Globe-trotting pianist sets off for next round of concerts (02/03/02)

Globe-trotting pianist sets off for next round of concerts

YOUNGSTOWN - Concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky will be involved in several international concert trips between February and the end of June, that will cover a wide area of the world.

Between February 6 and 25 Mr. Rudnytsky will perform recitals and conduct master classes at two California universities: Cal Polytechnic State University in Pomona and CalState Northridge before proceeding to several Pacific islands of Micronesia. There, recitals will take place on such islands as Majuro and Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), Pohnpei and Yap (Caroline Islands), Chuuk (Federated States of Micronesia), Saipan (Northern Marianas), Guam, and Koror on the island of Babeldaob in the Republic of Palau. Mr. Rudnytsky made a concert tour of most of these islands back in 1996.

On March 8 and 9 he will perform a recital and conduct a master class at Queen' s University in Kingston, Ontario, before proceeding to Britain for several recitals there. In mid-March, he will travel from Britain to Tunisia to play a recital and conduct a master class in Tunis under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy's "public diplomacy" program. This program is the successor to the U.S. Information Service, which was abolished in 1998 and its functions absorbed into the State Department.

Mr. Rudnytsky played in 18 countries between 1984 and 1998 through the USIS and, after the change to "public diplomacy," made a tour of six Central and West African countries in March of 2000. Mr. Rudnytsky previously played in Tunisia in 1998 as part of the Carthage Festival there - situated next to the ruins of the famous ancient city of Carthage.

In mid-April the pianist will travel to Poland to perform as soloist on April 12 with the Sudecka Filharmonia in the city of Walbrzych, near the Czech border. He will play Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1 as soloist with this orchestra. During this same period he will also travel to the island of Malta for a recital arranged through the U.S. Embassy there.

On April 25 and 26 he will play a recital and conduct a master class at Abilene Christian College in Texas and on May 5 he will be at Dartmouth College, where he will perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as soloist with the Dartmouth Wind Ensemble. From late May through mid-June, he will embark on his concert tour of New Zealand.

Since concluding his 12th Australian tour (comprising 21 concerts) last summer, Mr. Rudnytsky played in September in Britain and Iceland, in late October in Chile - his eighth visit there, and in November in Hagerstown, Md., and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

Mr. Rudnytsky has performed concerts in over 75 countries and since 1972 has been a member of the piano faculty of the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University in Ohio.

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