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Dances for Freedom

Concordia University
Zhang Orchestra Hall 1530 Concordia West Irvine, CA 92612

This piano recital will feature the world premiere of the new piece Arfaria (just finished this week) by Ukrainian composer Zoltan Almashi, pieces about Ukraine, dances including tangos, waltzes, and rags, and pieces about soccer. Composers include Myroslav Skoryk, Eloisa D'Herbil de Silva, Astor Piazzolla, Yuri Ishchenko, Gregory Brown, Scott Joplin, Scott Wheeler, Evgeni Orkin, Paul Chihara, Lewis Spratlan, Zoltan Almashi, Christopher Cerrone, Harold Meltzer, and Tom Flaherty.

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Recital at New Music Gathering

Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201

A 60 Minute Recital featuring selections from my soccer-inspired program of commissioned piano pieces. Also, a speaker on a panel with composer Alex Temple and a performer with composer Olivia Kiefer. Three total presentations.

Recitals and Panel Dates and Times TBA. New Music Gathering Conference is on June 22, 23, and 24, 2023 at Portland State University.

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Lewis Spratlan's Memorial

Amherst College
Grace Episcopal Church 14 Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002

I will be flying to Massachusetts in early May to perform Lewis Spratlan's 6 Rags at Lew's Memorial Service at Amherst College and to pay respect and say goodbye to my dear friend and close collaborator.

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CPP Piano Ensemble at ELAC

East Los Angeles College
Music Department, S2 Recital Hall 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA 91754

Dr. Nadia Shpachenko, director

Performances by Nadia Shpachenko and 16 piano students, featuring works by Ukrainian and American composers

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Armando Bayolo's "Childhood"

Claremont Graduate University
251 East 10th Street
Claremont, CA 91711

Performance of Armando Bayolo's Childhood: Seven Scenes after Robert Schumann for piano four-hands with my piano student Michael Jung for his last Doctoral recital at Claremont Graduate University. 

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CPP Collaborative Piano Ensemble Concert

Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall
3801 West Temple Ave., Bldg. 24
Pomona, CA 91768

Dr. Nadia Shpachenko, director

Performances by Nadia Shpachenko and 16 piano students, featuring works by Ukrainian and American composers

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Recital on San Bernardino Symphony Series

Sturges Center for the Fine Arts
780 North E Street
San Bernardino, CA 92410

GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Nadia Shpachenko's performance showcases a hugely dramatic range delivered with remarkably expressive precision. Nadia curates a program featuring transformative dances, including rags and tangos, as well as pieces connected to the war in Ukraine. She will perform solo piano works by Scott Joplin, Dana Kaufman (a world premiere), Evgeni Orkin (a world premiere), Myroslav Skoryk, and Lewis Spratlan, a duet by Astor Piazzolla (3 Tangos), performed with SBSO conductor Anthony Parnther on bassoon, and a stunning new chamber work Invasion by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Lewis Spratlan, for solo piano and SBSO's principal players, conducted by Anthony Parnther.

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Dances for Freedom

Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768

Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Iris Shiotsuki, piano
Pat Posey, tubax (a modified contrabass saxophone developed in 1999 by Benedikt Eppelsheim)

Performing works by J. S. Bach, Paul Bonneau, Cécile Chaminade, Ignaz Friedman, Philip Glass, Scott Joplin, Lewis Spratlan, Evgeni Orkin, Astor Piazzolla, Myroslav Skoryk, Dana Kaufman, and Shelley Washington

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Phillip Clarke Memorial Concert

Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall
3801 West Temple Ave., Bldg. 24
Pomona, CA 91768

Performances by Nadia Shpachenko and 15 Cal Poly Pomona piano students, featuring works by Ukrainian and American composers

With artists Iris Shiotsuki, Andy Langham, Tom Luer, and Mamoji Trio

Premieres by Zoltan Almashi, Eugene Astapov, Evgeni Orkin, and Madelyne Byrne.

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Recital and Workshop at UNLV

University of Nevada Las Vegas
Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Hall 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154

Performances by Nadia Shpachenko and the Cal Poly Pomona Piano Ensemble, featuring works by Ukrainian and American composers, with guest artist Iris Shiotsuki.

Works by Zoltan Almashi, Eugene Astapov, Evgeni Orkin, Mykola Lysenko, Madelyne Byrne, Samara Rice, and Lewis Spratlan.