CURRICULUM VITAE
Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein
226 N. Prospect St.
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440) 774-7408
EDUCATION
Doctor of Music Piano Performance
Leningrad State Conservatory,
Leningrad, USSR, 1962
Master of Music Piano Performance, Teaching, Ensemble, Accompaniment,
Leningrad State Conservatory, Leningrad, USSR, 1959.
Graduated with honors.
Special Music School, a branch of Leningrad State Conservatory, Leningrad, USSR 1954
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING
Professor of Piano (tenured), Oberlin Conservatory of Music,
Oberlin, OH, 1976 to present
Visiting Artist and Professor, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1975 to 1976
Artist-in-Residence, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1974 to 1976
Professor of Piano, Leningrad State Conservatory, USSR, 1962 to 1973
Visiting Professor at Shanghai State Conservatory, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (PRC), 1990, 1992 and 1995
Visiting Professor at Central Conservatory, Beijing, PRC, 1992
PERFORMANCES
Faculty Recitals: annually at Oberlin Conservatory, both piano and harpsichord.
The World Premier Performance
of recently found Robert Schumann’s early Piano Concerto in F (1831), at Oberlin
Conservatory, March 17, 1992
Public Recitals (partial list)
New York City, Alice Tully Hall
Washington, D.C., Arena Theater
Performing Arts Society of Philadelphia, PA, Mandel Theater (twice)
Chopin Society Festival, Minneapolis, MN
Grand Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
Hermitage Theater Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Shanghai Center Theater, Shanghai PRC
Des Moines Arts Center, Des Moines, IA
Art Museum, Cleveland, OH
Severence Hall, Cleveland, OH
Concert Hall, Indianapolis, IN
Omaha Arts Center, Omaha, NE
School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Little Rock Chamber Music Society Series, Little Rock, AR
Maverick Concerts, Woodstock, NY
Concert Series at the University of Texas, Abilene, TX
Concert Series at the University of Oregon, Corvallis, OR
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, PRC
Yunnan University, Kunming, PRC
Baptists College, Hong Kong
University of Oregon, Portland, OR
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
University of Charleston, Charleston, WV
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
University of South Dakota, Brookings, SD
Louisiana State University, Lafayette, LA
Public Radio Performances
National Public Radio, Washington, DC
Voice of America, Washington, DC
Leningrad Radio and TV, USSR
St. Petersburg Radio and TV, Russia
National Radio, Paris, France
Hong-Kong Radio
WCLV, Classical Music Radio Station, Cleveland, OH
Concerto Soloist (with Orchestra)
In the U.S.: Des Moines Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic (2 times), Grand Rapids Symphony, MI (4 times), North Miami Symphony, FL, Grand Forks Symphony, ND, Greater Miami Symphony, Fl, Central Ohio Symphony, Chamber Soloists of Oberlin, Mesa Symphony, AZ (2 times).
In USSR and Russia: Leningrad Philharmonic, USSR (prior to 1974); St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Russia, 1990, 1991 and 1993; also in Yerevan, Kharkov, Saratov, Minsk, Tallinn, and Riga, among other cities.
MASTER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS (partial list)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Oregon State University, Portland, OR
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Shanghai State Conservatory of Music, PRC, 1990 and 1992
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, PRC
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
LECTURES: “Piano Technique,” “The Art of Pedaling, “Music of Scriabin,” and “The Timing as Artistic Means in Piano Performance,” given at various music schools.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Competition Juries:
International American Scholarship Competition, Cincinnati, OH
International Competition, Midland/Odessa, TX
International Piano Competition, New Orleans, LA
Member of the Screening Committee for R. Cassadesus International Piano Competition, Cleveland, OH
Association with Leningrad branch of the Union of Composers of USSR
First performances of piano pieces of contemporary Soviet composers Slonimsky, Evlakhov, Tishchenko, Arapov, Gavrilin, Zitovitch, Belov, Mirzoian, and others, 1959 to 1973
First piano performance of complete “The Art of Fugue” J.S. Bach in USSR
Piano performance of the same work at Oberlin in October 1985. Work later performed also on harpsichord.
RECORDINGS, PIANO AND HARPSICHORD
LP’s and Cassettes:
In USSR: Melodia Label (LP)
In US: Laurel (LP)
Orion Master Recordings (LP)
Musical Heritage Society (three LPs)
Albany Records (two CD’s)
SZR (Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein) Productions (launched in 1991)
Video Cassette, SZR Productions, Live Performance with Leningrad Philharmonic, 1991
REVIEWS (Partial List)
The New York Times; Washington Post; Musical America; New Records; Ovation; Inquirer and Mirror, MA; World-Herald, Omaha, NE; Philadelphia Musical World and Times; Niagara Gazette; Audience, Grand Rapids, MI; The Grand Rapids Press; The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH ; Musical Heritage Review; Buffalo News; Leningradskaya Pravda, Leningrad, USSR; Smena, St. Petersburg, Russia
AWARDS
Laureate of the All-Union Contest of Musicians, Moscow, USSR, 1957
Honors Diploma, Leningrad Conservatory, USSR, 1959