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Kazakhstani Teams up with Pleasanton's Own Georgian in Four-Handed Piano Concert at Amador Theater

Tamriko Siprashvili, director and owner of Inspire Academy of Music and Arts, and Temirzhan Yerzhanov will be performing their first two-piano concert on January 24, 2015 at 8 PM at the Amador Theater in Pleasanton. All proceeds from this concert will benefit the Arts in the Schools Program in Pleasanton.

Entitled "A Night to Remember," the concert will include the Bay Area premier of La Fantasie by Czechoslovakian composer Martinu (written in 1925), Schumann-Debussy selections, Ravel, Rachmaninov, and Saint-Saens.

Tamriko Siprashvili has performed concerts throughout Europe, Russia, Georgia, Chili, Argentina, Canada, and in the United States as a soloist and chamber music performer. She played with venerable orchestras such as Leipzig Gewandhaus, Zwickau Philharmonishes, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, and Georgian Philharmony Orchestra. She has also performed in such halls as Berlin Konzerthaus, Moscow Big Hall and Small Hall Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Rachmaninoff Hall, Gnessin Concert Hall, Georgian Philharmonic, Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest, Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Halls, Dvorak Concert Hall. Tamriko Siprashvili made appearances on Radio Russia, Voice of America, Deutsche Radio Berlin, and on Italian Radio. She has worked with Nimbus Records and XCP in France to produce CDs. Tamriko is a Steinway artist.

Temirzhan Yerzhanov has toured in 12 countries in solo, chamber music and with Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony, Zwickau Philharmonishes, Sacramento Philharmonic, San Luis Obispo Symphony, Vogtland Philharmonie, The Symphony Orchestra of India. He has appeared in prestigious venues such as London Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Paris Salle Gaveau, New York Carnegie Weill Recital, Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Halls, Deutsche Radio Berlin, Hong Kong Radio, Radio Russia. A graduate and former faculty member of his alma mater he became an international educator and opera conductor. He was awarded ʻBest Performance of 2007ʼ title by San Francisco Classical Voice and ʻYenbek Sinirgen Qairatkeri”, the highest title in his native Kazakhstan.

"To my knowledge, no two of the few International Schumann Gold Medalists in the world have ever performed a concert like this," said Dave Wright of the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council. "It will be a sell-out," declared Charlotte Severin, the event chair, "so people should get their tickets right away."

Mark your calendars for this event not to be missed! January 24, 2015 at 8 PM in Pleasantonʼs Amador Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Rd. Reserved seating tickets are available now: $35 adult; $30 senior; $20 student. You can get your tickets in person at the Firehouse Arts Center box office, 4444 Railroad Ave. in Pleasanton, online at http://www.firehousearts.org/events or by phone at (925) 931-4848.

This two-piano concert is presented by the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council to benefit The Arts in the Schools Grant Program. We need your support to make this a successful and unforgettable evening. CLICK HERE to downoad the Sponsorship Form to become a sponsor of the piano concert by mail.