Premieres Friday, September 2 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf, the PBS app and on YouTube
After taking up the piano at age five and being inspired by Beethoven, Dmitry Yudin immigrated from Moscow to the United States to follow his older sister. Here, he entered the Manhattan School of Music and was heavily influenced by his teacher, Horacio Gutiérrez, who shaped how he looks at music. Playing two pieces by Rachmaninoff, Yudin draws comparisons between both his and Rachmaninoff’s journey of American migration.
This episode is part of Great Performances: Taking Note, a digital series spotlighting rising instrumental artists who have received Career Grant Awards from the Avery Fisher Artist Program. Each year, the Program awards up to five grants of $25,000 to instrumentalists and chamber ensembles in support of their emerging careers.
