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MUSIC Pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov explores Haydn, Schubert and Brahms Comment By Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Posted May. 4, 2016 at 3:54 PM By Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Posted May. 4, 2016 at 3:54 PM » Social News Audiences throughout Europe, Canada, U.S., Latin America, Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States recognize pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov for his stylistic interpretation of the classics. Born in Ukraine, he is a prize winner of "N. Lisenko" National Piano Competition. Skovorodnikov studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he taught until 1990. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in musical arts by Kharkov State University of Arts, Ukraine, for his achievements in performance and teaching. He's performed in world-class concert halls such at St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall; Chan Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver, Canada; Theatre Bibiena in Mantova, Italy; the Grand Theatre in Shenzhen and Xinghai Concert Hall Guangzhou, China; Centre for the Performing Arts in Kfar-Saba, Israel; Ghione Theatre in Rome; and the Kharkov Philharmonic in Ukraine. On Friday, May 6, Skovorodnikov will perform at the Music Recital Hall on the Southern Oregon University campus, 405 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. The concert is part of the Tutunov Piano Series, named after Alexander Tutunov — professor of piano and artist in residence at SOU. The show is set for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, free for students, and can be purchased online at oca.sou.edu , by calling 541-552-6348 or at the music hall's box office. Skovorodnikov will showcase works by composers Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms, among others, at the concert. "It will be a logical, fitting, entertaining and enjoyable program," Tutunov says. "The works of the three composers performed have many musical and biographical ties." Haydn's Variations in F minor, written in 1793, played a central role in the composer's long career. Haydn scholar Elain Sisman writes that, "by the 1770s, Haydn emerged as an innovator of the form of variation. In the early editions of Cyclopedia — or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences — English music historian Charles Burney wrote that Haydn led music away from “dull and unmeaning variations that had overwhelmed the world” and had invigorated the genre with “ingenious, pleasing and heart-felt production by means of rich of imagination and double counterpoint.” Schubert's Piano Sonata in A minor enjoys an extraordinary status in Skovorodnikov's program of Viennese classics. In the 18th and 19th centuries, more great music was composed in Vienna than in any other city in the world. Yet, in that heritage — Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler, among others — only Schubert was actually born there. By the time Schubert turned 20 in 1817, he had already written his early masterpieces, including "Gretchen am Spinnrade," "Erlkonig" and "Der Wanderer." He also had written his first four masses, five symphonies and 10 early string quartets. The summer of that same year, he produced his first sonatas, in A minor, A-flat minor, E-flat major and B major. Schubert’s sonatas in the 1820s show his mature style, Tututnov says, as the composer was barely 30 when he died. Few people knew of these mature instrumental masterpieces celebrated today — the symphonies, sonatas and chamber music — because like so many of his instrumental works from that decade, the Sonata in A minor was first published 20 years after his death. In 1853, when Brahms discovered some scores written by Robert Schumann at the home of a friend, he became convinced the other composer was a kindred spirit whose musical ideals accorded with his own, according to Brahms biographer Malcolm MacDonald. When Brahms visited Schumann, they sat down to play and were instantly captivated. "It's no wonder the piece was strongly influenced by Schumann," Tutunov says. Though the piece fell early in his career, it displayed a central characteristic Brahms developed throughout his career. "Its slow movement is easily one of the most gorgeous pieces of music every written and a joy to listen to," Tututnov says. By Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Posted May. 4, 2016 at 3:54 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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