Ilya Poletaev, piano

Ilya Poletaev 禄 piano

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Music of

Rameau Enescu Schumann

Robert Blocker, Dean

Ilya Poletaev » piano

Ilya Poletaev leads a multifaceted career as both a classically trained pianist as well as a performer on early keyboards. As a solo pianist, Mr. Poletaev has appeared with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Toronto and Hartford symphony orchestras as well as with Romania’s Filarmonica “Mihail Jora” din Bacau. He was the First Prize winner of the XX Concorso Sala Gallo Piano Competition in Monza, Italy, where he also received the Audience Prize, the Bach Prize, and the Orchestra Prize. He also captured First Prize at the 2009 Grieg International Competition, and was a laureate of the 2008 National Stepping Stone Competition in Canada. He is also the winner of Astral Artists 2009 National Auditions.

As a harpsichordist, Mr. Poletaev was the top prizewinner of the 2007 Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society harpsichord competition, and has been heard in such venues as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, New York City’s Pierpont Morgan Library, the Aston Magna Early Music Festival, the Amherst Early Music Festival, and Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments. As a continuo player, he has performed under Andrew Lawrence-King, Steven Stubbs, Nicholas McGegan, Simon Carrington, Graham O’Reilly, and Helmuth Rilling. As a chamber musician, Mr. Poletaev has performed alongside such distinguished artists as Susan Graham, Robert Mann, Donald Weilerstein, Gary Hoffmann, Boris Berman, Paul Hersh, Susan Narucki, Miah Perssons, and Ellen Hargis. He has also appeared at the Moab, Caramoor, Sarasota, Norfolk, Yellow Barn, Banff, the Orford Arts Center, and Stratford Summer Music festivals.

Mr. Poletaev began studying in Moscow at the age of 6 and continued his studies in Israel until he moved to Canada at the age of 14. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied with pianist Marietta Orlov and harpsichordist Colin Tilney.

Currently a doctoral candidate at the Yale School of Music, he also holds Master’s degrees from Yale, where he studied with Boris Berman.

Between 2005 and 2007, he served on the faculty of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and currently serves on the faculty of Yale’s Department of Music as a lecturer in early music.

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This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

jean-philippe rameau

Suite en La from Nouvelles Suite de Pièces de Clavecin

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Allemande Courante Sarabande Le Trois Mains La Fanfarinette La Triomphante Gavotte avec six doubles george enescu

Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 24, No. 1

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Allegro molto moderato e grave Presto vivace Andante molto espressivo Intermission

robert schumann

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

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Heft I Lebhaft Innig Etwas hahnbüchen Ungeduldig Einfach Sehr rasch und in sich hinein Nicht schnell mit äußerst starker Empfindung Frisch Lebhaft Heft II Balladenmäßig Einfach Mit humor Wild und lustig Zart und singend Frisch – Etwas bewegter Mit gutem Humor – Etwas langsamer Wie aus der Ferne Nicht schnell

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