Bach in the Subways

An international movement to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers by generating public interest and excitement for the art form.

Denis Savelyev

First-prize winner of the 2017 New York Flute Club Competition, Denis Savelyev is also member
at The Orchestra Now under the direction of Leon Botstein in New York. From the Ukraine, Mr.
Savelyev came to the USA three years ago to earn his MM and Professional Studies Diploma,
both at the Mannes School of Music where he studies with Judith Mendenhall. 
Mr. Savelyev was born in Lviv, Ukraine and began studying the flute at age five. He was
awarded a place at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow where he studied with Albert
Hoffman. Orchestral positions include with the Mariinsky Theater in Vladivostok, and the New
York Symphony Ensemble on its Japanese tour in 2016. As a soloist, he has performed at the
Ukrainian Institute of America, the Moscow Music House, with the Lviv Philharmonic, at the
University of Nevada, and Carnegie Hall where he gave the world premiere of his own
arrangement for the flute of Virko Baley's Partita for Violin and Piano.
First teaching experience Mr. Savelyev was getting in Moscow 6 years ago, mostly privately but
also at public schools. Currently, Denis teaches at Music school and privately in New York and
New Jersey.
Mr. Savelyev is active as both soloist and orchestral player in the USA, Asia, and Europe.

Performers from the Junior Bach Festival

Soloists and ensembles from the Junior Bach Festival will share their love of Bach’s compositions with Bart commuters. Now celebrating its 65th concert season, Junior Bach is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of JS Bach’s music. The Festival produces an annual, Bach-focused Community Workshop and a concert series around the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21. Performers–some of the finest young musical talent in California–are selected through professionally adjudicated auditions. This season, there will be eleven concerts in venues throughout the Bay Area on the weekends of March 16-March 18 and March 23-25. For more information, please visit us at www.juniorbach.org.

Eastern North Carolina Suzuki Association

Members of the Eastern North Carolina Suzuki Association will be honoring Bach’s birthday with an orchestra of Suzuki violin, viola, cello, recorder, guitar and organ students performing various selections by Bach.