

Ilya Yakushev-Pianist
Mr. Yakushev has numerous awards and honors to his credit. At
age 12, he was a prizewinner in the St. Petersburg Young Artists
Concerto Competition. In 1997, he received the annual Mayor of
St. Petersburg’s “Young Talents” Award.
In both 1997 and 1998, he won First Prize at the Donostia Hiria
International Piano Competition in San Sebastian, Spain. In
September, 1998 in Moscow, he received a national honor: “The
Award for Excellence in Performance” from the Minister of
Culture of the Russian Federation. And he was awarded Second
Prize in the 2001 Five Towns Music and Art Foundation Piano
Competition in Hewlett, NY.
As a solo recitalist, Mr. Yakushev has performed in the United
States, Russia, Italy, and Spain. He appeared in recital at the 1998
“Quincenna Musicale” Festival in San Sebastian, Spain, and he
was a participant and performer in the international piano festival
“Meranofest” 2001, in Merano Italy. While there, he performed in
master classes presented by Lev Natochenny and Igor Lazko,
and he has participated in other master classes presented by
renowned artists such as Elena Shishko, Vladimir Krainev,
Jerome Rose, Ruth Laredo, Richard Goode and Earl Wild.
He was winner of the 2002 Mannes Extension Division Concerto
Competition, and performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano
Concerto with the Mannes Community Orchestra. Mr. Yakushev
also won the Gold Medal and the First Prize in the 2005 World
Piano Competition in Cincinnati, OH.
Live Performance at the Flemington Jewish Community
Center
5 Sergeantsville Road Flemington, NJ
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Donation: $18.00 Seniors and Students: $12.00
Reservations: Call (908) 782-6410
Sponsorships for this program are available for a donation of
$54. All sponsors will be listed in the program and will include 2
tickets to the performance. If you would like to be a sponsor,
please send your check for $54 made out to the FJCC to:
Yakushev Sponsorship
c/o Flemington Jewish Community Center
5 Sergeantsville Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
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