The Artist Series of Tallahassee presents outstanding musical artists each season in Tallahassee. Our goal is to share excellent classical chamber music with everyone. Guest artists include eminent string quartets, master pianists, great string recitalists, woodwind artists, early music, new music, guitarists and special programming.
Opus 76 Quartet appears by arrangement with General Arts Touring – Meet the Artist Chat following the Concert
PROGRAM
4 PM, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1700 N. Meridian Rd.
Trio d’Anches appears by arrangement with General Arts Touring – Meet the Artist Chat following the Concert
Pianist Ilya Yakushev, with many awards and honors to his credit, continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents. Winner of the 2005 World Piano Competition, which took place in Cincinnati, OH, Ilya received his first award at age 12 as a prizewinner of the Young Artists Concerto Competition in his native St. Petersburg. In 1997, he received the Mayor of St. Petersburg’s Young Talents award, and in both 1997 and 1998, he won First Prize at the Donostia Hiria International Piano Competition in San Sebastián, Spain. Ilya was a recipient of the prestigious Gawon International Music Society Award in Seoul, Korea.
Ilya has performed in venues worldwide, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York), Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), Sejong Performing Arts Center (Seoul, Korea), Great Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg), and Victoria Hall (Singapore). His performances with orchestras include those with the San Francisco Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra, Boston Pops, Rochester Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and many others. He has performed with members of the renowned St. Lawrence String Quartet and has an active duo with cellist Thomas Mesa, performing for The Artist Series patrons in 2023.
He studied with legendary pianist Vladimir Feltsman at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. Ilya is a Yamaha artist.
Ilya Yakushev appears by arrangement with Lisa Sapinkopf Artists. – Meet the Artist Chat following the Concer
Violinist Suliman Tekalli has established his voice as an exciting and versatile concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. As the top-prize winner of the Seoul International Music Competition and prize winner in the Sendai International Music Competition, the International Violin Competition “Rodolfo Lipizer Prize”, and the Henryk Szeryng International Competition, Suliman has performed throughout the US, Canada, Central America, Europe, and Asia, appearing on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Wigmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center, among others. His performances have been broadcast in Korea, in Canada, and on NPR in the US.
As a composer, arranger, and performer, Suliman has transcribed and orchestrated classical and contemporary works for groups such as the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst String Quartet, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and Sejong. In 2013, he gave the world premiere of his composition “Mephistoccata,” from his solo violin suite Fables, at the Montreal International Music Competition.
As a chamber musician, Jamila Tekalli has performed with members of the National Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera, Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Orlando Philharmonic on stage at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Arsht Center, and the New World Center. Duo performances with her brother and violinist, Suliman Tekalli, took her throughout Libya in 2010 as an American Cultural Ambassador, promoting musical and cultural exchange through the US Embassy. The two have also performed on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago), for the Concert Artist Guild (New York), and with the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra (Mexico). Jamila has performed in residence at the Banff Centre, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Keyboard Institute at Mannes, and Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute.
Jamila holds degrees from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, the University of Miami, and the University of Central Florida, studying with notable pedagogues Evelyne Brancart, Arnaldo Cohen, Laurent Boukobza, and Tian Ying. As an educator, she serves on the piano faculty at Levine Music in Washington D.C.
Tekalli Duo appears by arrangement with General Arts Touring – Meet the Artist Chat following the Concert
4 PM, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1700 N. Meridian Rd.
Guitarist Paul Galbraith is internationally renowned as one of the foremost guitarists of our time. The searching depth of his interpretations, along with his revolutionary playing style and instrument, have made him an instantly recognizable figure in the world of classical music.
Galbraith was named as the 2024 recipient of the Guitar Foundation of America’s Hall of Fame Artistic Achievement Award for “Monumental Contributions to the Development of the Art and Life of the Classical Guitar,” an extraordinary honor that places him alongside Segovia, Julian Bream, and John Williams. Galbraith’s recording of the Complete Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas was nominated for a GRAMMY in the category of Best Solo Instrumental Album.
Both Galbraith’s playing position and his guitar’s extraordinary design are considered groundbreaking developments in the history of the instrument. The guitar is supported by a metal endpin, similar to that of a cello, which rests on a wooden resonance box. The instrument has two extra strings, one high, one low, increasing its range to an unprecedented extent.
At the age of 17, Galbraith won the Silver Medal at the Segovia International Guitar Competition. Paul was born in Scotland and now resides in Cambridge, England. Galbraith has lived in Basel, Switzerland and São Paulo, Brazil, where he founded the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. He has been a professor at the Music Academy of Basel, the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, Columbus State University in Georgia, and the University of Colorado School of Music, where he taught virtually.
Paul delighted audiences during The Artist Series’ virtual concert season in 2020. We are so glad that he has returned to play for us live!
Paul Galbraith appears by arrangement with Lisa Sapinkopf Artists – Meet the Artist Chat following the Concert
