International competition winner in concert Friday
Tatiana Dorokhova, the silver medalist of the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday in the Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg campus.
Juan Muรฑoz, a program coordinator with the School of Music, said the concert is part of the Distinguished Artist Series.
โWe look to bring talent from all over the country and all over, internationally, when possible,โ Muรฑoz said. โAnd we do look at different lists of โฆ where artists are being featured.โ
He said a big part of the list are people who are on the Texas Touring Roster of the Texas Commission on the Arts, and Dorokhova, who is originally from Russia, is one of them.
โShe also won prizes in competitions in Russia, Spain, Italy [and] Germany,โ Muรฑoz said. โAnd another recent accomplishment, [she] was the 2022 New Orleans International Piano Competition winner.โ
He encourages the Rio Grande Valley community, faculty, staff and students to attend the concert.
โThis is just one of many opportunities for โฆ students to experience, not only the music part of it, but the bigger part is, like, the memories that theyโre going to have,โ Muรฑoz said.
Leah Hollingshead, a program specialist for the College of Fine Arts, told The Rider that she recommends students attend Dorokhovaโs concert.
โThe audience here is anyone who has an interest in not just classical music, but also in art,โ Hollingshead said.
She said the concert includes a piece by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky called โPictures at an Exhibition.โ
โThey are each inspired by pieces of art in a different exhibition,โ Hollingshead said.
She said it is an interesting way to conceptualize how visual art can inspire music.
โCollege is a great time to broaden your horizons, and our goal is to introduce people both to styles and types of music that they already know and love,โ Hollingshead said.
She said events like these help students learn about new ideas.
Claudia Quintana, a music education freshman, told The Rider that she is interested in attending Dorokhovaโs concert since she is an artist she does not know.
โAs a music major, I need hours of recitals, which means that anything that I have to attend,โ Quintana said. โSo concerts, all that stuff, counts towards the hours that I need.โ
She said it is good to listen to piano music.
โEven if youโre not a [music] major โฆ so you can have different knowledge and different [types] of experiences,โ Quintana said.
General admission is $10, $5 for faculty, staff and senior citizens, and free for UTRGV students with a valid ID or the GET app.
Muรฑoz also encourages the community to attend other UTRGV arts events, such as the Theatre Departmentโs production of โMothers and Sons,โ which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre on the Edinburg campus.
Tickets are $7 to $17 and are available online at utrgv.edu/arts/events.