167. Scriabin Society of America

Saturday, May 31st, 2025 @12:30 PM | 2025 SSA Symposium

Support the Salon Concerts series!
Donate Now! (tax deductible!)

Concert catalogue  Subscribe to our mailing list

~~~~~

This concert is brought to you by:

Mumeneer
Audio and Video engineering for Events, Recording, and Livestreaming.
at
Klavierhaus
Experts in restoration and sales of New York, Hamburg Steinways and other fine European instruments.

The Scriabin Society of America
celebrates the extraordinary, visionary genius of Alexander Scriabin.

our fiscal sponsor [501(c)(3)]:
Composers Collaborative Inc.
Helping creative and performing artists initiate vital collaborations, produce innovative performances, and disseminate and preserve their work.

~~~~~

167.

Salon Concerts at Klavierhaus
Jed Distler, artistic director

Scriabin Society of America
Dmitry Rachmanov, director

presents

2025 SSA Symposium

Dr. Lindsey Macchiarella, Dr. Hannah McLaughlin, Echo Davidson, Daniel Colalillo, and Markus Böhmig, presenters

Bruno Vlahek, piano
1st prize, 2010 Paris Scriabin competition

Saturday, May 31st, 2025 @12:30 PM

Live at Klavierhaus
790 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

$20 suggested donation

Donate to Salon Concerts   In-person reservation   Livestream

~~~~~

Program is subject to change.

12:30pm (presentations)

“Prometheus at the Bolshoi, 1918”
Dr. Hannah McLaughlin

“Scriabin’s 9th Piano Sonata: The Dark Ritual of Sound”
Daniel Colalillo

1:45pm (presentations)

“Scriabin, Wilhelm Wundt, and Early Experimental Psychology”
Dr. Lindsey Macchiarella

“Embodied Temporalities: Slow Apocalypse in Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 10”
Echo Davidson

3pm (presentations)

“Mystique Musicale: Alexander Scriabin in Light of His Recordings of the Poème, Op. 32, No. 1 for Hupfeld and Welte-Mignon”
Markus Böhmig

4pm (concert)

Alexander Scriabin
2 Poèmes, Op. 63
3 Pieces, Op. 2
2 Poèmes, Op. 32
4 Preludes, Op. 37
Prelude Op. 74, No. 4
Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30

Bruno Vlahek, piano

~~~~~

Bruno Vlahek (b. 1986, Zagreb) is an internationally acclaimed Croatian pianist and composer, praised for his expressive artistry and versatility. He has performed in over 40 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East, in prestigious venues such as the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Franz Liszt Academy (Budapest), and Shanghai Concert Hall.

He graduated as one of the youngest students from the Zagreb Academy of Music before completing advanced studies at the Lausanne Conservatory, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, and the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where he studied with Dmitri Bashkirov.

As a pianist, he has received numerous awards including first prizes at the Ricard Viñes and Paris Scriabin competitions, as well as distinctions from the Yamaha Foundation and Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain. His performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio Suisse Romande, and national broadcasters across Europe.

Also a prolific composer, Vlahek has written more than 60 works ranging from orchestral and chamber music to solo and choral pieces, performed on five continents. His compositions have earned accolades such as the Porin and Stjepan Šulek awards. His discography includes recordings of Rachmaninoff’s Études-Tableaux and Scarlatti sonatas.

He regularly performs in duo with his wife, pianist Dubravka Vukalović, as the D&B Piano Duo.