Evgeniya Krachmarova-Sotirov mezzo-soprano has charmed audiences as a soloist throughout Europe and US. Born in Varna, Bulgaria, she studied at the Varna College of the arts, then in Sofia at the State Music Academy where she received her masters degree in opera and vocal performance. She attended master classes with Renata Scotto in Savona, Italy, and has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Evgeniya's career began at the age of seven when she won a position in the Varna Opera Children’s Choir. After graduation magna cum laude from the College of the Arts, she was a soloist at the State music Theater Shumen and, simultaneously, as a concert soloist for the famous Choir at Sofia State Philharmonic Orchestra. Evgeniya has performed at the large Bulgarian Opera stages in Bourgas, Varna, Plovdiv, and Sofia where her memorable roles include Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart), Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) , Fenena in Nabucco (Verdi), Amneris in Aida (Verdi), and Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni). Evgeniya has also been a frequent participant in a number of festivals including the Summer Festival in Orange France, Varna Summer Bulgaria, and the well known Salzburg Mozart festival in Austria. She has toured the world extensively with performances to her credit in Spain, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Kuwait, and Monte Carlo. Since moving to Northern New York and beginning a family, she recently performed with The Orchestra of Northern New York, Lake Placid Sinfonietta and many others. read more about the singer >>

Albanian born and raised, pianist Ida Tili Trebicka performed throughout the United States, Europe and China, as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She performs regularly under the auspices of Syracuse University, Civic Morning Musicals, Society for New Music etc. and has collaborated frequently with Syracuse Symphony Orchestra members in annual chamber music concerts. Ida has been featured on Albanian National Radio-Television, Italian Broadcasting Corporation RAI 2, Radio Ancona, Italy, and locally on WCNY in Syracuse, WBFO in Buffalo and WCCA TV 13 in Boston.

Invited by the Italian Federation of Women of Professions, Arts and Affairs and the Universities of Torino and Ancona, she has performed solo recitals in Ancona, and Torino. In 2004, 2005, 2006 she performed in Florence, Italy, under the auspices of Syracuse University, and in May of 2005, accompanied Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel Choir in a concert tour to China and Hong Kong. Ida has collaborated continuously with members of Orchestras such as, Athens, Bari, Paris, Sarajevo, Amsterdam, Munich etc.

Ms. Tili Trebicka made her New York City debut in 2001 at the Merkin Hall, and continues to play at the city regularly. In January 2011, she performed with friends at the Tenri Cultural Center. She performs all over the United States, and has given concerts at Boston University, Huston TX, Davis CA, Florida, Hartford Community College, Cleveland Ohio, Hamilton College in Clinton NY, to name a few.

"Eisenman... has a rich baritone voice, clear diction, dashing good looks and stage presence!"

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For thirty-five years Phil Eisenman (bass-baritone) has performed leading and supporting roles in opera, musical theatre, oratorio and choral ensembles.  He has worked with Syracuse Opera, Cleveland Opera, Western New York Opera Theatre, and Oswego Opera and has performed in the Central New York area with the Salt City Center for the Performing Arts, The Syracuse Vocal Ensemble, Syracuse Musical Theatre, Theatre a la Carte, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Society for New Music, Rarely Done Productions, and Oswego Players.  A review noted,
Phil is a long-time past president and board member of Syracuse’s Civic Morning Musicals Inc., the third oldest musical organization in the country.  He is co-director of Junior Pro Art, a monthly process-oriented opportunity for young musicians to perform for each other in a safe environment, give and receive constructive feedback, and explore a wide variety of performance continua.  He is chair of the Live At The Everson Concert Series and active with many other CMM undertakings. Beginning in 1994, he and his wife, soprano Gayle Ross, co-direct occasional Singer-Actor Workshops. He holds advanced degrees in psychology and education and for several summers studied the singer-actor process at the Wesley Balk Institute in Minnesota.

Steve Lester - guitar

Steve Lester got his first guitar at age 16 for Christmas when he had no interest at all in learning how to play one. After taking some jazz lessons from John Lilley of West Chester, Pa. three years later, however, he was hooked. Mr. Lilley went on to a successful career as a member of the popular Philadelphia-based group The Hooters. Mr. Lester, meanwhile, went on to play bluegrass for three years along Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  He continued to study jazz from the famous (Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Danny Gatton) and the not-so-famous. In 1984 he took the first of two master classes from Christopher Parkening, America’s premier classical guitar virtuoso. In 1985 he earned a classical guitar performance degree at Salisbury University in Maryland and joined the U.S. Army bands, serving in Korea, Germany, Afghanistan, Virginia and New York City.
     Mr. Lester retired from Fort Drum in 2007 and currently teaches at SUNY Jefferson and North Country Music in Watertown. He lives in Lake Placid with his wife, three cats and a dog.

The troup will be touring Northern and Central New York and November and December (2011) with a recital program. For more information please e-mail: krum@ionopsis.com

18 Nov 2011 Clayton Opera House

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Clayton Opera House

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