music of
César Franck
Maurice Ravel
Nikolai Medtner
Sergei Rachmaninoff

WITH ARTWORKS BY MARGO LEE MILLER

FILMED IN THE GREAT HALL OF
ST. MATTHEW’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
DALLAS, TEXAS
YOUTUBE PREMIERE JANUARY 24, 2021

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Pianist Mikhail Berestnev has been described as having “…flawless technique and constant inspiration…superb sonority…” (Belgian La Libre Magazine) and “… an astonishingly gifted pianist…equally at home as a soloist and collaborative pianist…” (Theater Jones, U.S.).

Mikhail has been featured as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Fort Worth Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Meadows Symphony and the Greater North Texas Youth Orchestra, among others. He has performed with orchestras and as a recitalist at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and International Music House in Moscow, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Flagey Theater in Brussels, the Sydney Opera House, Palau de la Música Recital Hall in Barcelona, English Hall at the Saint Petersburg Music House and The Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Moody Performance Hall in Dallas.

Mikhail’s recent collaborations include work with Grammy Award-winning violinist Matt Albert, Avery Fisher Grant recipient violinist Aaron Boyd, Meadows School of Arts Distinguished Artist in Residence violinist Emanuel Borok, concert pianist Andrei Ponochevny, Dallas Symphony violinist Eunice Keem, French hornist David Alan Cooper, concert violinist Hubert Pralitz, the Seraphim Piano Trio (Melbourne, Australia), Sao Paulo City String Quartet (Brazil) and the Julius String Quartet (U.S.). In July of 2019 he made his debut at the Basically Beethoven Music Festival in Dallas, playing together with violinist Grace Kang and clarinetist Danny Goldman, where the group was described by the Dallas Morning News as “The ensemble’s style fit the character of the music like a tailored suit.” In September of 2019 the group began their debut concert season with concerts around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

His list of awards include prizes at some of the most prestigious international piano competitions such as Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (Fourth Prize and Special Prize), BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro (Silver Medal and Special Prize), National MTNA Competition in New York (Third Prize), Eric Sorantin Young Artist Award, Judith Solomon Piano Award in Chamber Music, Harold von Mickwitz Piano Award, Dmitri Shostakovich National Junior Competition, Voronezh Central Music School National Competition, Stanislav Neuhaus International Piano Competition, and The International Delphic Games Competition (Gold Medal).

He holds degrees from The Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where he studied with Irina Grebenkina, Andrei Khitruk, Alexei Skavronsky and Vladimir Tropp, from Texas Christian University with Dr. Tamas Ungar and from Southern Methodist University with Joaquin Achucarro.

Mikhail Berestnev has begun his second season as a guest artist with the Musica Nova Ensemble at the University of Texas at Dallas, as a soloist and collaborative pianist under the direction of renowned American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez.

He is also a collaborative pianist for the DFW-based ballet company and school Texas Ballet Theater, with CEO Ben Stevenson.

Visit Mikhail Berestnev online here.

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