concert with guest conductor Laura Jackson, Music Director and Conductor of the Reno Philharmonic Association. Program Information Here
Park ICM Presents Violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi
Performed: March 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Born in Tel Aviv, violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi is a noted performer and pedagogue. Called “A genuine talent . . . profoundly gifted” by The Vienna Express, his appearance is underwritten by Park University. Program Information Here
Park ICM Presents Pianist Behzod Abduraimov and Violinist Daniel Lozakovich
Performed: April 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Park University’s super star pianist and ICM artist-in-residence returns to Kansas City and this time brings a new friend. Violinist Daniel Lozakovich’s majestic music-making has left critics and audiences spellbound. “Perfect mastery. An exceptional talent,” observed Le Figaro after a performance in Verbier Festival, while the Boston Globe praised the “poise, tonal purity, and technique to spare” of his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons at the Tanglewood Festival in July 2017. Daniel’s collaboration with Behzod is sure to bring down the house and sell out quickly! Repertoire to be determined. Program Information Here
Park ICM Orchestra Season Finale Concert With Guest Conductor Barbara Yahr
Performed: April 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
The Orchestra of the International Center for Music at Park University is pleased to present this final orchestra season concert with guest conductor Barbara Yahr. Ms. Yahr is currently Music Director of the Greenwich Village Orchestra, an ensemble known for its innovative and collaborative projects, offering a full season of classical music to the community in lower Manhattan. The concert is free with reservation. Program Information Here
