PROGRAM

Impromptu (Concert Etude Nr. 5) – Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Plainte! (Elegia No.1, Op.17) – Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)

Arabesque (Op. 61) – Cécile Chaminade

Abandon (Nocturne) – Mélanie Chasselon (1845-1923)

Intermezzo – Mélanie Chasselon

Sérénade, Op.29 – Cécile Chaminade

Interlude Op.152 – Cécile Chaminade

Theme and Variations Op. 89 – Cécile Chaminade

Suite for Piano No. 2 – Olga Harris (b. 1953)

Arpeggiato, Waltz, March, Russian Waltz, Rock Dragon

BIOGRAPHY

Pianist Julia Mortyakova maintains an international performing career. She is the recipient of the 2021 Performing Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission, the 2023 Programming Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music, the inaugural 2023 MUW Excellence in Creative Activity Award, the 2024 inaugural MUW Excellence in Teaching in Creative Spaces Award, 2023 Steinway Top Piano Teacher Award and is the 2017 Mississippi Honored Artist (MS State Committee of National Museum of Women in the Arts). She is on the Mississippi Artist Roster. The Mortyakova/Bogdan Piano Duo are the Second Prize winners of the 2017 Ellis Duo Piano Competition. Julia is a laureate of the 2014 American Prize for her performance Cécile Chaminade, and the winner of the 2012 Sigma Alpha Iota Career Performance Grant. Julia’s research focuses on the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, life of Cécile Chaminade, women composers, leadership in academia, and group piano teaching. She has presented her research at numerous international, national and regional conferences. Dr. Mortyakova serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the Mississippi University for Women and is the Founder/Artistic Director of the International Annual Music by Women Festival.  She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Vanderbilt University, New York University, and the University of Miami. Equally active in the lives of her colleagues, Julia is Immediate Past President of the College Music Society Southern Region and serves on the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) Commission on Accreditation. Additionally, she is an active NASM on-site evaluator.