Kieran Wells/Wells Pianos hosted & sponsored the Chopin Celebration Concerts! Thank You Kieran!! The performers, a combination of adult professionals and young gifted pianists put on an incredible and sublime concert. Here is a link to a video of Emma Taggart, ten years old, performing at the 2012 Chopin Celebration Concerts.

Chopin Concerts – Twin Cities Polish Festival

(Sponsored by Wells Pianos – Kieran Wells Concert Master)
Two Chopin Celebration concerts to be performed at the 2012 Twin Cities Polish Festival. The concerts showcase young Minnesota talent and local professionals performing the works of Chopin and other Polish composers. The concerts are sponsored by Wells Pianos and hosted by Kieran Wells. Concert-goers will have the pleasure of hearing these gifted performers display their artistry on a high performance piano provided by Wells Pianos. Performances will be held in the quiet, air-conditioned comfort of the Stone Arch Cinema at St. Anthony Main. Some of the featured pianists include: Reid Smith, William Yang, Anna-Keiserman and Denis Evstuhin.

• Anna Keiserman: Anna Keiserman was born in Ekaterinburg, Russia and began her piano studies at the age of five at the Volgograd Music School. At the age of fifteen, she made her debut with the Volgograd Symphony National Orchestra. She continued her professional education at Volgograd Serebriakov College in 1997. Ms. Keiserman is a prize-winner at several national and international competitions, including the National Chamber music competition (Volgograd, 2001), the International Piano Competition of Young Musicians (Volgograd, 2002), and the International Piano Competition (Saratov, 1999). Last year, she was a semifinalist at the International Russian Music Competition in San Jose. Anna holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, where she studied with Prof. Vladimir Tropp. During her studies, she participated in numerous concerts at the Gnessin Academy, performing as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. In 2011, Anna was invited to study at the University of Minnesota School of Music with Professor Alexander Braginsky. From 2004-2009, she worked as an accompanist at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts on the faculty of Musical Theatre and Opera. There she acquired experience in accompanying vocalists and vocal ensembles with a substantial repertoire of styles—from baroque to contemporary. During her education in Moscow, Ms. Keiserman also taught as an assistant of Professor Tropp and worked at the Nikolai Petrov Music School. She has toured as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles throughout Russia and Italy. Anna has participated in numerous festivals including the International Keyboard Institute & Festival (New York, 2008-2010).
• Denis Evstuhin: Hailed as “one of the finest pianists in the young generation,” Russian pianist Denis Evstuhin has performed in major cities and venues throughout Germany, Austria, Spain, Russia, France, Switzerland, Finland, Poland, Estonia, and USA. Mr. Evstuhin has been presented on stages of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Great Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff Halls in Moscow, Mariinsky Theater and the Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg as well as the Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, among others.

Here is a look at the Chopin Concert schedule for the 2012 Twin Cities Polish Festival:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11:

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12:

For more information and bios on some of the pianists performing at the 2012 Chopin Celebration Concerts, visit the Wells Piano web site at www.wellspianos.com/.

To learn more about the Stone Arch Cinema at St. Anthony Main, visit their web site at http://www.stanthonymaintheatre.com/.