THE DYNAMIC
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
THE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD
ODYSSIAD® & FESTIVAL, U.S.A.
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December 2020
Opus 1, No. 4
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MISSION
Dedicated to promoting new generations
of young keyboard artists through an internationally linked competition and festival.
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ANNOUNCING IKOF 2021 GUEST ARTISTS
The excitement of live performance is once again within our reach as we celebrate IKOF's 10th anniversary season (July 26-31, 2021) with six days and nights of live concerts featuring world-renowned pianists. 2021 Guest Artists include Antonio Pompa-Baldi (July 27); Valery Kuleshov (July 28); Eva Gevorgyan & Tetiana Shafran (July 29); Zlata Chochieva (July 30); & Kemal Gekic (July 31). Stay tuned for information regarding ticket sales. www.odyssiad.com
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BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
BRYAN WALLICK
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The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance piano technician, Justin Holcomb, prepares the instrument for Wallick's recording session at the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University. |
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IKOF board member Bryan Wallick was appointed assistant professor of piano at Colorado State University in 2019 and performed as a featured Guest Artist during last summer's Odyssiad® Festival.
Prior to arriving in Colorado, Wallick lived in South Africa for 15 years where he established himself as a performer and an educator while also taking the reigns of the prestigious Schalk Visser Concert Agency and formed Bryan Wallick Concert Promotions. He continues to manage the agency while residing in the United States.
Wallick was recently featured on the podcast Kreative by Konstantin, where pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski has informal chats with leading artists who give valuable advice, entertaining anecdotes, and candid thoughts on life in music.
In the interview, Wallick talks about wearing multiple hats: performer and a business owner, concert promoter and educator. He shares amazing advice on efficient practicing, memorizing, preparing for performances with orchestras, and chamber music.
During the pandemic, Wallick has spent time recording on the new Steinway at the University Center for the Arts. Look for the coming releases on his YouTube channel.
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Andre Short (BM, CSU), IKOF Silver Medalist (2012), and IKOF intern was accepted to the Royal College of Music in London for his DMA to continue research on 19th century women composers in music. He and his wife, Simone, have been living in Italy for the last three years where he completed his MM degree in Piano Performance from the Conservatory of Music in Perugia, Italy.
Andre & Simone Short
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Eris Gu (BM, CSU) and IKOF intern has been accepted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in Shanghai, China for her MM degree in Music Education/Piano.
Eris Gu and Dr. Janet Landreth
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Sicong (Frank) Zhou (BM, CSU) and IKOF Silver Medalist (2017) is finishing up his MM degree in Piano Performance with a 4.0 GPA at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati where he has been studying for the last two years on full scholarship.
Sicong (Frank) Zhou
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A MUSICAL ODYSSEY
Up Next - Kemal Gekic
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Croatian pianist Kemal Gekic, Artist in Residence at Florida International University and frequent IKOF Guest Artist, performs in IKOF's new video series, A Musical Odyssey.
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Our new project, A Musical Odyssey, aims to maintain the Odyssiad® Festival's presence this year with a series of informal videos produced by previous IKOF guest artists and Odyssiad® winners from 2012 — when IKOF was founded — to 2021 when we celebrate our tenth anniversary. Many thanks to our artists in the IKOF family who contributed voluntarily to this project from their homes and studios around the world, some with their pets or family members, some serious, some hilarious, all welcome and entertaining.
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A Musical Odyssey presents these informal videos approximately every two weeks throughout the year for your enjoyment in viewing our artists in an informal and more personal way. Videos are being shared via email and on our website.
This week we present Kemal Gekic, Artist in Residence at Florida International University and frequent IKOF Guest Artist.
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Fort Collins Health and Wellness Community Orchestra Performance Cancelled
Unfortunately, the March 7, 2021 performance of the Fort Collins Health and Wellness Community Orchestra (Leslie Stewart conducting) featuring Jessica Zhang, 2019 Odyssiad® winner of the Single-Movement Concerto Division, has been cancelled. We look forward to welcoming Jessica back to Fort Collins to perform with the orchestra in the very near future.
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Happy Holidays!
These cute holiday ornaments made from piano hammers and whippens were mailed and hand-delivered to IKOF donors in appreciation for their continued support!
Be on the Lookout!
Coming soon! IKOF Masks
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Correction: In our last newsletter we reported that Zlata Chochieva had moved from Russia to Berlin. We goofed! Zlata moved to Berlin, Germany from Salzburg, Austria.
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THANK YOU to all who donated to IKOF on Colorado Gives Day! IKOF relies on the generosity of music lovers like you to continue its important artistic and educational mission and our community outreach program, IKOF in the Community. Your generous gift will immediately be put to work to finance further development of this annual event.
It's easy to donate! Donate directly on our website or shop at smile.amazon.com on behalf of the International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
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