Concert pianist, recording artist, and highly regarded pedagogue, Dr. Liudmila Georgievskaya was hailed for her “absolute art, technique, and musicality” by Scherzo Magazine (Spain) and “a sharp, inquisitive mind shaping the performance” by The Guardian (UK). She has performed as a recitalist in Russia, Italy, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, France, the Netherlands, England, Hungary, Panama, and the United States. Winner of top prizes in more than a dozen national and international piano competitions, her performances have been broadcast on radio and television programs in Russia, the United States, Uzbekistan, Italy, and Vatican City. She appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Russia, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. In addition to solo concertizing, she often performs in piano duos with her husband, Thomas Schwan, and her sister, Olga Georgievskaya. She frequently champions contemporary music and is a long-time member of Voices of Change, one of the most distinguished new music ensembles in the United States. Her solo CD with music by Beethoven and Schumann (Odradek Records, 2013) was hailed by the international press and won two Global Music Awards.

Equally devoted to piano performance and to high-level piano teaching, Liudmila Georgievskaya expresses her life-long dedication to music through a busy performance schedule and teaching at the University of North Texas and in masterclasses worldwide. As a piano professor at the University of North Texas College of Music, she is deeply committed to providing her students with the strongest musical and technical training as well as with a sense of humanity, understanding of tradition, and appreciation of the art.
 
An inheritor of the Russian piano school, she studied in Moscow with Tatiana Galitskaya and Liudmila
Roschina, both former students of the legendary Russian pianist and composer Samuil Feinberg, Alexander Goldenweiser’s pupil and disciple. She graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory cum laude. She also completed her post-graduate studies with Sergio Perticaroli at the Santa Cecilia National Academy in Rome (Italy), followed by the Artist Certificate at Southern Methodist University with Joaquín Achúcarro and the Doctorate in Piano Performance at the University of North Texas with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul.
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Liudmila Georgievskaya's website

Andrew Pearce, cellist, Lakeway Masterpiece Series/Lakeway Chamber Players Founder and Artistic Director, earned his degree at University of Southern California in the class of legendary cellist Lynn Harrell. He has performed solos with the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, Boston Pops, Utah Symphony and Polish Chamber Orchestra, among many others. During his 20 years playing cello in orchestra, he performed in many of the great halls of Europe and Asia, and also played lots of trios with his group, the Boston Trio, as well as other groups performing across Canada and New England. At the ripe age of 44, Andrew traded a tenured job in one America’s top five orchestras, the Boston Symphony, for the risk and thrill of a future in real estate in Austin, TX. And though building and developing is an adventure all its own, he never lost his passion for chamber music. Nowadays, Andrew divides his time between family, real estate, and living life to the fullest while sharing his love for music as cellist and Artistic Director of the new Lakeway Masterpiece Concert Series.
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Born in Poland, violinist Filip Fenrych joined the Dallas Symphony in 2008. Prior to joining the DSO, he served as an Assistant Concertmaster in the San Antonio Symphony. His concerto debut at age 14 took place in Germany and since then, he has performed all around the world. Mr. Fenrych received his degrees at the Oberlin Conservatory, University of North Texas and Cleveland Institute of Music. His principal teachers were Julia Bushkova, Almita and Roland Vamos, and William Preucil. In addition to receiving full scholarships, he supported his education by winning numerous competitions, including Virtu Foundation Award, Gold Medals in Entergyand Crescendo Music Awards. An avid chamber musician and the founder of the Klimt Trio, Mr. Fenrych won the Grand Prix in The Coleman Competition and a silver medal in The Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. He appeared in prestigious music festivals such as Taos, Music Academy of the West and Verbier Festival. He recorded for CBS Radio in Canada and Voice of America, Polish Art Division. His most recent concerto appearance was with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the DSO, Mr. Fenrych is currently a member of the Verbier Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland.

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W. Paul Radman, DDS & Jane Vandecar Chair at Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Born and raised in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Anastasia Markina started playing piano at the age of four, and gave her first public performance at the age of 10, when she won her first piano competition. Her talent has been recognized at numerous international piano competitions, and she has received top prizes in Europe, Russia, and the United States, including 1st prize at the 1st Maria Yudina International Piano Competition, 1st prize in both solo and chamber music at the “Beach of Hope” International Music Competition in Dobrich-Albena, Bulgaria, 1st prize at the International Peter the Great Music Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands, 1st prize at the San Angelo Sorantin International Music Competition, 1st prize at the 1st Boesendorfer International Piano Competition, 1st and Grand prize at the Yound Texas Artist Music Competition, 2nd prize at the 1st, 2nd and 4th Jose Iturbi Music Competitions.

Ms. Markina has performed with the Jalisco Philharmonic under Joolz Gale in Guadalajara, Mexico; the San Angelo Symphony under Lawrence Golan. She has performed solo, orchestral, as well as chamber music works in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Russia, including performances in the Barge Music Series and Summit Music Festival in New York City, NY; ISB Convention in Rochester, NY; Sitka Festival in Anchorage, AL; concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA; and Vetta Chamber Music Series in Canada. Other collaborations include, among others, recitals with Paul Rosenthal, Mark Peskanov, James Galway, Alexander Kerr, Emmanuel Borok, Bonita Boyd, and Joseph Alessi. In collaboration with the cellist Eugene Osadchy she recorded two CDs – “Russian Romances” and “Nacht und Traume”.

Anastasia received her Bachelor’s, Master’s and Artist Certificate Degrees in Piano Performance at University of North Texas, studying with Vladimir Viardo, as well as Bachelor’s Degree from Saint-Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music, where she studied with Mary Guseva. Her other teachers include Alexander Mndoyantz, Maria Mekler, and Tatiana Shrago.

Since 2010 Ms. Markina has been serving as an Executive Director of the Argyle Music Academy.

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Toby & Will Jordan Chair at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Danny Goldman, Acting Principal Clarinetist of The Nashville Symphony, is an energetic, passionate artist who focuses on solo, chamber, and orchestral classical music and beyond, into Klezmer, dixieland, jazz, and pop music.  

Danny is a member of The MAKE Trio, which frequents chamber music festivals and recital stages across the USA.  MAKE also has a relationship with Samsung Virtual Reality for futuristic, 360-degree concert recordings and immersive online performances.

Danny's favorite orchestra engagements, beyond Nashville, include Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Kansas City, IRIS Collective, Louisville, Louisiana, Breckenridge, Spoleto, and many other orchestras.  Featured chamber shows include Basically Beethoven Festival, Chelsea Music Festival, and concerts at The Kennedy Center, Guggenheim Museum, and Lincoln Center.  Recent solo engagements include concerti with orchestras in Salerno, Italy, Opening Recitals at ClarinetFest, recital tours in China, and concerti with Dallas Chamber Symphony and The Louisville Orchestra.

Danny also passionately writes and produces pop music and is often found in Nashville's recording studios, working with singers, rappers, and instrumentalists.

Danny holds his Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School and his Master of Music from Rice University.  He is supported and sponsored by: Dansr, Inc., Vandoren USA, Vandoren Paris, and F.A. Uebel Klarinetten in Germany.  Solo management is handled by Kolot Management, NYC.

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Heather Test is Instructor II of Horn at Texas Christian University, where she teaches a thriving studio of horn students, conducts the TCU Horn Ensemble, and is the Director of the annual TCU HornFest. Heather has a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of North Texas (2001) and a Master of Music in Performance from Southern Methodist University (2003). Professor Test is 4th horn in the Plano Symphony Orchestra and has a one-year position with the Dallas Opera Orchestra for the 2025-26 season. She is also one of many members of the Dallas based rock-symphonic-choral-pop group The Polyphonic Spree who recently released its eighth studio album, Salvage Enterprise which is the soundtrack to the film Resolution: A Symphonic Rhapsody of the Soul. Heather is married to fellow musician / drummer / percussionist and Certified Arborist, Kelly Test, and they reside in East Dallas with their son Benji, two dogs, OB and Rob and their common red-eared slider named Lettuce aka Leti. 

Jen Betz has been a member of the first violin section of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra since 2012.  Originally from California, she began playing the violin at age seven. She studied at the preparatory division in San Francisco Conservatory with Doris Fukawa and then with Zaven Melikian at the San Domenico School in San Anselmo, CA. She was accepted into the studio of Almita and Roland Vamos at Northwestern University and was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2007-2008. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, she moved to Miami to play with the New World Symphony as a Fellow for four years. There she worked closely with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Esa-Pekka Salonen. She now lives in Fort Worth with her two daughters and two dogs. 

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Cellist Esther Seitz was brought up in a musical home and fell in love with the cello at the age of  8. Based in Dallas, Texas, Esther holds a section cello position with the Dallas Opera Orchestra.  Previously, she was a Rosemary and David Good Fellow with the Minnesota Orchestra. Outside  of her current position with the Opera, Esther has performed with ensembles such as the Fort Worth  Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, the Artosphere  Festival Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra, among others. Her performance career  has taken her to both national and international venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kauffman  Center for Performing Arts, Columbia University, Teatro de la Reforma (Matamoros, Mexico),  and Balderin Sali (Helsinki, Finland).  
 

A passionate chamber musician, Esther is a co-founder of Bowery Trio which was formed in 2019.  In October 2022, Bowery Trio made their international debut at the invitation of the Uuden  Musiikin Lokakuu festival in Oulu, Finland. The Trio has been awarded multiple grants to support  their many projects—supporting organizations include Chamber Music America, The Sibelius  Fund, and Finlandia Foundation National. Recently, Bowery Trio has given recitals in Aspen, CO  as part of the Music in the West End chamber series, in Tucson, AZ as part of University of  Arizona’s Guest Artist Recital Series and at the historic Central Christian Church in San Antonio,  Texas. Apart from her Trio, Esther has also performed chamber music as part of the Minnesota  Orchestra’s chamber concert series, the Downtown Brooklyn Chamber Music Festival, newEar  Contemporary Music Ensemble, and University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s Patron of the Arts  concert series. 

In addition to performance, Esther also enjoys a vibrant teaching career. She currently maintains  a private studio in the Dallas area and serves as an adjunct cello faculty at Dallas College’s North  Lake Campus. She was a teaching assistant to Julia Lichten at the Meadowmount School of Music  in 2019, and since then has been invited to give masterclasses, lectures, and serve as faculty for  organizations such as the International Cello Institute, BridgeMusik, Music Academy of Kansas  City, and the Fred Fox School of Music at University of Arizona. 
 

Esther is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City  Conservatory of Music and Dance. She served as principal cellist for the MSM Symphony  Orchestra, the UMKC Symphony Orchestra, and the UMKC Opera Orchestra. Her major teachers  include Julia Lichten, Michael Mermagen, Mark Gibbs, and Carter Enyeart. Esther has also 

worked alongside artists such as Lynn Harrell, Hans Jørgen Jensen, David Geber, and Josephine Knight through chamber coachings, festivals, and masterclasses. 

An in-demand bassist and passionate music educator, Troy Tippawang has been performing on major stages across North Texas since he was 12. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, Troy studied with Thomas Lederer and Brian Perry of the Dallas Symphony, and completed both undergraduate and master's degrees in bass performance. Troy was principal bass of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra and logged many hours under the baton of Paul Phillips, which prepared him well for large ensemble work after grad school. In addition to chamber music and orchestral bass sections, Troy performs in ensembles ranging from new music concerts to jazz bands, rock bands, worship groups, and choirs.

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In 2021, Troy and his wife Hannah Abercrombie (piano) co-founded Aberwang Music (www.aberwangmusic.com), a successful music studio teaching piano and string students in the North Texas area. Troy has been teaching music (not just bass!) since 2013, and his students have regularly won awards, participated in region and state orchestra programs, high-level youth orchestras in the area, and several have gone on to receive scholarships and study music in college.

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"One always holds one's breath for the third movement's double bass solo.... Hats off, then, to Troy Tippawang, who played it flawlessly." 

-Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News (referring to Mahler's 1st)