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Victoria Schwartzman, Piano
Victoria Schwartzman is a classical pianist currently based in New York City. An avid solo and chamber music performer, she regularly appears on stage throughout the United States and abroad. Deeply committed to music education, she is the co-founder of the Newburgh Music Festival, a week-long immersive classical music program devoted to solo performance and chamber music. She is on the faculty at Montclair State University as a Vocal Coach and on the piano faculty at Bard College Conservatory Preparatory Division.
Ilya Silchukou, Baritone
March 22, 2026, 4:30pm
A vivid exploration of baritone and piano repertoire - from Beethoven to Rachmaninov - featuring the commanding artistry of Ilya Silchukou.
Belarusian baritone Ilya Silchukou is an internationally sought-after performer whose compelling Kavalier baritone voice and dramatic interpretations have led him to world's most important operatic stages. Born in Minsk, Ilya Silchukou graduated from Belarus State Academy of Music before joining the ensemble of Belarus State Opera Bolshoi in 2005. In 2021 he left Belarus with his family and relocated to United States. In 2022 his story spread widely with The Boston Globe, Associated Press, South China Morning Post and The Washington Post articles.
Ilya enjoys his career at the world's finest opera houses, including legendary Teatro Alla Scala Milan, where he made his debut as Vodnik (c.) and Jäger in Dvorak’s Rusalka in June 2023. His future engagements include a return to Seattle as Samuel (Pirates of Penzance), Shepherd(Daphne) and Morales(Carmen). In Season 2024/2025 Ilya debuted as Sciarrone (Tosca) at Seattle Opera and Escamillo (La Tragédie de Carmen) at Boston Opera Collaborative.
Ilya's performances include:
Dandini (La Cenerentola) and Prince Yeletzky (The Queen of Spades) at Opera Sofia , Dandini (La Cenerentola) at Opéra national de Montpellier, Dunois (The Maid of Orleans) at Scottish Opera Glasgow (Cov.19) , Belcore (L’Elisir d'Amore) at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Eugene Onegin at Teatr Wielki Warsaw and Belarus State Opera Bolshoi, Robert (Iolanta) at Brucknerfest Linz, Opéra de Rennes, Théâtre Graslin Nantes and Grand Théâtre Angers, Valentine (Faust) at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisboa (Cov.19), Israeli Opera Tel Aviv and Slovak National Opera Bratislava, Michele (Il Tabarro) and Geliebte von Gestern (Royal Palace) in Opéra national de Montpellier, Giorgio Germont (La Traviata) at Armenian National Philharmonic Yerevan, Music Theater Kaunas ,Theatre Vanemuine Tartu, Birgitta Opera Festival Tallinn, Pärnu International Opera Music Festival, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz, Estonian National Opera Tallinn, Narodni Divadlo Brno, Maria Bieśu International Opera Festival Chisinau, Music Theater Kaunas and Opera Podlaska Białystok, Duke (La Troika:The Miserly Knight) at Royal Opera La Monnaie Bruxelles, Athanaël (Thaïs) at Pärnu International Opera Music Festival in Tallinn and Pärnu, Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Miller (Luisa Miller) and Albert (Werther) at Teatro Lirico Verdi di Trieste, Schaklowity (Khovanshchina) at Frankfurt Oper, Silvio (Gli Pagliacci), Marcello (La Boheme), Mizgir' (Snow Maid) and Korolevich (Kashchey the Immortal ) at Belarus State Opera Bolshoi Minsk .
Ilya’s concert repertoire includes among others his signature baritone solo in Orff’s Carmina Burana and Mahler’s Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Graun's Der Tod Jesu, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Fauré's Requiem, Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue, Tchaikovsky’s Moscow and Rachmaninoff’s The Spring. Performances include Elena Obraztsova Ball at Moscow Opera Bolshoi, Musikerlebnis Fest and Radeberger Fest in München, Brucknerfest Linz, Birgitta Festival Tallinn, Pärnu Opera Festival, Maria Biesu Opera Festival Chisinau a.o.
In 2011 he took part in the prestigious Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival.
Ilya Silchukou became a prizewinner of more than 15 international singing competitions, including H.G.Belvedere Competition in Vienna, CLIP in Portofino and Elena Obraztsova Grand Opera Show at Russia Culture TV with an audience of over 20 million.
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Saturday, June 13, 2026 - 7:30pm
Let Oskar Espina Ruiz take you on a clarinet journey, where precision meets passion and notes become stories.
Oskar Espina Ruiz has emerged as one of the leading clarinetists of his generation, praised as a concerto soloist at the Casals Festival for his “masterful virtuosity” (El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico), and admired for his “rhapsodic ease” and “generous, tender warmth” (The Millbrook Independent) in chamber music collaborations with the top string quartets and piano trios of our time.
He has performed at major concert halls and festivals to high critical acclaim, including recitals in New York City, Washington DC, Moscow, Madrid, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. He has appeared as soloist with the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony (Russia), St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic (Russia), Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (Casals Festival, Puerto Rico), Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción (Paraguay) and Bilbao Symphony (Spain).
His 2025-2026 season opened with two concerts with the Grammy Award winning Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Clarinet Quintets by Mozart and Gutiérrez Heras), followed by season performances with the Ulysses, Terra and Cassatt String Quartets, a recital with pianist Victoria Schwartzman, as well as chamber music concerts with UNCSA faculty colleagues.
Highlights of the past two seasons include his Casals Festival debut as soloist with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Alfonso Fuentes’ Clarinet Concerto; a Music Mountain performance of the complete Brahms Clarinet Sonatas with pianist Misha Dichter; as well as his new recital program, Brilliant American Women Composers of Our Time, with works by Teresa Carreño, Amy Beach, Gabriela Lena Frank, Eleanor Alberga, Jessie Montgomery, Joan Tower, Jennifer Higdon, and Claudia Montero.
Oskar Espina Ruiz holds an MFA from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, and a DMA from Stony Brook University, where his major teachers were Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima. While at the European Mozart Academy, flutist Aurèle Nicolet was one of his coaches and mentors. From 2009 to 2011 he was on the clarinet faculty at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, in San Juan, PR, and since 2011 is clarinet artist-faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, currently serving as associate professor.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Newton Highlands Congregational, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton, United States
USD 50.00
