Violinist Yevgeny Kutik joins pianist Renana Gutman in a performance of pieces from their Music from the Suitcase project. The project, inspired by Kutik’s 2014 album of the same name, explores the music brought over to the United States by his family in their suitcases. This concert was recorded live at Bennet Gordon Hall on September 5th, 2024.
Yevgeny Kutik + Renana Gutman
Yevgeny Kutik (Photo: Courtesy of Ravinia Festival)
Playlist
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
Ernest Bloch: Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes Nos. 10, 15, 16, and 24 from op. 34 (arr. Dmitri Tziganov)
Anton Rubinstein: Romance in E-flat major, op. 44, no. 1 (arr. Henryk Wieniawski)
Sergei Prokofiev: Waltz from Cinderella, op. 87 (arr. Mikhail Fikhtengolts)
Darius Milhaud: The Ox on the Roof
