Video: Amazing duet ” Bayan Mix ” and the magnificent instrumental ensemble quartetto ” International ” Oktyabrskiy with Alexander Sevastian.
Alexander Sevastian will perform on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at The Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue,Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 3K6. You are invited to attend the concert featuring Alexander Sevastian and the Folk -Band “Silver “performing Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Gуpsy and other songs with their beautiful voices and traditional costumes.
Alexander Sevastian is a winner of the prestigious Coupe Mondiale International Accordion Competition in 2007 in Washington, DC. He is also a winner of three other competitions such as The Oslofjord (Norway 1998), Cup of the North (Russia 2000), Antony Galla-Rini (USA 2001).
A native of Minsk, Belarus where he finished the Glinka College (class of Miron Boula) After his triumphal victory at the Coupe Mondiale in 2007 Alexander ‘s solo career began to thrive. He was invited to perform recitals at several prestigious festivals in Vancouver, Victoria, Mont-Treblant, Montmagny, Las-Vegas, Stresa (Italy), Kraguevac (Serbia), Castelo Branco (Portugal), Samara (Russia). While he was a student, Mr. Sevastian joined a Russian TV folk instrument orchestra and with great support from the conductor Nikolai Nekrasov he became a featured soloist.
After graduating from the Gnessin Academy of Music and getting a Masters Degree in performance, Alexander moved to Toronto, Canada. Soon after he got an Advanced Certificate in Performance from the University of Toronto (class of Joseph Macerollo) and joined the famous ensemble Quartetto Gelato. With this group Alexander has toured every province in Canada and almost every state in the USA. Alexander was featured soloist with several leading North America symphony orchestras, including The Toronto Symphony with a very successful debut in 2008.
Alexander became a Canadian citizen in 2005. He is married and lives in Thornhill, Ontario with his wife Anna and son Vova.
Ticket $30 Seniors and students $20
ph.778-355-7377
His future performances include:
May 7-9 Canmore, BC Canada with Quartetto Gelato
May 13 Sudbury, ON, Canada with Sudbury Symphony (Forsyth Concerto)
For further information:
sevastian2004@gmail.com
Photo by Vladimir Kevorkov.
