2019 Season

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FE OPENING CONCERT "TRANSFIGURED NIGHT"
August 3rd at 7:30PM
Wilton Presbyterian Church (48 New Canaan Road)

• Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 | Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951)
• Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
  • Allegro con spirito
  • Adagio cantabile e con moto
  • Allegretto moderato
  • Allegro con brio e vivace

Artists: Igor Pikayzen, Regi Papa, Adrian Daurov, Ezgi Içellioğlu, Alice Yoo, Chieh-Fan Yiu

FE "NYC JAZZ NIGHT"
August 6th at 10:30PM
Nublu 151 (New York, NY)
Artists: Mateusz Smoczyński

FE "OLD MASTERS"
August 10th at 7:30PM
Wilton Presbyterian Church (48 New Canaan Road)

• Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Fantasia on the themes of C. Gounod's "Faust", Op. 20 | Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880)
• Piano Trio No. in e-minor, Op. 67 | Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
  • Andante
  • Allegro con brio
  • Largo
  • Allegretto
• Piano quartet in c-minor, Op. 60 | Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
  • Allegro non troppo
  • Scherzo: Allegro
  • Andante
  • Finale: Allegro comodo

Artists: Igor Pikayzen, Ezgi Içellioğlu, Matthew Graybil and Caleb van der Swaagh, with a very special appearance by Victor & Tatyana Pikayzen

2018 Season

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FE "YOUTHFUL ROMANTICISM" CONCERT
August 3rd at 7:30pm
First Unitarian Church of Westport (10 Lyons Plains Road)

• Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Sergei Rachmaninoff (1892)
• Piano Quintet in G-minor, Op. 57 Dmitry Shostakovich (1940)
• String Quintet in C-Major, Op. Posthumous 163 Franz Schubert (1828)

Artists: Adrian Daurov, Igor Pikayzen, Regi Papa, Tatyana Pikayzen, Caleb van der Swaagh, Ezgi Icellioglu

FE "INEXTINGUISHABLE" CONCERT
August 7th at 7:30PM
​Temple Israel (14 Coleytown Road)

Featuring works by composers that lived through and perished during the Holocaust:

• ​String Trio, Gideon Klein (1944)
  
• Sonata for Solo Violin, Erwin Schulhoff (1927)
  
• Pictures from the Lives of Vitebsk Klezmers, Leonid Feygin (1967)
  
• “Haim” Polina Nazaykinskaya (2012)
  
• “Quatour pour la fin du temps”, Olivier Messiaen (1941)

Artists: Imri Talgam, Regi Papa, Constantin Soukhovetski, Igor Pikayzen, Stani Dimitrova, Tatyana Pikayzen, Caleb van der Swaagh, Ezgi Icellioglu

2017 Season

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FE OPENING CONCERT
June 25th at 8pm
First Unitarian Church of Westport (10 Lyons Plains Road)

• Piano Quintet in A-Major, “Trout” D. 667 F. Schubert
• String Sextet in d-minor, “Souvenir de Florence”, Op. 70 P. Tchaikovsky

​Artists: Tatyana Pikayzen, Igor Pikayzen, Julia Clancy, Caleb van der Swaagh, Gregory Robbins, Nikita Morozov, Colin Brookes, Adrian Daurov

FE YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT
June 26th at 6 pm
Steinway Gallery (501 Post Road East)

• "Russian Fairytales"​

Artists: Yuliya Kirichenko, Liliya Bikbova, Andrew Maskoff, Alexandra Maskoff, Sarah Fears, Tatyana Pikayzen, Olga Kalinina, Kadriya Bikbova

FE “INEXTINGUINSHABLE” CONCERT
June 27th at 7:30 pm
Beit Chaverim Synagogue (85 Post Road West)

• Five pieces for string quartet E. Schulhoff: Viennese Waltz, Serenade, Czech Folk, Tango, Tarantella
  
• “Kaddish” (US premiere) A. Simic

• String Trio G. Klein
• “Hope” (World Premiere) P. Nazaykinskaya
  
• String Trio, Op. 48 M. Weinberg

Artists: Artur Kaganovskiy, Igor Pikayzen, Eszter Szilveszter Kaganovskiy, Adrian Daurov

FE CLOSING CONCERT
June 29th at 7 pm
Beechwood Arts (52 Weston Road)

• Quatour Pour La Fin du Temps O. Messiaen
  
  • Liturgie de cristal
    
  • Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
    
  • Abime des oiseaux
    
  • Intermede
    
  • Louange a l’Eternite de Jesus
    
  • Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
    
  • Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
    
  • Louange a l’immortalite de Jesus​

Artists: Mark Lieb, Igor Pikayzen, Caleb van der Swaagh, Imri Talgam