Rochester Classical Guitar presents MARKO TOPCHII

Name: Rochester Classical Guitar presents MARKO TOPCHII
Start: 2024-12-02T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Lutheran Church of The Incarnate Word-Elca

Schedule

Mon Dec 02 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Lutheran Church of The Incarnate Word-Elca | Rochester, NY

Join us for an unforgettable evening of classical guitar with GFA ICAC 2023 Marko Topchii!
Event Details:
Date: Monday, December 2th, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm
Concert: 7:30pm
Venue: 597 East Ave., Rochester, New York
Tickets: available at doors, $20 general admission, $15 students

About the Artist:
Marko Topchii, a renowned classical guitarist born into a musical family in Ukraine in 1991, has garnered widespread acclaim for his exceptional talent and numerous competition victories. With over 100 awards in international classical guitar competitions, including First Prizes in prestigious events such as the International Guitar Competition Francisco Tarrega and the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition in New York, Marko has established himself as a one of a kind musician in the classical guitar world.
Marko’s performances have graced some of the most esteemed venues worldwide including Carnegie Hall (New York), the Salle Cortot (Paris) and Yamaha Ginza Hall (Tokyo). His collaborations with orchestras, spanning more than 15 concertos for guitar and orchestra, showcase his depth and flexibility as a guitarist.
Marko Topchii's discography includes several solo albums recorded under legendary classical music labels, Naxos and Contrastes. His most recent Naxos recording was released in Spring 2024 as part of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America’s Laureate Series.
Beginning his guitar studies at the age of four under Volodymyr Homenyuk, Marko went on to graduate from the Kharkiv Conservatory and pursue advanced studies under notable mentors like Volodymyr Dotsenko and Yuri Aleksik. In 2018, he joined the professional studies programme of the San Francisco Conservatory in the class of Judicaёl Perroy, with whom he continued his studies at Haute Ecole de Musique de Geneve as part of the Master Soloiste programme.
In addition to a solo concert, Marko will also be teaching a master class to four guitar students on Sunday December 1st, at the Hochstein School, from 1 to 3pm.