Internationally acclaimed pianist Anastasia Dedik will make her solo debut in Sonoma on Sunday, May 13, 2012, Mothers Day, when she performs in concert at Vintage House Sonoma, 264 First Street East, at 3:00 pm. Ms. Dedik, Founder and Artistic Director of the “Russian Heritage” Piano Competition for young pianists in St. Petersburg, will perform a striking and challenging program, including Beethoven’s “Moonlight” and “Appassionata” sonatas; the Scherzo op.31, no. 2, the Nocturne op. 15, no. 2, and three Waltzes by Chopin; and Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz #1. Tickets for this concert, sponsored by the Sonoma Classical Music Society, are $25 for adults, $20 for members of the Society, and $10 for students, and may be obtained from www.sonomaclassical.org; from Readers Books, Pharmaca, and at the door.

Anastasia Dedik, Pianist

Anastasia Dedik has performed on some of the most important concert stages in the world, including the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, as well as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, L’Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, the Paganini Conservatory in Genoa, Italy, the Teatro Communale San Remo, Italy, as well as in the Great Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, the Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow, and on NDR TV and Radio, Germany’s premier TV and Radio broadcasting station. She is a first-prize winner of the 2001 “Ennio Porrino” International Piano Competition, Italy; the 2005 Russian International Piano Competition, the 2006 Lee Biennial Piano Competition USA, the 2006 Rovero d’Oro International Piano Competition, Italy, the 2007 Bueno and Bradshaw International Piano Competition, USA, the 2007 Asti International Piano Competition, Italy, the 2009 New York Concert Artists & Associates International Piano Competition, and the 2010 Bosendorfer International Piano Competition Tempe, Arizona. Ms. Dedik has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the Harold and Helen Schonberg Piano Scholarship and the Susan W. Rose Fellowship at the Juilliard School.

Come spend Mothers Day afternoon listening to some of the most popular and beloved of all piano compositions when Anastasia Dedik performs in concert at Vintage House Sonoma on Sunday, May 13. See you there!

The final concert in the Sonoma Classical Music Society’s 2012 Spring concert series will be held on Sunday, May 13th.