[Musicfaculty-l] Russian Musicians to perform at Geneseo on Tuesday, March 1st - WADS - 8:00 pm

[Victoria J Amidon]

Musicians from Russia Set to Perform on Campus Tuesday, March 1st,
8:00 pm, WADS Auditorium.

Alexander Malkus, professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory, and
his wife, soprano Marlene Mosh, will perform Russian piano pieces and
ancient Armenian melodies during a concert March 1 at 8 p.m. at SUNY
Geneseo's Wadsworth Auditorium. The program is free and open to the
public.

The first part of the program will feature Malkus performing piano
compositions by Russian composers. In the second part, Mosh will
perform ancient Armenian melodies. Their appearance stems from a study
abroad program in Moscow last summer, led by Robert Goeckel, professor
of political science and international relations at Geneseo, when
students attended a Malkus solo program at the Shaliapin Museum in
Moscow.

Malkus' concert repertoire comprises a large number of musical pieces
of different epochs and styles, ranging from the music of the old
masters to the avant-garde. He has won prizes in three international
competitions and has participated regularly in more than a dozen
different European music festivals in Germany, Austria, Italy, Odessa,
Moscow, Slovakia and Bulgaria. He is an active teacher in the Moscow
Conservatory and the Academic Music College attached to the
conservatory.

Mosh studied with voice faculty at the Moscow Conservatory. She has
made it a life goal to promote the beauty of ancient Armenian song
through authentic performance. She was a prize winner of the "Beauty
Will Save the World" competition in 2008 in Moscow. She has performed
in many music festivals and on French national radio. Mosh is a member
of the Moscow Musical Society and the Union of Russian Writers.

The Geneseo performance is sponsored by several offices and
departments -The School of the Arts; the Department of Political
Science and International Relations; the Department of Languages and
Literatures; the Department of History; the Office of the Provost; and
the Office of International Programs' Study Abroad Program.

More information on the program is available by calling 245-5371.