Classical pianist in concert Sunday

  The notes of classical music will serenade the audience at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday night.

  Pianist Juliana Osinchuk will give a concert using her trusty and favorite Steinway grand piano at 5 p.m. at the church on the corner of 14th Avenue and 16th Street.

  Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken.

  According to her publicist, Osinchuk "is one of today's most versatile artists performing internationally to great critical acclaim since the age of 11 when she made a surprise debut in Carnegie Recital Hall performing Beethoven's Sonata Op. #10 to rave reviews."

  "I've been playing the piano since I was 4," said Osinchuk. "My mother used to play the piano and she began to teach me and said I took to it at a very young age.

  "I received my formal education from the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris and Juilliard School, where I graduated with a bachelor's, master's and doctor of musical arts degrees."

  Her orchestral engagements include performances with symphony orchestras across the United States and Europe, including the Tucson, Sacramento and Northwest Chicago symphony orchestras.

  She has collaborated with such artists as Ruggiero Ricci, Daniel Heifetz, Nathaniel Rosen and Maria Chaikovska.

  Her recordings include "Tchaikovsky's Piano Music," "The Sorcerer's Piano," "Growing Babies Bright," "Nothing But Singing to Do" and a new solo CD to benefit cancer projects, titled "Keys to Recovery."

  "I will be putting out my fifth CD in a few weeks," she said. "I play because I love it and I am good at it. Music expresses that which words cannot.

  "People should come to the concert because I will be playing beautiful music featuring Felix Mendelssohn, whose 200th birthday is this year. This concert will be an ode to him.

  "I will also play Spanish music by Granados, works by Rachmaninov, Mozart and Beethoven."

  Osinchuk said most classical concerts play music by composers who have been long dead.

  "Classic means  it is ageless," she said. "For a work to become ageless, it needs to become pretty old so it can be timeless.

  "I will speak about the pieces and composers to give the audience an even better appreciation of what they hear."

  For more information, call the church office at 782-5155.