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On October 18, 2025, rising star soprano Toni Marie Palmertree and pianist Temirzhan Yerzhanov presented a recital at Tateuchi Hall, Finn Center in Mountain View, California. The program featured opera arias from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, Gounod’s Faust, and Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, as well as art songs by Donaudy, Puccini, Poldowsky, Chaminade, Obradors, Florence Price, and Elinor Remick Warren.

Toni Marie Palmertree is among the rare singers of today who carry forward the vocal ideals of the Golden Age of opera. Her acclaimed performances have been heard on major stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Florida Grand Opera, where she has appeared in leading roles. The recital celebrated the timeless artistry of great vocal tradition through a partnership of exceptional musicianship and expressive depth.

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San Jose State University, in collaboration with Orchestra Gradus ad Parnassum, presented an open master class featuring soprano Toni Marie Palmertree with pianist Temirzhan Yerzhanov. The class was offered to the university’s outstanding young vocal students, providing them with the opportunity to study and experience the principles of traditional vocal technique.

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Four selected singers worked with Palmertree on interpretation, vocal development, and the artistic values that shaped the great opera tradition of previous generations. The master class sought to preserve and share the refined musical principles and pedagogical approaches that were once a fundamental part of vocal training.

Mikhail Voskresensky at recital

On March 16, 2024, one of the greatest pianists of our time,

Mikhail Voskresensky, gave a solo recital to a sold-out audience at Tateuchi Hall, Finn Center in Mountain View, CA.

The program featured works by Haydn (Sonata in E minor),

Mozart (Rondo in A minor), Beethoven ("Moonlight" Sonata), Scriabin (Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand), and Prokofiev (Sonata No. 8).

This recital marked Mr. Voskresensky’s long-awaited debut in the San Francisco Bay Area, more than 60 years after his first appearance in the United States in 1963. With one of the longest international piano careers in the world, he made headlines in 2022 for publicly opposing the war in Ukraine. He left Russia that year and has since settled in New York.​

Read a review of the recital here.

Professor Voskresensky's Master Class at Stanford University

Pianist Mikhail Voskresensky was the longest-serving piano professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory before joining the Juilliard School as an Artist-in-Residence. Through his teacher, Lev Oborin—First Prize winner of the inaugural Chopin Competition—his pedagogical lineage traces back to Igumnov, Siloti, Liszt, and ultimately Beethoven.

A particularly memorable moment in his life was studying with the great 20th-century composer Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom Mr. Voskresensky prepared the European debut of Piano Concerto No. 2.

His students have won over 120 top prizes at major international competitions, and he has taught master classes at leading conservatories and universities around the world.

On March 17, 2024, in collaboration with Gradus ad Parnassum, Stanford University hosted a master class with Mr. Voskresensky and its finest piano students. The event drew an unprecedented public response and enthusiastic acclaim.

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