On June 1, St. Catherine of Siena Traditional choir and soloists under the direction of Liya Petrides will present the music by Alexander Dmitriev, the church’s composer-in-residence since 2024.
Maestro Dmitriev is a recipient of many awards and honors, among them is the First Prize at the Socrasong International Choir Festival in Krakow, Poland. Performances of Dmitriev’s compositions and arrangements have been previously released on the Swiss label VDE-GALLO and Olympia, London.
His music has been published by Oxford University Press and others. In November or 2003 and 2004 respectively, the Naumburg Award.
Maestro Alexander Dmitriev
After the premiere in 2005 by New Amsterdam Singers under the direction of Clara Longsthreth Mr. Dmitriev’s Two Songs for chorus, Anne Mignette of New York Times wrote: “One of the evening’s best pieces: Alexander Dmitriev’s “Two Songs on Poems of Joseph Brodsky,” a simple and lovely setting that echoed the rhymes of speech and breathed music into the words of two fine poems.”
The concert is free to attend and will be followed by the festive reception. Please email Liya Petrides at [email protected] with questions.