4pm: Alexander Peskanov and Lu Ann Peskanov Duo Recital

Lu Ann Peskanov, flute- received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. A native of Maryland, she is former principal flutist and guest soloist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. She has been a regular performer with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as well as principal flutist with the Baltimore Opera Company, Morris Mechanic Theater Orchestra, Bronx Chamber Orchestra, Queensborough Symphony and Great Neck Philharmonic. Ms. Peskanov has appeared in numerous solo and chamber recital series from coast to coast including the Sun Valley Autumn Series, Flagstaff Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Series, Cullowhee (NC) Music Festival, La Roche College Recital Series in Pittsburgh and at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee. She has also appeared as solo recitalist and chamber player in Tour, France. As an orchestral soloist, Ms. Peskanov has appeared with the Annapolis Symphony, the New York Virtuoso Strings, the Bronx Chamber Players, the Greater Laurel (MD) Chamber Players, and the North Shore Symphony. She is currently principal flutist with the Long Island Wind Ensemble. During the 2015/2016 season, Ms. Peskanov performed a series of concerts at Yale University’s Harkness Hall, Steinway Hall and the Allen-Stevenson School, with the New York Chamber Consortium. She also performed at Carnegie Hall’s Gala Concert in support of music education and autism. In addition, Ms. Peskanov appeared as guest soloist at the BMTG chamber music concert series at Beethoven Recital Hall and KlavierHaus in Manhattan. This season, in additional to chamber and solo performances, Ms. Peskanov will also premiere a new contemporary work for flute, cello and piano, written for her by Polish composer Alicia Jonas. Ms. Peskanov is a former faculty member of Adelphi University, where she also conducted master classes, and frequently performed in recital. She maintains a large flute studio, and many of her students have pursued professional careers in flute performance and pedagogy. Ms. Peskanov resides in East Northport with husband, pianist/composer Alexander Peskanov, and their five children.

Alexander Peskanov, concert pianist, composer and master teacher, emigrated to the United States in 1973. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Peskanov made his orchestral debut under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich, and has since traveled the world performing, and spreading the great traditions of the Russian Piano School. The author’s series of six books, “The Russian Technical Regimen for the Piano” and video series “In Search of Sound” share all the secrets of Russian piano technique including weight-produced sound, flying finger technique, and a wide range of exercises, practiced by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and other piano giants of the Russian School. 

“This brilliant pianist can create incredible excitement and knows how to please a crowd,” reported The Washington Post when reviewing Alexander Peskanov’s Kennedy Center performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto. He has since appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including: National, Baltimore, St. Louis, Houston, Utah, Richmond Symphonies, and internationally with London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic. In recent seasons, Alexander Peskanov, critically acclaimed as a “distinctive soloist” by New Yorker Magazine, has made concert appearances in Russia, Poland, including the Leonid Kogan and Elizabeth Gilels Festival at the Moscow Conservatory, and the Sopot International Music Festival, in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concert with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic. He also appeared at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Yale University and Bargemusic in New York, performing an all Chopin recital.

Alexander Peskanov is also a successful composer of classical works, including piano solos, piano concertos and chamber music. He has written twelve concertos for young pianists, two of them, Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Strings (Hal Leonard) and “Spring Concerto” for Piano and Orchestra (Alfred Music) have been selected by the National Federation of Music Clubs for 2016–2020. Recently, Peskanov’s concertos have also received International recognition and have been premiered in Europe, Asia and South America, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Columbia, Thailand and Hong Kong.

In October 2015, Alexander Peskanov performed in the Gala Concert dedicated to “Autism and Musical Education” at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall. The concert program also featured his Piano Concerto No.5. Peskanov’s “Spring Concerto” will be premiered at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, in the spring of 2017 by young soloists from four continents.

Alexander Peskanov’s recordings include a CD of his own piano compositions entitled “Spirits of the Wind – Peskanov Plays Peskanov” which has been featured in a satellite broadcast on National Public Radio stations. Other recordings include music by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt and Scott Joplin. Peskanov has recorded for Naxos Record’s American Classics series and Musical Heritage Society. He is the recipient of three special ASCAP awards.

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