Concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky continues his globe-trotting ways (05/21/06)

Concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky continues his globe-trotting ways

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky is getting ready for his next concert tour which will take place in June and July. Departing the United States on May 31, he will first play four recitals in Britain, including two in the Isles of Scilly. He will then travel to Iceland, where on June 14 he will play a recital in Salurinn - the newest concert hall of the capital city, Reykjavik.

After that, he will travel to Ukraine, where on June 23 he will perform the Mozart Concerto in B Flat, K450 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the city of Rivne. It is also planned that this concert will be repeated in the city of Lutsk within a day or two of this concert.

Between July 9 and 12, Mr. Rudnytsky will be in Jordan, where he will play a couple of recitals and conduct a masterclass under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy there. He has performed in 30 countries since 1984 under the cultural programming of the U.S. Embassies.

Following that, he will perform six recitals on a Mediterranean cruise of the P&O ship Artemis, which will take place on July 17-August 5, visiting various ports in the Mediterranean area. Mr. Rudnytsky has done over 30 cruises for P&O as classical pianist on board.

Since the beginning of the year Mr. Rudnytsky has performed in several parts of the world. In late January he served for six days as artist-in-residence at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he played a recital, conducted a masterclass and coached individual piano students there.

In March he played in Britain, including a performance of the Shostakovich Concerto No. 2 in F with the Sussex Symphony in Brighton. He then traveled to Ukraine, where on March 17 he was a soloist in the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G minor with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Donetsk. At the end of the month he played a recital at Los Angeles City College.

Mr. Rudnytsky's most recent tour took place in early April, when he went to Alaska to play recitals in the towns of Petersburg, Haines and Valdez - all organized by the local arts councils.

Coming up later in the year will be his third tour of the Pacific islands of Micronesia (September), recitals in Poland and Lithuania (late October), recitals at the University of Utah and Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego, a recital in November in Dillingham, Alaska (November), and five recitals aboard P&O's ship Oceana on a Caribbean cruise from Barbados (December).

Mr. Rudnytsky has now performed in over 80 countries of the world. He has just completed his 34th year as a member of the music faculty of the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, where in 1990 he received a "Distinguished Professor Award" in recognition of his concert activities.

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