Start: October 16, 2024 7:30 p.m.
End: October 16, 2024 9 p.m.
Location: Sursa Performance Hall
About
Bulgarian-born pianist
Ilia Radoslavov's playing has been described as "superb in every way" (
American Record Guide) and he has been hailed as a performer who reaches "high levels of purity" and "exquisite, pure sound ... that leaves the audience breathless" (
The Beeld).
Throughout his career, Radoslavov has been welcomed warmly and with accolades by audiences and critics alike, while appearing in numerous solo and chamber performances in prestigious venues in the United States, Europe, and South Africa. Most notably, he has performed as soloist in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Seattle's Benaroya Hall, Pretoria's Brooklyn Theater, and the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Among his festival appearances are the Johannesburg's Olde'n'New Recital Series, March Days of Music in Ruse, Bulgaria, the Festival for Young European Talents in Potsdam, Germany, Illinois Chamber Music Festival, New Music Festival, Kirksville, Missouri, and the Fairbanks New Music Festival. An enthusiastic and dedicated collaborator, Radoslavov has performed with such prominent musicians as Metropolitan Opera flutist/piccoloist Stephanie Mortimore, Canadian Brass French horn player Bernard Scully, and most recently distinguished South African violinist Zanta Hofmeyr and renowned Bulgarian violinist Stoika Milanova. His performances have been broadcast on NPR WUOT, Knoxville, Tennessee, Classic FM Radio, Johannesburg, King FM Evergreen Channel, Seattle, WSIU TV 8, Illinois, and the Bulgarian National Radio.
In 2016, Radoslavov conceived and completed the ambitious project to perform the complete set of Beethoven's Sonatas for Piano and Violin with Zanta Hofmeyr, a prominent South African violinist, accompanied by a CD recording and a tour of South Africa. His most recent recordings with the Blue Griffin recording label include a solo CD of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Sergei Prokofiev's
Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet,
Op. 75, for which he received an Illinois Arts Council Grant, and a chamber music CD of three Bulgarian trios,
lrminden: 100 years of Bulgarian Piano Trios. Both projects were welcomed with high acclaim:
"A real imagination at work without distortion. ... It would be difficult to
recall a better way of spending 35 minutes than enjoying Radoslavov in his music."
American Record Guide
Program
Program to include music by Schumann, Ligeti, and Beethoven.
Download the program.
Free Admission
This event is free and open to the public.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. On weekdays, metered parking ($1/hr) is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free. This garage is free on weekends.