Kairy Koshoeva

Pianist Kairy Koshoeva is the soloist in the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra’s first concert of the season on Sunday, September 29 at 7 p.m. at Princeton Alliance Church. 20 Schalks Crossing Road in Plainsboro.

The orchestra’s music director Chiu-Tze Lin conducts the concert, which includes Koshoeva performing the Rachamaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor. Koshoeva is on the faculty of the New School for Music Study in Kingston, and frequently collaborates as a guest artist for the Department of Music at Princeton University.

Among the awards she has won are the International Piano Competition in Vicenza, Italy; the N. Rubinstein Competition in Paris; the gold medal at the 2004 Rachmaninoff Awards in Moscow; and first prize at the Chautauqua Music Festival concerto competition in Chautauqua, N.Y. She has played internationally as well across the U.S. Her performances included appearing as a soloist with the Kansas City Symphony and at the Chautauqua Music Festival, as well as with the National Symphony of Kyrgyzstan and orchestras in Houston and Jefferson City. She has also performed with the Moscow chamber orchestra “Cantus Firmus.”

Koshoeva was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Kyrgyzstan. The Royal Academy of Music has honored her as a Teacher of Distinction in Carnegie Hall. Most recently she won First Prize at the 2020 “Musica Classica “International Competition in Moscow, Russia.

Also on the program at this concert, which is geared to all ages, are The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas, and Mississippi Suite by Ferde Grofe.

Tickets are $30 ($25 for students and seniors) at the door. Premium seating is available at $50. Discounted advance tickets are $20 (except premium) at bravuraphil.org.