Dmitry
Lukin, violin
Dmitry Kouzov, cello
Milana Bahl, piano
Hailed by critics as a “grand departure from the usual,” the MANHATTAN PIANO
TRIO is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most exciting, versatile, and active emerging chamber music groups in America.
It is the Grand Prize Winner of 2006 Plowman National Chamber Music Competition
and 2007 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition. Formed in 2004, it has presented
over 200 performances spanning 25 states. Individually, the trio members are
all award-winning soloists in their own right. MILANA BAHL is a 1996 Arts Recognition
and Talent Search Awardee and a winner of the Yamaha Piano Competition and Young Artist Competition, as well as an international
competition in Italy. DMITRY KOUZOV is the first prize winner at the International Beethoven Cello Competition (Czech Republic), a two-time laureate of the “Virtuosi
of the Year 2000” Festival Competition (Russia),
winner of the 2005 Juilliard Cello Concerto Competition, and recipient of the 2006 New York Cello Society’s Rising Star
Award. DMITRY LUKIN is a second prizewinner at 2005 International Violin Competition
of Sion-Valais (Switzerland), where he was also the recipient of the “Audience Choice” Award, and is also a Laureate
of Mravinsky (Russia) and Takasaki (Japan) International Competitions.
This concert is sponsored by Carolina Bank.