Stanislav and Friends

Stanislav Khristenko’s performances have captivated audiences on four continents since his first solo recital at the age of 11 at the Kharkiv Philharmonic Hall in Ukraine. A “poet of piano” (Le Soir, Belgium), Mr. Khristenko has been praised for his emotional intensity, charismatic expression, “palette of touches”, “solid” and “precise” technique by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Miami Herald (USA); Gramophone and BBC Music (UK) and El Pais (Spain).

As a concert pianist, Stanislav Khristenko received prizes at over 30 international piano competitions including Cleveland International Piano Competition, Maria Canals International Piano Competition and Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. His recordings have been released on Steinway & Sons, Naxos, Oehms, and Toccata Classics. Mr. Khristenko has appeared as a piano soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Phoenix, Puerto Rico and Richmond Symphonies, National Orchestra of Belgium, Bilbao, Madrid and Tenerife Symphony Orchestras, Liege Royal Philharmonic, and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His performance highlights include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Palais de Beaux-Arts in Brussels, as well as performances with orchestras in the Berlin Philharmonie, Seoul Arts Center, Moscow Conservatory Great Hall and Hong Kong City Hall. Stanislav Khristenko is a Steinway Artist.

Soprano Victoria Browers has established herself as a versatile singer who is at home in various repertoires. As an avid performer of song and vocal chamber music, she has been heard in numerous venues throughout the US and her recital repertoire runs the gamut from the baroque songs of Henry Purcell to contemporary premieres. A program of Russian songs at the Roerich Museum in NYC, multiple appearances at the Stony Brook Chamber Music Festival, a concert featuring the music of Libby Larsen and an 80th birthday celebration of composers John Harbison and William Bolcom, both at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, are among her favorites performances to date. Her collaborations and projects with cellist Khari Joyner, flutist Randolph Bowman, pianist JJ Penna, and pianist Kristina Marinova continue to fuel her passion for song.

As both a dedicated scholar and teacher of the art song repertoire, as well as new music, she is part of the Artist Faculty at SongFest in LA each summer. Through this work she has had the great pleasure to collaborate with American composers Tom Cipullo, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, Martin Hennessy and John Musto. Ms. Browers is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice at Westminster Choir College where she teaches Song Literature courses and private voice. She is also the songSLAM Coordinator for Sparks & Wiry Cries, a global platform dedicated to art song spanning publication, live performance, and commission of new works.

On the opera stage, Victoria’s favorite performances include the Governess in The Turn of the Screw at Stony Brook University, Musetta in La Bohème with St. Petersberg Opera, the role of Nittilai in the world premiere of Vanraj Bhatia’s opera, Agni Vasarsha at the Queens Festival of New Music, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance program. She has performed with Chelsea Opera, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Festival, Natchez Opera, Wintergreen Music Festival, The Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, SongFest at Colburn, Songfusion, The Joy in Singing Organization, The Garden State Philharmonic, NJ Bach Festival, and Empire Opera.

Originally from Michigan, Victoria holds degrees in Vocal Performance from Stony Brook University, Westminster Choir College, and Ohio Wesleyan University. Additional studies and training programs include summers at The Britten-Pears School, the CoOPERAtive Program, a Stern Fellowship at the SongFest Program, two summers as an Apprentice Singer and Educational Tour with the Natchez Festival of Music, and Italian studies at Scuola Italia in Sant’angelo in Vado. Ms. Browers was a National Finalist in the NATS Artist Award Competition and was awarded the Berton Coffin Award for her performance in the finals. She received an award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation in NYC and was recently heard in the semifinals of both the Zinka Milanov International Competition in Croatia, as well as the Cooper-Bing Competition at Opera Columbus in Ohio. Victoria and pianist JJ Penna recorded songs by composers Christian Carey and Joel Phillps that were recently released on Westminster Choir College’s label, distributed by Naxos Composers at Westminster is available to stream/download on all major platforms.

YAEL SENAMAUD-COHEN, viola, has been a member of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain, and has appeared with the Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Opéra National de Paris. She is a graduate of the Conservatoire National de Paris and the Peabody Conservatory, where her teachers included Bruno Pasquier and Paul Coletti. She also studied baroque violin with Patrick Bismuth and performed with his ensemble. Since moving to the States, she has served as principal viola of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared with the Cincinnati Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland. As a baroque player she performs with Indianapolis Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, and Apollo’s Fire.

She lives in Cleveland with her husband and three children.

Stanislav Golovin has performed as a solo, chamber and orchestral musician throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Dr. Golovin is currently on faculty at The University of Akron and the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Preparatory Division. He is a member of Solaris Woodwind Quintet. Stanislav is a Gold Medal winner of the prestigious Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition. He has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and others. He has played under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, Franz Welser-Möst, Alan Gilbert, Hans Graf, Marin Alsop, John Williams, Manfred Honeck, David Robertson, Paavo Järvi, Lionel Bringuier, Giancarlo Guerrero, to name a few.

Stanislav has won numerous awards and competitions, including the Darius Milhaud Performance Prize Competition, the Wagner College Young Artist Competition, the Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition (twice), International Jewish Young Artist Competition in Moscow, National Young Artist Competition of Uzbekistan (twice), the Fine Arts Award in Clarinet at Interlochen Arts Academy, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition. In 2020, Stanislav was selected by the Cleveland Jewish News and Classic Lexus as one of the 12 under 36 Young Jewish Professionals influencing the future of Northeast Ohio through their professional and personal achievements.

An active educator, Dr. Golovin has presented masterclasses at the Peabody Conservatory, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, University of Miami, University of Washington in Seattle, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, the University of Iowa, to name a few. In addition, he has taught at Interlochen Arts Academy. Dr. Golovin received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in clarinet performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet performance from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. His primary teachers have included Franklin Cohen and Jane Carl.

As a Buffet Crampon USA Artist/Clinician and Vandoren Performing Artist, Dr. Golovin performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets and Vandoren reeds and mouthpieces.

Described by the New York Classical Review as “one of the most exciting young musicians on the classical scene”, Khari Joyner has a following both nationally and abroad as a versatile concert cellist, chamber musician, and ambassador for the arts. He has made numerous guest appearances with orchestras and ensembles across the world, including two recent performances of both Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in A Minor and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which received rave reviews. In addition, he has given many cello masterclasses and lectures at notable institutions, including SUNY Fredonia, Oberlin Conservatory, and Clayton State University.

Furthermore, he has recently joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Cello at \ Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, succeeding 46-year tenure of Cello Professor Regina Mushabac. In, 2017 Joyner received a career grant from the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund, which nominates and endows a select number of gifted artists with generous funding to further their careers. Joyner has also performed for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the latter for which he gave a private performance in the Oval Office. Joyner actively collaborates across genres with many choreographers, actors, and jazz musicians—his most recent collaboration includes a featured world premiere with the Atlanta Ballet, for is solo cello work Intransigence.

As an artist founded at the complex intersection of musical heritage and unprecedented innovation, American violinist Madalyn Parnas Möller secures her place on today’s concert stage by bringing inimitable style and artistic vision to every performance.

Since her debut at the age of twelve performing the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto, Ms. Parnas Möller’s concert record throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia has affirmed her dedication to performance as well as new repertoire. In recent seasons, she has toured France as guest soloist with L’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and performed concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, and the New York String Alumni Orchestra conducted by Jaime Laredo. She has presented multiple premieres, including Sven-David Sandström’s violin concerto, Force and Beauty, as well as the world premiere of composer Don Byrd’s Violin Concerto. This season, she will also appear as guest soloist in performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, and her current solo recording project with Aqua, an Argentinian/Latin American label, will be distributed by Naxos in 2021.

A passionate chamber musician, Ms. Parnas Möller’s recent engagements include recitals at the Kennedy Center, New York’s Subculture, San Francisco Performances, the Minneapolis Museum of Russian Art, and the San Francisco Academy of Achievement International Summit as a 2014 delegate. As winner of the 2017 Beverly Hills Chamber Music Auditions, upcoming appointments for this season include performances for the Boston Court Pasadena Chamber Music Series, Le Salon de Musiques, Los Angeles Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Center Stage Chamber Music Series, Sitka Festival Winter Classics, and the New York City Riverdale School, among others.

As both a soloist and a collaborator, Ms. Parnas Möller has simultaneously demonstrated a commitment to the legacy of chamber music while exercising her passion for contemporary music. Her collaborations include projects alongside acclaimed artists such as Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Zuill Bailey, and her most long-standing partnership, Duo Parnas with her sister, cellist Cicely Parnas. Set apart by taking 1st prize in Carnegie Hall’s International Chamber Music Competition in 2007, Duo Parnas has since appeared at countless festivals throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Israel including Tanglewood, Banff, Maverick Concerts, Music Mountain, the American Composers Festival, Lachine Music Festival, and the ProQuartet Festival in France. Frequently engaged as artists-in-residence, Duo Parnas has toured Asia in the International Musical Arts Festivals of Shanghai and Macao and served residencies with both the El Paso and Sitka Music Festivals. In addition, Duo Parnas has released three albums on the Sheffield Lab label, which feature both pre-existing works and commissions by award-winning composers of the 21st century, including Bill Bolcom, Charles Wuorinen, Paul Moravec, and Lera Auerbach.

Ms. Parnas Möller holds a Master of Music and Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; a Master of Arts in Violin Performance, with distinction, from the Royal Academy of Music in London; a Bachelor of Science from The College of Saint Rose where she graduated summa cum laude with a double major in Music Industry and French; she will complete her doctoral degree at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music in Spring 2022. Ms. Parnas Möller’s academic honors include selection as a 2012 Marshall Scholar, as well as earning the Josef Gingold Award and twice the Artistic Excellence Award at Indiana University. Her principal teachers include her grandfather and legendary cellist Leslie Parnas, Movses Pogossian, Varty Manouelian, Mark Kaplan, György Pauk, Jaime Laredo, James Buswell, and Betty-Jean Hagen. Ms. Parnas Möller resides in Los Angeles and performs on a 1715 Alessandro Gagliano violin.

Henry Samuels is a double bass player and music teacher living in Cleveland, Ohio. He has per-formed across the US, China, Europe, and Japan with orchestra including the Akron Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Sapporo Symphony, the Mansfield Symphony, and the Bluewater Chamber Orchestra.

Henry also enjoys playing chamber music. He has performed in all types of ensembles ranging from the Schulhoff Trio to the Schubert “Trout” quintet as a frequent collaborator with M.U.S.i.C. Stars in the Classics. He also performs jazz and pop tunes with various string ensem-bles in Opus 216 and Classical Revolution for events such as weddings, lawn concerts, and fund-raisers. Henry also performs and teaches Jewish folk music (klezmer). He has performed for Jewish Weddings and other significant life events, at the Bop Stop with Steven Greenman’s klezmer trio, and was the director of the klezmer ensemble at The Music Settlement from 2020 to 2022.

Henry is an active music teacher across Northeast Ohio. He teaches Suzuki and traditional bass at the Music Settlement, the Westlake Music Academy, and the Avon School of Music. Henry also assists local orchestra programs by teaching bass lessons and sectionals at Lakewood High School and Strongsville Middle and High School.

Henry received his Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University in double bass perfor-mance, and a Professional Studies Certificate in bass performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with TCO principal bassist Max Dimoff.

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