BIO: Ghenady Meirson began his musical education in Odessa, Ukraine. He graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. At Curtis, he majored in piano studying with Seymour Lipkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, and in accompanying studying with Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff. In 1982, Ghenady wrote a singers' handbook entitled Do Sing in Russian and began to specialize in Russian vocal repertoire. Since then, he coached many artists for opera, oratorio, recitals and recordings.
Some Russian repertoire credits include:
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible (Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor)
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 (EMI recording, Riccardo Muti, Conductor)
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (with Mendelssohn Club Chorus)
Borodin: Polovetzian Dances from Prince Igor (with Mendelssohn Club Chorus)
OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Televised Internationally)
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
THE PHILADELPHIA SINGERS
Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Annual Recitals: An Evening of Russian Romances
THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC OPERA THEATRE
Tchaikovsky: Iolana
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Recital: Russian Song Program
Stravinsky: Les Noces