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Cal Poly Humboldt Recital Series: Pianist Vladislav Kern

Fulkerson Recital Hall

The Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Dance, Music and Theatre presents “Cal Poly Humboldt Recital Series: Vladislav Kern, piano,” a concert featuring one of the great young pianists in the world today. Join us Saturday, September 27th 7:30pm at the Fulkerson Recital Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt. Tickets are $20 General, $5 for Children and Cal Poly Humboldt students with ID. To purchase tickets, visit tickets.humboldt.edu/dance-music-and-theatre.

Dr. Daniela Mineva, Director of Keyboard Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt, encourages everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to see one of classical music’s brightest young performers. “We are extremely excited to have Vladislav with us. He is a magnificent player and his program is spectacular. Vladislav is also a poet who has published his first book and now he is working on a second one. He is an incredible improvisator, and I hope we will have the opportunity to hear his fantastic improvisations.”

The program for the evening includes Sonata #3 in f minor, op. 5 by Johannes Brahms, Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach arranged for solo piano by Ferruccio Busoni, Dreamworld composed by Vladislav Kern himself, Paraphrases by Grigory Ginzburg, Largo al Factotum (Paraphrase on Gioachino Rossini) and In the Hall of the Mountain King (Paraphrase on Edvard Grieg)

Vladislav Kern is a Russian-American pianist, composer, and poet. Vlad started playing the
piano at a very early age, with his grandmother as his first teacher. At the age of 6, he was
accepted to the Central Music School at the Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory,
where he studied with Professor V.V. Piasetsky. A few years later, he became a scholarship
recipient of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation. At the age of 12, Vlad
moved to New York and continued his education at The Juilliard School of Music under
Professor Y. Kaplinsky. One year later, he received the prestigious Van Cliburn scholarship,
marking the first time in the history of The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division. From 2016
to 2019, he studied in Italy at Academia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col Maestro” di
Imola under the guidance of Professor B. Petrushansky. Currently, Vlad is studying at the
Manhattan School of Music under Professor A. Moutouzkine. Along his musical journey, Vlad
took masterclasses and lessons from such musicians as Solomon Mikowsky, T.A.
Zelikman, Naum Shtarkman, K.A. Shashkina, Oleg Marshev, Antonio Mormone, Ian Hobson,
and Boaz Sharon.

Vlad has performed in world-known venues such as David Geffen Hall and Alice Tully Hall at
Lincoln Center (NYC), La Sala Verdi at the Conservatorio di Milano, Konserthuset
Stockholm, Finlandia Hall (Helsinki), The Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Academic
Philharmonic (named after D.D. Shostakovich), and The Grand Hall of the Moscow State
Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He collaborated with musicians such as Vladimir Spivakov,
Leonard Slatkin, Roberto Minczuk, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Jindong Cai, Giancarlo De
Lorenzo, and Michael Morgan. He has recordings on radio and television in many countries,
including Italy, the USA, Luxembourg, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

Vlad is a winner of many international competitions and festivals in Denmark, the Czech
Republic, the Republic of South Africa, and the USA, including the Claude Debussy
Competition Paris 2025, the Clara Schumann International Competition 2022, the Tureck-
Bach International Piano Competition in New York, and Price Rubin International
Competition.

In 2013, Vlad became a Young Steinway Artist. Since 2014, Vlad has been promoting
improvisation in concerts of classical music and poetry. In 2020, he published his first
poetry book. In 2023, Vlad opened his own digital music production.

Vlad’s 2022–2024 season included recitals and concerts with the orchestra in the USA—in
Albuquerque with the New Mexico Philharmonic, recitals in Winter Park, FL, at the Bach
festival; in Carmel, CA, and Huntsville, AL; solo performances and chamber music at the
Virginia Arts Festival; concerts in Mexico and Europe.

Highlights of the 2025–2026 season include recitals and concerts in Chicago, San Antonio,
Texas, Arcata, California, Denver, Colorado, and Brno, Czech Republic.

DATES/TIMES

WHERE

• Fulkerson Recital Hall

PRICE

• $20
• $5 Cal Poly Students with ID
• $5 Children