Beethoven, Brahms, and the Beautiful Blue Danube

Dmitry Yudin, piano

Celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss, the “Waltz King.” With his masterful artistry, Dmitry Yudin will transport you to 19th century Vienna, with works by three composers who made their home there. The program includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Brahms’s Variations on a theme of Paganini, and Strauss’s beloved waltz, “The Blue Danube.” A perfect way to honor a musical legend!

Concerts are presented at 5pm and 6:30pm. This event will take place at the Rectory inside the Atrium.

This is one of many programs being offered in the 2024-2025 season.

Please note: Seating will be assigned by the presenters.

Tickets are non-refundable.

Classical Movements has a small fund to offer limited discounted tickets to veterans, students, underprivileged families, and disabled concert-goers, with the generous support of John H. Hart. Please contact us for more information.

For ticket requests and wheelchair accessibility; please contact [email protected] or call (703) 683-6040, ext. 1005 for special accommodations.

Tickets and seating assignments will be communicated by email the day prior the concert. All seats have a clear view of the stage.

Dmitry Yudin was born in Moscow on May 16, 2001. From five to eighteen years of age, he was Professor Lydia Grigoryeva's student at the Moscow Gnessins School of Music; since summer 2019, he has been a full-scholarship student of Prof. Horacio Gutierrez at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Dmitry has taken part in a number of regional, national and international competitions and festivals, winning prizes and audiences at numerous important international events like the E-Muse International Music Competition (Greece, 2015, 1st prize), 15th International Scriabin Piano Competition (Paris, 2015, 1st prize), 3rd International Classical Music Festival and Competition for Young Pianists, Astana Piano Passion (Astana, 2015, 3rd prize), 2nd Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition (Moscow, 2017, prize), 17th Youth Delphi Games in Russia (Vladivostok, 2018, silver medal), 5th Heinrich Neuhaus Moscow International Festival of Young Pianists (Moscow, 2018, prize). From 2013 till 2019, Dmitry invariably was a participant in the Youth Academy of Music, a Russian-Polish festival.

For several years since 2014, Dmitry regularly performed with the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College orchestra of St. Petersburg, including 2015 - 2017 tours in Latvia and Lithuania with an international team of the orchestra and solo recitals at the end. From 2013 till 2018, Dmitry took part in Vladimir Spivakov's International Charity Foundation programs and was on the Foundation's scholarship since 2014. As a Foundation scholarship holder, he performed on stages like the Chamber Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic, Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Mikhail Glinka Music Culture Museum in Moscow. In January 2006, Dmitry Yudin gave a solo recital in Vilnius, Lithuania, as a part of the Christmas Festival sponsored by Vladimir Spivakov's International Charity Foundation. In 2014 - 2016, he was a winner of the Moscow City Government grant, and in 2016-2018 a prize winner of the Moscow Mayor's Arts Grant Program. Since the spring of 2018, he has been participating in concert programmes of the St. Petersburg House of Music on various stages in Russia (St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Yekaterinburg) and abroad: in France (Paris), Austria (Vienna, Linz), and the USA (Washington).

Dmitry has shared concerts or given solo recitals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Saratov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Kazan, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg, Daugavpils (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), New York and Washington (USA). His performance record includes concerts with orchestras like the Saratov Conservatory Orchestra (conductors G. Petrosyan, S. Nesterov, M. Myasnikov), Rimsky-Korsakov Music College Orchestra (cond. A. Vasilyev), Baltic States Youth Symphony Orchestra (cond. A. Vasilyev), Baltic Music Academy Symphony Orchestra (cond. J. Janulevicius), Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra (cond. L. Kazakov), National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia (cond. V. Simkin), St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra (cond. A. Titov), Tomsk Academic Symphony Orchestra (cond. M. Granovsky).

Dmitry has taken part in master classes conducted by E. Korolev, V. Derevyanko, B. Berezovsky, D. Bashkirov, B. Bloch. By now he has performed in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, France, Croatia, Greece, and the US.

About the Rectory

Built in 1785 and the home of Classical Movements’ offices since 2014, the building formerly served as the rectory of the nearby historic Christ Church, once the church of George Washington. Since then, it has been owned by several distinguished Virginians and has been a commercial space since the 1960’s.

Located in the heart of beautiful Old Town Alexandria at 711 Princess Street, the Rectory is minutes away from the shops and restaurants of bustling King Street and is easily accessible by bus and metro.

Classical Movements will provide more information about alternative forms of transportation to access The Rectory on Princess Street, 711 Princess St by email before the event. You can also go to https://www.alexandriava.gov/GOAlex for more information about available options. We encourage all patrons to park off-street through the provision of nearby garages or lots. Many parking garages and lots are located conveniently in the area. There is a parking garage at N. Alfred St Garage, 117 N. Alfred St, $5/hr ($25 daily max, $10 evening max) and a surface parking lot at Cameron/St Asaph Lot, 517 Cameron St, $2.50/hour ($10 daily max, $5 evening/weekend max). Visitors are encouraged to bike, walk or take the Metrorail Yellow or Blue lines to the King Street Station and take the free King Street Trolley, or DASH or Metro buses. For DASH schedule information visit, www.dashbus.com. For Metrobus schedule information, visit www.wmata.com. Bicyclists may visit www.alexandriava.gov/GOAlex for the City’s Bikeways Map, which features the City's best on-street and off-road bikeways, as well as locations of grouped bicycle parking.

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