Maksim Kuzin To Conduct Two Upcoming Youth Art Forum Concerts in Kiev, Ukraine - April 19 Concert Features Music by American Composers Beth Anderson, Lawrence Dillon, Haskell Small and Judith Lang Zaimont Ukrainian conductor Maksim Kuzin will host and conduct concerts of American, European and Ukrainian music in Kiev, Ukraine on Tuesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 21. Both events will be presented as part of the biennial "Youth Art Forum" festival of contemporary music and will be performed at the city's Concert Hall of the House of Science. The April 19 concert will feature music by American composers: Beth Anderson's"New Mexico Swale" for flute, percussion, violin, viola, cello, Lawrence Dillon's "Devotion" for flute, violin, viola and cello), Haskell Small's "12 Snippets" for flute, clarinet, cello and piano and "Short Story" for flute, oboe, clarinet, cello and piano and Judith Lang Zaimont's "Sky Curtains" for flute, clarinet, bassoon, viola and cello. Performers will be the Kiev Youth Soloists Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Maksim Kuzin, who will also host the program and serve as narrator in one of the other selections. The April 21 concert will feature music by Vanessa Lann (USA/Netherlands), Michele Biasotti (Italy), Guus Janssen (Netherlands) as well as Ukrainian composers Olena Protopopova, Zoltan Almashi Svyatoslav Krutykov and Serhiy Pilyutikov. Performers will be the Ensemble of New Music "Ricochet", again conducted by Mr. Kuzin. Maksim Kuzin was selected by Symphony Magazine as one of their 2005 Emerging Artists. He is founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of the Youth Musical Theatre "Maxima" in Ukraine, Staff Conductor of the Kiev State Academic Operetta Theatre and Music Director of the Ricochet New Music Ensemble. He received a Summer 2004 appointment as Assistant Conductor for the Hot Springs Music Festival in Arkansas and is a frequent conductor of contemporary music concerts at Ukrainian international festivals such as "Kiev Musik-Fest", "Youth Art Forum" and "Musical Premieres of The Season." You can find much more about Maksim Kuzin at http://www.jamesarts.com/kuzin/index.html. These composers reflect a wonderful range of styles of American Music and were chosen by Mr. Kuzin for this diversity. For more information about Beth Anderson, visit her online at http://www.beand.com/. Lawrence Dillon's website is at http://www.lawrencedillon.com/. For more about Haskell Small, visit him at http://www.jamesarts.com/h-small/ and find Judith Lang Zaimont's website at http://www.jzaimont.com/. Ms. Anderson, Mr. Dillon and Ms. Zaimont are regular contributors to the lively Sequenza 21 Composers Forums and individual blogs, all of which can be read at http://www.sequenza21.com. Maksim Kuzin, Beth Anderson, Lawrence Dillon, Haskell Small and Judith Lang Zaimont are all represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, to whom inquiries about them can be directed. For more information, call 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com