Juilliard Series Continues Nov. 21, Performance by Pianist Vassily Primakov

SALISBURY, MD--A performance by Russian pianist Vassily Primakov, part of Salisbury State University's fall Juilliard Series, is on Sunday, November 21, at 2 p.m. in the Wicomico Room of the Guerrieri University Center. The concert is free and open to the public.

Primakov studied at the Moscow Central Music School from 1990-96. He has performed in Russia, France, Switzerland, Germany and Romania, as well as the United States. He was a prize winner at the Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition in Sendai, Japan, in 1995 and the Rachmaninoff International Youth Competition in Tambov, Russia in 1996.

He recently took second prize at the 1999 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York City. He was selected from over 500 musicians on the basis of extraordinary talent and achievement.

Primakov was entered in the Juilliard School in September 1997 at 18 and studies with concert pianist Jerome Lowenthal on full scholarship.

From more information on Primakov's performance or the Juilliard Series, call the SSU Public Relations Office at 410-543-6030.