On Sunday, October 23, Baton Rouge Gallery’s Sundays@4 series is honored to welcome the Women in Music Concert Series, by the Homegrown New Music Ensemble, for a musical performance and discussion. As with all Sundays@4 performances, this will be free and open to the public.
Pianist Albina Khaliapova with cellist Eduard Teregulov
Established in 2021 by pianist Albina Khaliapova in collaboration with cellist Eduard Teregulov, and violinist Rachel Reese-Kollmayer, the concert series Women in Music celebrates the music written by outstanding female composers of past and present. With a strong resonance from the modern audience, the concert series was presented across the United States, including New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Florida.
The Women in Music series have gained a deep interest in audience and season 22-23 Teregulov & Khaliapova duo is already invited to present their special topic program at Louisiana State University, (Baton Rouge, LA) Brooklyn College Conservatory (New York City, NY), ACES Education Center of Arts (New Heaven, CT).
From summer 2022 the concert series Women in Music was added as one of the special topic projects to Homegrown New Music Ensemble. The performances of Women in Music Concert Series were hosted by the following venues:
Woman’s Club - Baton Rouge, LA | Dec 17th, 2021
Northwestern State University - Natchitoches, LA | February 11th, 2022
University of South Florida - Tampa, FL | February 25th, 2022
St. Jerome Catholic Church - Largo, FL | February 27th, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison, WI | April 15th, 2022
National Opera Center - New York, NY | May 28th, 2022
Forte Piano Music Company - Paramus, NJ | May 29th, 2022
Tampa Museum of Art - Tampa, FL | July 23rd, 2022
Baton Rouge Gallery - Baton Rouge, LA | October 23rd, 2022
Selected recordings from previous performances:
Eduard Teregulov
Cellist Eduard Teregulov is a soloist, chamber performer, and educator. Winner of local and international competitions in Russia, Europe, and North America, Eduard finds great inspiration in both performing and teaching. Eduard has worked and played with orchestras in both the United States and Russia including the National Symphony Orchestra of Bashkortostan, Symphony Orchestra of Opera and Ballet Theater of Bashkortostan, Chamber Orchestra “Bashkortostan”, Youth International Symphony Orchestra of the Volga Region, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, South Shore Symphony Orchestra in Tampa Bay, Baton Rouge Civic Orchestra, Rapides Symphony Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony, and others. He appears as a guest artist on commercial recordings for Daniel Giron (USA), Bj Davis (USA), and Charly Muñoz (Mexico).
Dr. Teregulov is a founding member of Homegrown New Music Ensemble, where he gets to advocate for and promote music by living composers in collaboration with his colleagues Michelle Kim-Painter, Michael Standard, Albina Khaliapova, and Tyler Webster. Teregulov and Khaliapova are also performing regularly as a duo.
Albina Khaliapova
Pianist Albina Khaliapova is a winner of international competitions and festivals in Europe and the United States, including International Competition for Young Performers 21st Century Art (Ukraine), International Competition Music without Limits (Lithuania), Young Musician International Competition Citta di Barletta (Italy), and International Keyboard Oddysiad 2015 (United States).
Influenced by her mother, who is also a pianist, she received her first music lessons at home at the age of four. Growing up in a musical environment from the early days of her life, she developed an acute musical sensitivity and a natural aptitude for the piano. Being accepted at Secondary Special Music School, one of the elite music schools in Russia, by the age of five, she was committed to being a professional musician from her childhood years. Upon completing her undergraduate studies at Ufa State Academy of Arts, Albina was invited to the positions of piano instructor and collaborative pianist at the top music schools in her hometown.
In 2018, Albina completed her Master's Degree in Piano Performance and Chamber Music at the University of South Florida where she studied in the studio of Steinway artist Dr. Svetozar Ivanov. At USF Albina held a teaching assistant position and was awarded a President’s Piano Trio fellowship. While working on her master's degree, Albina became a winner of the USF School of Music Young Artist Competition.
In 2021, Dr. Albina Khaliapova graduated from the class of Pr. Willis Delony at Louisiana State University and awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance. During her studies at LSU, she became a recipient of multiple scholarships and held a teaching assistant position at the collaborative piano department.
As a current president of the Homegrown New Music Ensemble, Dr. Albina Khaliapova is an active advocate for contemporary music and music by living composers in the United States. Her special topic project Women in Music celebrates the music of outstanding female composers from around the world.
Rachel Reese-Kollmeyer
Violinist Dr. Rachel Reese-Kollmeyer is an avid soloist, chamber performer, and collaborator. In the summer of 2018, her piano quintet, Zizique, was awarded a scholarship to study in Orvieto, Italy. In 2019, she won a position with the Rabin String Quartet to study with the Pro Arte Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After completing her doctorate in May 2022, She won a position with The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra as an assistant principal violin for the 2022-2023 season and also plays with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
During her Master’s degree studies, she worked with the Constantinides New Music Ensemble and Homegrown New Music Ensemble. Rachel has studied and performed internationally in Peru, Italy, and Japan collaborating with local musicians, composers, and dancers. She has performed with orchestras in the United States, Peru, and Japan including the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, La Orquesta Sinfonica de Trujillo, and The Euodia Orchestra in Japan.
In addition to performing, she is dedicated to teaching. She has taught through the non-profit Asociación Cultural Arpeggio, conservatory students in Trujillo, Peru, and tsunami survivors in Japan and currently teaches in her private studio in Baton Rouge. Her latest interests include a concert series featuring female composers.