Toros Can - Matvey Lapin - Anastasia Antonacos
Toros Can
The winner of the 3rd Orléans International 20th Century Piano Competition in France, Toros Can has won Diapason d'Or, Repertoire 10, Observateur 3, Diapason 5, and Coup de Cœur with his recordings of complete etudes by György Ligeti (ED 13125) in 2000 and Paul Hindemith's works (ED 13135) in 2001 with L'Empreinte Digitale / Harmonia Mundi.
Can has extensively performed in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria, London, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA. Radio de France, Turkish-Radio-Television and BBC-3 have broadcast his appearances live. BBC's broadcast included the UK premier of "Pensees", a requiem by York Höller for midi-piano, large orchestra and electronics.
Can has been invited to perform at the Münster Music Festival, Saint-Riquier Festival, 30th International Istanbul Music Festival, Yapy´ Kredi Arts Festival, St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Holland Music Sessions, Cite de la Musique-Paris, George Enescu Concert Athenaeum, Salle Cortot, Theater aan het Vrijhof-Amsterdam, FNAC Etoile, and La Roque d'Anthéron Piano Festival. His concerto appearances include the Orléans Symphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music Orchestra, Ankara State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul Symphony Orchestra, University of Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra.
Can began his musical training at the State Conservatory in Ankara. After receiving a British Council Fellowship, he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in London for three years. Before entering the Doctorate of Musical Arts Program at University of Arizona, Can received an Artist Certificate from the Meadows School of the Arts of Southern Methodist University and Master of Music degree at Yale University. His teachers include Tedd Joselson, Peter Katin, Peter Frankl, Joaquín Achúcarro, Edwin Roxburgh and Nicholas Zumbro. Can performed in the Masterclasses of Alexander Jenner, Jan Wijn, György Sándor, Boris Berman and Claud Frank.
He won the "Federation of Turkish American Associations Award" in New York, "Sema Yazar Youth Foundation Award" in Turkey, the "Constant and Kit Lambert Prize," the "Phyllis Wright Piano Prize," the "Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Prize," the "Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust Award" in London, "Joel Estes Tate Piano Award" at Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, "Green Valley Piano Competition" in Arizona and the "Charles S. Miller Prize" at Yale University. He was a second prizewinner of "Scarlatti", "Quilter" and "John & Jean Redcliffe Maud" competitions in London.
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Matvey Lapin
Violinist Matvey Lapin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1969. At the age of 6, he received his first violin lessons from Elena Zaitzeva. By the time he was 12 years old, he had already given his first public performance in the St. Petersburg Cappella Hall.
In 1982, Matvey won first prize at the All-National Technique Competition. Then in 1984, he entered the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory where he graduated (summa cum laude in 1990. From 1991-1996, he studied privately with Antonina Kasarina at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, where he is currently completing his doctorate degree.
From 1991- 2001, Matvey was a member of the St. Petersburg Camerata, the official orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum, where from 1995 to present, he also served as concertmaster. With the Camerata, he performed in many prestigious concert halls in Europe, Japan and Korea, often as a soloist.
In 1995, Matvey won third price at the International Competition (Locatelli Concourse in Amsterdam, and in 1996 he was awarded a grant from the Gartov Foundation, which allowed him to study at the Niedersachsen Summer Academy and tour Germany as a member of a St. Petersburg Conservatory Trio.
From 1995-2000, he studied with several renowned violin teachers in Europe including Maria Leonhart, Viktor Liberman, Eberhard Feltz, Tomas Brandis, Jacques Gesthem and Herman Krebbers. Matvey also attended the Holland Music Sessions.
Since then, Matvey has performed regularly with groups such as eNsemble (representing the St. Petersburg Foundation for Art and Culture), the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, and Laterna Magica, a renowned early music ensemble. In 1992 he created his own ensemble (Glissando with Kirov Opera orchestra soloist and harpist Olga Shevelevich.
Matvey Lapin is a founding member and first violinist of the Academia String Quartet.
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Anastasia Antonacos
Antonacos is a doctoral candidate in piano and an associate instructor at Indiana University, where she also earned a Master's degree. Major teachers include Leonard Hokanson at Indiana, and Laura Kargul and Robert Glover at USM. This July she completed the Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven Course in Positano, Italy.
She has won First Place at the International Young Artists Music Competition in Bulgaria, Bay Chamber Concerts Auditions (Berliawsky, Bixler, and Picker Prizes), the USM Concerto Competition, the Rossini Club's Emily K. Rand Scholarship Competition, the Pine Tree State Competition, and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra High School Concerto Competition.
She was a prizewinner in the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale and Rossini Club Priscilla Morneault Competitions and a finalist in the Portland Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition. She has attended the Holland Music Sessions, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts' Next Generation, and the Foundation for Artistic and Musical Excellence festival in Princeton, New Jersey.
She has played on Capitol Hill, where she testified for funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Alkmaar Conservatory in Holland, Mirror and Dobrich Halls in Bulgaria, and various locations throughout New England. She has made appearances with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, and the USM Chamber Orchestra.
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Toros Can
Matvey Lapin
Anastasia Antonacos
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