Overview
The eighteenth Russian Night will be held Sunday, February 16, 2025 in the Grand Hall of The Glendale Lyceum at 865 Congress Avenue, Glendale, OH 45246.
As always, the evening includes a gourmet Russian dinner in gorgeous surroundings, a live concert, as well as vodka tasting throughout the evening and a live auction!
The dinner and auction will be held in the beautiful Grand Hall. The vodka tasting, bar and hors d’oeuvre table happen around the Lyceum. The basket raffle and auction items are on display throughout the evening. The concert will be in the Grand Hall.
Proceeds from the wonderful evening benefit our parish in Loveland, Ohio. For more information contact Anya Marshall at cincyrsn@gmail.com or at 513-535-9873.
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Banquet Menu
Hors d’oeuvres
Smoked salmon spread on black bread with a sprig of dill
Grilled goat cheese, bacon and roasted tomato bite with black sea salt
Beet pickled deviled eggs
Soup
Creamy pumpkin soup
with Assorted Rolls and Sliced Dark Rye with Butter Rosettes
Salad
Salad “Oliv’ye” (diced winter vegetables with meat)
Choice of Entree
“Kurnik” – Tsar’s chicken pot pie
Beef tenderloin with mushroom stroganoff sauce
-served with mashed potatoes and grilled green beans
“Baltic Dream” baked Cod with olives and cherry tomatoes
-served with marbled roasted potatoes and grilled green beans
Sweet Potato Risotto stack with red pepper coulis sauce
Dessert
Russian Apple Cake – “Sharlotka”
– served with bourbon infused whipped cream and candied thyme
– Coffee & Tea Service
Auction
Live auctions are great fun!
And Penny Worley is the best auctioneer!
http://www.worleyauctioneers.com • (513) 310-2596
These are just a few of the great items in the live auction!
A Intimate Concert
This year we are delighted to feature the incredible violinist, Julia Sakharova.
Julia Sakharova, newly appointed Concertmaster of Orchestra Iowa, is an internationally established concert artist, known for her performances as soloist, orchestra performer, and chamber musician. She has been described by critics as projecting “incredible temperament, very fine sensitivity, and remarkable colors” and hailed for her “technically thrilling” and “powerful musical personality.” From 2012 to 2024 Ms. Sakharova was a member of the nationally recognized and critically acclaimed Arianna String Quartet and served on the music faculty at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Prior to that tenure, she was an Assistant Concertmaster with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Albany Symphony in New York.
At the age of eight, Ms. Sakharova made her solo orchestral debut with the Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra. She has since appeared on numerous stages including Alice Tully Hall, Steinway Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Library of Congress. She has performed in numerous festivals, recitals, tours, and competitions across her native Russia, Western and Southern Europe, Japan, South America, and the United States.
In 1999, after graduating from Moscow’s prestigious Central Special Music School under the renowned Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Ms. Sakharova moved to the U.S. to continue her education at Oberlin College, studying with Taras Gabora, Almita Vamos and Milan Vitek. A year later she made her West Coast solo debut at the Getty Center with composer and conductor John Williams and the Oberlin Orchestra. In 2006 she earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School studying with Donald Weilerstein. While at Juilliard, she made her New York City orchestral debut under the baton of Maestro Mark Stringer and the Juilliard Orchestra, as well as her chamber music debut at New York’s Alice Tully Hall. Subsequently, she received a certificate for orchestral performance from the Manhattan School of Music studying with Glenn Dicterow and Lisa Kim of the New York Philharmonic.
In addition to the Arianna String Quartet’s entire Beethoven Cycle on Centaur label, Ms. Sakharova was featured on Rachmaninoff’s Elegiaque Piano Trios (Tavros Records) and on the recent 2014 release of Sean Hickey’s Cursive – Piano and Chamber Works (Delos). Mr. Hickey dedicated Ampersand, a work for violin and piano, to Ms. Sakharova, which she debuted at a 2006 Steinway Hall recital. A variety of other performances have also been featured in radio broadcasts on WQXR’s “Young Artists Showcase,” KMZT’s “Sundays Live”, Cleveland’s WCLV, and on St. Louis’ KWMU. Ms. Sakharova’s film score credits include Mimzy, The Perfect Stranger, and The Brave One.
Her competition credits include first prize at the International Competition for the Music of Eastern & Central Europe, Top Prize at the Olga Koussevitzky Competition for Strings, a top prize at the Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition, and the first prize of the 2001 Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition.
Ms. Sakharova has performed at festivals including the Music Academy of the West, Festival International de Colmar, the Verbier Festival & Academy, Keshet Eilon Violin Mastercourse, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Ms. Sakharova has been a dedicated educator conducting masterclasses at the University of Iowa School of Music, Alabama School of Fine Arts, and Birmingham Southwestern College. She has also taught and appeared on stage at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Music Mountain Chamber Series, Madeline Island Music Camp and the Femusc Festival in Brazil. Her residencies include the Peabody Conservatory, Oberlin College, Northern Illinois University, and Northwestern University. She is the recipient of the 2017 Artist Teacher Award from the American String Teachers Association. Since 2022 Ms. Sakharova has been a regular guest at the International Glezarova Music Festival in Moscow and conducted online violin masterclasses.
Dr. Jennifer Judd, Accompanist
Dr. Jennifer Judd is an accomplished solo recitalist and chamber musician. She is also in frequent demand as a clinician and adjudicator across the country. Dr. Judd is Professor of Music at East Central College. During her tenure at the ECC, she has given more than 400 performances in concert halls, area schools and the community. She has appeared as soloist with St. Louis Wind Symphony, University City Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra, University of Missouri-Kansas City Orchestra, St. Louis Brass Band, Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra, Clayton Symphony Orchestra, and ECC Wind Ensemble. Dr. Judd has been regularly featured in the Christ Church Cathedral Concert Series and the “Sunday at Three” Chamber Music Series for more than a decade. In 1997, Dr. Judd and Annette Burkhart, a piano faculty member from Washington University, formed a piano duo team and have performed in various concert series and university campuses throughout the Midwest. Dr. Judd has performed in Italy, Spain, Philippines, Taiwan, Sweden, and a series of concerts in China. Dr. Judd was awarded the Permanent Professional Certificate by the Music Teachers National Association. Many of her piano students have won top awards in state and national competitions. Several of her articles were published in the “Keyboard Companion.” Dr. Judd is the recipient of 2012 Governor’s Excellence in Teaching Award and 2013 Emerson’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Judd holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Curators’ Professor Joanne Baker.
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