On July 27, 2024, the life of Pavel Kushnir – musician, pianist, and educator – was tragically cut short in a Birobidzhan prison, where he died for his beliefs.
On September 19 of this year, Pavel Kushnir would have turned 41, but he will forever remain 39.
A scholarship in his name has been established in Great Britain for students from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus who need assistance to begin or continue their studies at higher music education institutions in Europe and Great Britain.
The first year of the scholarship has resulted in thirteen recipients, who are now pursuing their musical education in Paris and Rotterdam, Weimar and Graz, Salzburg and Lucerne, Vienna and London.
We invite you to the third concert in support of the Pavel Kushnir fund. For this concert, we have included only joyful and our most beloved musical pieces.
Performing for you:
Oksana Yablonskaya – piano
Adam Hen-Adamov – piano
Sergey Nikityuk – piano
Denis Burshtein – piano
Daria Bocharova, fund recipient – piano
Saida Bar-Lev and Liora Altshuller – violin
Vlad Krasnov and Evgenia Oren – viola
Yakov Kashin – cello
Rami Oren – trumpet
Pieces in the program:
Schumann
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Gershwin
And many others
The concert will be hosted by Anatoly Bely.
Every note will serve as a reminder: life and freedom are always stronger than violence and silence.
