The Stas Venglevski Duo @ Corners of Brookfield Beer Garden w/ Cafe Hollander

Name: The Stas Venglevski Duo @ Corners of Brookfield Beer Garden w/ Cafe Hollander
Start: 2025-09-04T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-04T20:00:00-05:00
Location: The Corners of Brookfield

Schedule

Thu Sep 04 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Corners of Brookfield | Brookfield, WI

WMV is proud to be providing live music for The Corners of Brookfield + Cafe Hollander Beer Garden! We're returning for the sixth summer in a row featuring outstanding member musicians. Come enjoy a drink alongside a sample of what the WI music scene has to offer. Find us on the plaza! Rain plan: indoors at Cafe Hollander at The Corners.
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Stas Venglevski
www.stasv.com
Stas Venglevski is a bayanist, composer, conductor, arranger, entertainer and a teacher and hisextensive repertoire includes his original compositions and a broad range of classical, contemporary and ethnic music. He has toured extensively as a soloist throughout the former Soviet Union, Canada, Europe, and the United States and most recently in South Africa. Numerous U.S. performances include performances with Doc Severinsen, Steve Allen and Garrison Keillor on thePrairie Home Companion Show.He has performed with symphony orchestras in Europe and throughout the United States, includingthe Anchorage, Grand Florida, and Detroit symphony orchestras in the opera production of Frida, and with the University of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in 2003 for the official World Premiere of the Concerto No. 2 in D minor. It marked the first time the piece had been performed in its entirety with a symphony orchestra. He has performed the concerto on multiple occasions since, with the Tacoma, Colorado Jefferson and Racine symphony orchestras, and with that of Nurenberg,Germany. For over 25 years he has been a regular participant in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arts in Community Education program (ACE). He’s done television commercials and performed in theater and opera productions; produced 31 recording albums, including a transcription of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite for Bayan, as well as original compositions. Additionally, he has published several books of original compositions.For the past 10 years he has been the Artistic Director of the Houston Accordion Orchestra Retreatand in 2021 he was named Artistic Director of A World of Accordions Museum (AWAM) in Superior,Wisconsin. He is a past President of the Accordionists and Teachers Guild and currently serves on its board. Most recently, he has joined the faculty of the Music Department of the University of Wisconsin, Superior, WI.In 2023, he established the Stas Venglevski Music Foundation, SVMF. The aim is to revolutionizethe world of accordion by inspiring young people to embrace the fine arts, empowering them tocreate music, honing their performance skills as soloists and with orchestras, and giving themopportunities to compose and debut new music. In addition to the core mission, the foundation iscommitted to expanding public knowledge of art and music and supporting impactful culturalinitiatives worldwide.In February of 2025, Stas performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall.