“Smolina displayed full command… playing with vigor and vitality… sure of technique and subtle phrasing. She produced dazzling effects… brought the audience close to frenzy.” Sarasota Herald Tribune

Bring the Family and BEGIN THE CELEBRATIONS – with ARCA’s Thanksgiving Holiday “Classical Piano Pops” concert with the dazzling virtuosity of pianist SVETLANA SMOLINA in a program featuring The Nutcracker Suite, Blue Danube, John Williams “Scent of a Woman” Tango, George Gershwin “The Man I Love” and Georges Bizet’s Carmen Variations – PLUS Chopin Ballade, Waltz and Polonaise and MORE. Acclaimed as “mesmerizing and dynamic” by the NY Times and for her “luxuriant tone” by the LA Times in her “flawless virtuosity”, this program of delightful audience favorites will entertain and lift your spirits – in Lincoln Hall on Sunday, November 24 at 2 PM.

Known for her “energy and fire” & “subtle phrasing”, the stunningly talented Svetlana Smolina is a highly sought-after world-renowned classical pianist who has performed, recorded, and collaborated with famous musicians in major world music centers, performing with orchestras and in recitals worldwide to extended standing ovations as “she produced dazzling effects… and brought the audience close to frenzy.”

Tickets: Adults $25, Members $20, Students $5 Buy online at alleghenyriverstone.org or to reserve, call 724-659-3153 to pay by cash or check at the door.

Hailed for being “Simply flawless” (Toronto Performing Arts Examiner) and “a true miracle “(Zapolyarnaya Pravda), producing “dazzling effects”, SVETLANA SMOLINA has performed with orchestras and in recitals and chamber music worldwide.

Notable appearances with notable appearances the Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestra National de France, Dublin Philharmonic, South Florida Symphony, Odessa and Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic, New Florida Philharmonic, Shreveport Symphony, New York Chamber Orchestra.

A frequent guest at festivals worldwide, Ms. Smolina has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia Rising Stars, White Nights, Maggio Musicale, Mikkeli, Ruhr, Moscow Easter, Rotterdam Phillips Gergiev, International Gilmore, Settimane Musicali di Stresa, Michelangeli, Hennessy Artists Series at Hanoi Opera House, The Voice of Music in Upper Galilee.