Stas Venglevski
Piano & Accordion
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Stas Venglevski, a native of the Republic of Moldova, part of the former Soviet Union, is a two-time first prize winner of Bayan competition. Stas is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, where he received his Master's Degree in Music under the tutelage of the famed Russian Bayanist, Friedrich Lips.
Stas is an Accordionist, a Musician, and Arranger, an Entertainer and a Teacher. He has toured extensively as a soloist throughout the former Soviet Union, Canada, Europe, and the United States, including numerous performances with Doc Severinsen, Steve Allen and with Garrison Keillor on the Prairie Home Companion Show. He is a regular participant in Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Arts in Community Education Program (ACE); has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra; has done television commercials and performed in theater productions; produced 15 acclaimed albums including a transcription of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite for Bayan as well as one of original compositions. He has published several books of original compositions. |