Taisiya Losmakova, Andrey Tchekmazov, & Jonathan DePeri: Mendelssohn & Brahms Trios

7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
8 PM Performance
9:45 PM Post-Reception

Taisiya Losmakova, Andrey Tchekmazov, & Jonathan DePeri: Mendelssohn & Brahms Trios

Gotham Arts in collaboration with Groupmuse is delighted to present an intimate private chamber music performance by violinist Taisiya Losmakova, cellist Andrey Tchekmazov, and pianist Jonathan DePeri featuring celebrated trios by Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Program

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 49

Intermission

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

About the Artists

About Andrey Tchekmazov

Hailed by critics as an “extraordinary musician” (Washington Post), cellist Andrey Tchekmazov is known for his versatility as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.

Mr. Tchekmazov was the Grand Prize winner of the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition and the Premio Trio di Trieste and has performed extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, Russia and Asia, appearing at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Osaka Symphony Hall in Japan, New York's Alice Tully Hall, Brazil's Sala Cecilia Mereles, Sala Sao Paulo and Teatro Alfa with orchestras such as the São Paolo Symphony, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Brazil National Symphony, the Kiev Philharmonic and the Teatro Alfa Symphony. He has also been a top prizewinner at the Koussevitzky Cello Competition in New York, the Schadt Competition, Artists International, Premio della Critica in Trieste and the Russian Kobalevsky Competition.

Ever since his critically acclaimed debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Tchekmazov has enjoyed an active career as recitalist and chamber musician, performing at such renowned venues as Zankel Hall, the Caramoor Music Center, Barge Music, the Rhode Island Chamber Music Series, Bar Harbor Festival, Merkin Concert Hall in New York City and Hampden Sydney, where he was invited to perform by the members of The Emerson String Quartet.

As a performer with the Jupiter Chamber Players in New York and at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C, Mr. Tchekmazov "impressed his audiences with a big, warm tone and Russian brand of virtuosity” (The Strad) by introducing them to rarely-performed jewels of classical music alongside the works of great masters.

He has premiered works and worked closely with contemporary composers such as Alfred Schnittke, Lukas Foss, George Warren, Ira Cremer and Ralf Ytrehus and has recently recorded the Cello Sonata by David Winkler and “Byzantine Chants, The Sacred Concerto for Solo Cello,” by Margarita Zelenaia, both which were written and dedicated to him. He has also participated in ambitious, unique projects such as performing Dmitri Shostakovich’s entire chamber music repertoire for cello at the Phillips Collection.

An active educator, Andrey Tchekmazov has been a faculty member at the Rio de Janeiro Cello Encounter, the Lakewood Festival, Russish Abend Festival in Germany, He has also performed at Westminster College and Brown, Bowdoin, Seton Hall and Princeton Universities. As an orchestral musician, Mr. Tchekmazov was appointed principal cellist of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the São Paulo Symphony. His performances have been featured on WQXR, WGBH, NPR and other TV and radio stations across Eastern and Western Europe and South America.

Born into a family of professional pianists, Mr. Tchekmazov studied piano and later cello at the Gnessin Specialized Music School in Moscow. He continued his education at the Moscow State Conservatory with Mstislav Rostropovich’s protégé Nataliya Shakhovskaya, and after he immigrated to the USA at the Juilliard School as a Leonard Rose scholarship student of Harvey Shapiro. He worked closely with members of the Juilliard and Guarneri String Quartets. Mr. Tchekmazov has made several recordings including recent releases on NAXOS and Da Vinci Classics recording labels.

Mr. Tchekmazov was on the faculty of The University of St. Thomas, MN, and Illinois Wesleyan University, IL.

About Taisiya Losmakova

Born in Brest, Belarus into a family of musicians, Taisiya started playing the violin at the age of 4. In 2010, she entered the Republican Gymnasium-College at the Belarusian State Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professor Eduard Kuchinsky. During this time, Taisiya became a laureate of international and national competitions and performed as a soloist with the Belarusian State Philharmonic, playing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1. She also performed with chamber orchestras in Qatar, Germany, and Belgium, and at the Musica Mundi festival, where she played alongside eminent musicians such as Maxim Vengerov and Misha Maisky.

From 2014 to 2019, Taisiya continued her education at the Belarusian State Academy of Music with Professor Regina Krivel, serving as Principal Second Violin of the Chamber Orchestra of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. In 2016, she won a position in the ensemble of soloists "Classic-Avantgarde" of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society under the direction of Vladimir Baidov.
In 2019, Taisiya joined the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, was appointed Concertmaster in 2020, and held this position until her move to the USA in 2021. She recorded solos for CDs of Belarusian artists and actively participated in the Tritformat Theater project as a solo violinist. Over the past several years, Taisiya has gained extensive concert experience in various genres, including classical music, chamber music, pop music, rock music, jazz, and theater music.

At the end of 2021, Taisiya moved to the USA to start the next chapter of her musical journey and was accepted into the international class of Professor Eduard Schmieder at Temple University, Philadelphia, where she received her MM in Performance in 2024.

Taisiya collaborates with esteemed ensembles and orchestras like the Manhattan Opera Studio, New Amsterdam Opera in NY, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, and Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, she has captivated audiences with the Collegium Musicum Orchestra in New Jersey. She has performed on major concert stages such as Lincoln Center and the Kimmel Center, and has given solo recitals in various states, including New York, Michigan, and New Hampshire. Additionally, she was featured on the impressive album "Frozen Reflections" by Nina Siniakova.

About Jonathan DePeri

Jonathan DePeri founded Gotham Arts in 2014 to promote and present classical music artists through recitals in intimate and convivial settings, providing a stage for music and artistry that might otherwise not be heard in NYC. A classically trained pianist, organist, and violinist, Jonathan concertizes with a variety of vocal and instrumental collaborators, in particular focus on the German and Russian art song repertoire, folk music including especially African-American spirituals, and chamber music. In 2018 he was named Honorary Assistant Organist at St. John’s in the Village for his ongoing contributions as organist to both concert and liturgical musical programming.

What's the music?

Jonathan DePeri

Taisiya Losmakova Violin

Andrey Tchekmazov Cello

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