Rising Stars Piano Series
Founded in 2003 by SCC board member and pianist, Liliane Questel.
“The act continues like this for one glorious hour: story, song, story, song. Soukhovetski’s charming personality, interesting anecdotes and mastery of ivories hold the audience in a trance, never once letting go until his standing ovation.”
— Dan’s Papers 2019
Innovation Award Winner from Music Academy Of The West, Konstantin Soukhovetski is an artist of singular vision bringing theater and music together while bridging classical and popular genres.
This season, Konstantin premiered SPARKS, a composition created for him by award-winning composer, Polina Nazaykinskaya, and has appeared with Musimelange and the musicians of the New World Symphony in Miami, FL.
Konstantin also gave world premiere and recorded a new ballet of Ms. Nazaykinskaya – “Nostalgia” choreographed by Pascal Rioult of Rioult Dance at the Joyce Theater in New York City.
Konstantin has appeared as an actor on both theater stage and film and is currently producing reality-webisodes The Real Pianists Of The Hamptons at Pianofest in The Hamptons where he is Artist in Residence since 2011.
Konstantin is a recipient of over 15 awards and is an alumnus of The Juilliard School where he has earned his BM, MM, and AD degrees under the tutelage of Jerome Lowenthal. Born in Moscow to a family of artists he studied at the Moscow Central Special Music School, under the auspices of the Moscow State Conservatory, with Anatoly Ryabov.
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“Konstantin Soukhovetski is rapidly earning a reputation as a “young pianist who captivates” with his “distinctive lyricism”, “immaculate technique” and “vigor…refinement… and drama.”
— The New York Times
The Rising Stars Piano Series was founded in 2003 by SCC board member and pianist, Liliane Questel, a graduate of the Brussels Conservatory and the Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory under the guidance of Leon Fleisher. The series mission focuses on performance opportunities primarily for participants and alumni of Pianofest of the Hamptons. These highly talented pianists attract a loyal following. The Tenth Anniversary Season in 2013 celebrated some of those musicians who by then were not “Rising Stars” anymore but celebrated performers.
The Rising Stars Piano Series is made possible by:
Liliane Questel, pianist*
Southampton Cultural Center
Member of the Board
Founding Director, Rising Stars Series
Konstantin Soukhovetski, pianist
Member of the Advisory Committee
Managing Director, Rising Stars Series
*deceased