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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact
May 1, 2009 Sergey Vashchenko
Musical Connections Tel: 512-656-6865
balalaika@sbcglobal.net
The Master`s Music Concerts Series
CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE TOWN HALL –FEATURING MASTERS OF EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK
MUSIC AND TWO TIME GRAMMY CONTENDING WORLD MUSIC ARTIST ON
JUNE 13 2009
Musical Connections is pleased to presents a concert of traditional Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Bulgarian folk music.
This concert has been organized to help promote and preserve Eastern European folk music culture.
Alexander Eppler, cimbalom, is an eclectic musician of many talents. Trained in his native Bulgaria on the kaval, a type
of wooden flute, Mr. Eppler is also a conductor, composer, and instrument maker. He was trained by the late Romanian
cimbalom virtuoso, Toni Iordache. Mr. Eppler has made numerous symphony performances. His recordings are on the
Rounder label. Miamon Miller, violin, has almost forty years of experience as a professional musician and has made
numerous film and commercial sound tracks. Mr. Miller has degrees in composition and ethnomusicology from UCLA and
earned a Fulbright scholarship to study folk music in Romania. Mr. Miller is associated with several ensembles in California
and is both a soloist and composer. Vladimir Ivanov, bayan, is a recent émigré from Russia and an accomplished bayan
player. He was the musical director of several companies in his native Siberia. He has been featured on numerous radio
and television recordings in Russia and has participated in musical concerts in Spain and the Goodwill Games in Seattle.
Anatoliy Yegorov, bayan, a native of Russia, is an educator and soloist. He has lead national concert tours throughout
Russia, and has been the featured soloist in performances throughout Texas.
Sergey Vashchenko, balalaika, is a two time Grammy contending musician with his group “Kalinka”. A native of the
Ukraine, Mr. Vashchenko has made a name for himself in his current home of Austin, Texas, and has been dubbed, “The
Jimmy Hendriks of the balalaika”.
This project is funded and supported in part by Musical Connections, 4Culture of City of Seattle, King County Logging
tax, through the Cultural Affair and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation
deserves great art.
Concert time and location: Admission: Adults - $20
Town Hall Seattle Seniors and Students - $15
1119 8-th Ave., Seattle WA 98101 Children age 12 to 17 - $10
Date: Saturday, June 13 Children under 12 – FREE
Time: 7 – 9 PM
Ticket information: 206-652-4255 or www.usamusicalconnections.com
For more information, please see the website: www.townhallseattle.org
May 1, 2009 Sergey Vashchenko
Musical Connections Tel: 512-656-6865
balalaika@sbcglobal.net
The Master`s Music Concerts Series
CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE TOWN HALL –FEATURING MASTERS OF EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK
MUSIC AND TWO TIME GRAMMY CONTENDING WORLD MUSIC ARTIST ON
JUNE 13 2009
Musical Connections is pleased to presents a concert of traditional Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Bulgarian folk music.
This concert has been organized to help promote and preserve Eastern European folk music culture.
Alexander Eppler, cimbalom, is an eclectic musician of many talents. Trained in his native Bulgaria on the kaval, a type
of wooden flute, Mr. Eppler is also a conductor, composer, and instrument maker. He was trained by the late Romanian
cimbalom virtuoso, Toni Iordache. Mr. Eppler has made numerous symphony performances. His recordings are on the
Rounder label. Miamon Miller, violin, has almost forty years of experience as a professional musician and has made
numerous film and commercial sound tracks. Mr. Miller has degrees in composition and ethnomusicology from UCLA and
earned a Fulbright scholarship to study folk music in Romania. Mr. Miller is associated with several ensembles in California
and is both a soloist and composer. Vladimir Ivanov, bayan, is a recent émigré from Russia and an accomplished bayan
player. He was the musical director of several companies in his native Siberia. He has been featured on numerous radio
and television recordings in Russia and has participated in musical concerts in Spain and the Goodwill Games in Seattle.
Anatoliy Yegorov, bayan, a native of Russia, is an educator and soloist. He has lead national concert tours throughout
Russia, and has been the featured soloist in performances throughout Texas.
Sergey Vashchenko, balalaika, is a two time Grammy contending musician with his group “Kalinka”. A native of the
Ukraine, Mr. Vashchenko has made a name for himself in his current home of Austin, Texas, and has been dubbed, “The
Jimmy Hendriks of the balalaika”.
This project is funded and supported in part by Musical Connections, 4Culture of City of Seattle, King County Logging
tax, through the Cultural Affair and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation
deserves great art.
Concert time and location: Admission: Adults - $20
Town Hall Seattle Seniors and Students - $15
1119 8-th Ave., Seattle WA 98101 Children age 12 to 17 - $10
Date: Saturday, June 13 Children under 12 – FREE
Time: 7 – 9 PM
Ticket information: 206-652-4255 or www.usamusicalconnections.com
For more information, please see the website: www.townhallseattle.org