Luba Poliak, Piano
Performances by Luba Poliak
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Dmitry Shostakovich | Sonata for Cello and Piano in d minor, Op. 40 | 06/17/2017 |
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| Igor Stravinsky | Tarantella from Suite Italienne | 06/17/2017 |
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| Sergei Prokofiev | Adagio from Cinderella | 06/17/2017 |
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| Robert Schumann | Sonata in g minor, Op. 22 | 01/09/2012 |
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| Claude Debussy | L’Isle Joyeuse (The Island of Joy) | 01/09/2012 |
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Luba Poliak, Piano
Biography
www.lubapoliak.com
Born in Siberia, Luba Poliak was eleven years old when she first appeared with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1990, she emigrated to Israel, where she continued her studies and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Rubin Academy in Tel-Aviv. She studied in Brussels and in Boston at the New England Conservatory of Music where she earned a Master's Degree with Honors. She completed her doctorate in May 2008 at SUNY–Stony Brook.
Her teachers have included Michael Boguslawsky, Gabriel Chodos, Patricia Zander and Gilbert Kalish. Ms. Poliak has participated in master classes given by Leon Fleisher, Andras Schiff, Murray Perahia, Joseph Kalichstein, Bella Davidovich, Misha Dichter and others. She has performed in Russia, Israel, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Australia. Ms. Poliak has received numerous grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and was a fellow at the Aspen and Verbier Music Festivals as well as at the exclusive "German for Singers and Vocal Coaches" program at Middlebury College. Ms. Poliak is currently a visiting piano faculty at the Lowarence Conservatory of Music, WI. In 2003, she was invited to join the staff of the Bowdoin Music Festival. Ms. Poliak is regularly on faculty of the distinguished 92nd Street Y, NY the Closter Music Academy, NJ and a very active soloist and chamber musician. Recent performances include solo recitals at the Lawrence University, in Wisconsin, Roerich Museum in New York, Fort Hays University, Hays, Kansas and at Middlebury College, Vermont; a violin and piano recital at the Embassy Concert Series in Washington, DC, as well as numerous appearances with various chamber music ensembles in New York City and Long Island. Luba Poliak was a guest artist and teacher at the Summer Piano Camp 08 that was hosted by the Fort Hays University, staff member of the 2008 Heifetz International Music Institute in Maine and will be returning to Houston third year in a row to teach and perform at the Summer Piano Institute at TMF, Houston, Texas.