Music Friends is thrilled to present a special evening with pianist Sergei Saratovsky at the Canadian Music Centre's Murray Adaskin Salon in Downtown Vancouver. Sergei will be presenting a spectacular selection of Romantic and Impressionist music inspired by water, including Ravel's Ondine and Liszt's Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este.

Online tickets ($30 general, $20 student + small fees) at http://www.mymusicfriends.com/water-music. Drinks and refreshments are included. You will have a chance to meet and mingle with the performer after the concert.

***Walk-ins are subject to availability as the intimate urban salon only seats 40 people.***

Sergei is a winner of numerous awards including the First Place at the Porto International Piano Competition and the prize for Best Canadian Artist at the Montréal International Musical Competition, Sergei Saratovsky is recognized both in Canada and abroad as “a player of gargantuan proportions” and a “pianist extraordinaire.”

The venue of this concert, the Murray Adaskin Salon, is an intimate performance space that seats up to 40 people, and the audience can sit as if they were in a living room. The piano is a completely refurbished Heintzman Salon Grand that was owned and used by Canadian composer Murray Adaskin.


Bio: Sergei Saratovsky

A winner of numerous awards including the First Place at the Porto International Piano Competition and the prize for Best Canadian Artist at the Montréal International Musical Competition, Sergei Saratovsky is recognized both in Canada and abroad as “a player of gargantuan proportions” and a “pianist extraordinaire.” This exceptional and versatile performer has a gift to take audience on a breathtaking voyage through the essence of music to the essence of beauty. The artist touches listeners with the sensitivity of his interpretations and impressive technique; his energy, focus and musicianship blend into a spectacular tour de force in performance.

Sergei Saratovsky has performed for audiences in Russia, Europe, Australia, and North America, and has been the featured artist on radio and television broadcasts aired across the world. His concert engagements have included appearances with th European, Canadian, and Russian orchestras such as Portugal e National and Chamber Orchestras, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, Orchestre symphonique de Laval, and the State Symphony Orchestra of Karelia in his native Russia. The musician was greatly privileged to receive an award from Russian President Vladimir Putin, and was honored to perform in the presence of Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean.

His fascination with chamber music has recently led him to commence a new project with his younger brother Nikolai Saratovsky, an internationally acclaimed pianist from Moscow. In 2014, they established a four-hand piano duo. The ensemble has already performed in Russia and completed a concert tour of British Columbia.

In addition to his performing career, Mr. Saratovsky enjoys giving master classes and is in demand as a guest clinician and jury member of international and national competitions and festivals. After the completion of the doctoral studies, he has continued his scholarly research activities through journal publications and participation in the international conferences.

Sergei Saratovsky was born in a family of musicians in Karelia, Russia. He received his university education at the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance in 2004. Mr. Saratovsky became a resident of Canada in 2002. He completed a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance with Alexander Tselyakov at Brandon University, where in 2006 he received the gold medal for academic excellence and graduated with Greatest Distinction. In 2012, Sergei Saratovsky was granted the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of British Columbia where he had studied with Jane Coop.