Roman Rudnytsky
Associate Professor of Piano
3159 Bliss Hall
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Roman Rudnytsky is an internationally-active American concert pianist of Ukrainian background whose frequent performances take him all over the world--to every continent and places in-between. He is in fact one of the most traveled of all concert pianists, having played in more countries than almost all others. To date (2000), he has given concerts in more than 75 countries.
In addition to performances in capital cities and important musical centers, he often performs in places away from the musical mainstream, bringing the world and pleasure of classical music to audiences which seldom experience this type of music in live performance. He has received much acclaim in the world's press and many reinvitations.
In addition to his many recitals, Roman Rudnytsky has also in the course of his travels performed as soloist with many orchestras around the world, playing with them 45 different works for piano and orchestra. Among these, he did the British, Latin American, and Australian premiere performances of the recently-discovered Liszt Concerto No.3 in E Flat (in 1990, 1992, and 1993, respectively).
He has made record albums and compact discs in the U.S.A., Australia, and Poland, including a two-record album in the last-named of the Liszt 12 Transcendental Etudes. He also has many live concert performances on cassettes which he often sells at his recitals.
He is prizewinner of several important piano competitions, including 2nd Prize in both the International Leventritt Competition in New York (1965) and the J.S. Bach International Competition in Washington (1960), as well as Laureate of both the "F.Busoni" and the "A. Casagrande" International Piano Competitions in Italy (1967 and 1971, respectively.
Mr. Rudnytsky also conducts masterclasses and conducts workshops for local piano students and teachers in the course of his travels. The settings of these range from universities to small rural towns.
Between 1984 and 1998, he gave concerts and conducted masterclasses in 18 countries under the auspices of the United States Information Service (USIS). In 1985, he served as president of the jury for the first national piano competition held in Guatemala.
Born in New York into a prominent Ukrainian musical family, Mr. Rudnytsky began the study of piano at age four and gave his first solo recital at age seven. He holds the B.S. and M.S. degrees in piano performance from the Juilliard School in New York where he studied with Rosina Lhevinne and her assistant Jeaneane Dowis. He also attended masterclasses conducted by Wilhelm Kempff (Positano, Italy), and Friedrich Wuehrer (At the "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, Austria). He pursued doctoral studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked with Leon Fleisher. In 1957, he attended Egon Petri's masterclass at Mills College in Oakland, California as the youngest participant there.
Recent concert tours include the following:
In 1998, his engagements included recitals in Britain, Malta (in the presence of the President of that country), Hawai'i, Brunei, New Zealand (sixth tour--22 recitals), Tunisia (part of the main music festival there--"Octobre Musicales de Carthage"), Venezuela (soloist with the orchestras of Maracaibo and Merida), and Chile (sixth tour). He also performed recitals on two cruises of the ORIANA of the British P&O company.
In 1999, Mr. Rudnytsky's performances included Britain (February and mid-May), Australia (11th tour between late June and early September---20 concerts), Chile (seventh tour in late October), recitals and masterclasses at the Univ. of Kansas in Lawrence and Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln in early November, and a recital in Oranjestad--capital of the island of Aruba--in late November. He also gave recitals on two Mediterranean cruises of the P&O ships ARCADIA and ORIANA in June and September, respectively.
During 2000, Mr. Rudnytsky's performances have included the following so far:
January: Recital at the University of Central Florida in Orlando
March: Tour of six countries of Francophone West Africa, playing nine recitals arranged through the respective US Embassies there. This was a continuation of the USIS concerts Mr. Rudnytsky did in the past The recitals were held at both the Ambassador's Residences and the local French Cultural Centers. The countries and their capital cities where these concerts took place were the following: Chad (N'Djamena); Benin (Cotonou); Guinea (Conakry); Togo (Lome); Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou); and Mali (Bamako).
April: Recital in Britain (Hammerwood Park in Sussex) and a concert at the end of the month as part of the Amici Trio at the Oglebay Resort near Wheeling, West Virginia.
May: Recitals in Britain (Isles of Scilly and in Scotland) in the early part of the month, then a recital in Honolulu, Hawai'i on the 12th, then performances in Venezuela on the 25th and 27th as soloist with the orchestras of the cities of Maracaibo and Merida, playing both Ravel piano concertos with them.
June: Recitals aboard P&O cruises
Late July--late August: Seventh tour in New Zealand, followed by recitals on several Pacific islands, including Saipan and Majuro.
Late September: Recital in Britain
November 9th-10th: Recital and masterclasses at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa
Concerning cruises: Mr. Rudnytsky has over the years also given many recitals as classical pianist aboard cruises, mostly those of the British P&O company. He has now done 25 cruises in all for them---on such ships as the ORIANA, ARCADIA, and VICTORIA in recent years.
Professor Rudnytsky has been a member of the piano faculty of the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University since 1972. He previously served on the piano faculties of the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington IN (1966-70) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory (1970-71, where he was Artist-in-Residence). He has also served as Artists-in-Residence at two Australian universities: the University of Melbourne Faculty of Music (1983 and 1985) and the University of Wollongong School of Creative Arts (1991).
Youngstown State University awarded Mr. Rudnytsky the "Distinguished Professor Award" in 1990 in recognition of his international concert activities. He was also inducted into the local university chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and is listed in a number of music and other references, including the International Who's Who of Music He is also in the "Hall of Fame" of the Toms River, New Jersey Schools (where he went to school from kindergarten through high school), being inducted as part of the charter group of inductees in 1988.
Other piano pages include:
Piano Studio Syllabus
Roman Rudnytsky - Associate Professor of Piano
Roman Rudnytsky Web Site. Mr. Rudnytsky has another web page which contains additional information, other photos and an audio clip containing works in live concert performances.
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