Evgeny Tonkha & Nikolai Sivchuk

Evgeny Tonkha & Nikolai Sivchuk at a Long Beach residence, May 16, 2026!

Program

JS Bach (1685 — 1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Minor, BWV 1068: Aria
Henry Purcell (1659 — 1695)
Ground in C minor, ZD 221 (solo bayan)
JS Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 prelude
Rodion Shchedrin (1932 — 2025)
“In the Style of Albéniz” (Hommage à Albéniz)
Ernesto Lecuona (1895 — 1963)
“Malagueña” from Suite Andalucía   (solo bayan)
Anna Drubich (b. 1984)
”Air Raid Alert”
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 — 1943)
“Do Not Sing, My Beauty” from 6 romances  Op.4
David Popper (1843 — 1913)
Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68 (for cello)
Richard Galliano (b. 1950)
“La Valse à Margaux”
Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)
Le Grand Tango

Details!

Arrive: 5:15 ~ 5:45pm
(wine, cheese & appetizers reception)
Recital: 6:00 ~ 7:00pm
Reception: 7:00pm ~ …
(stay for refreshments, mingle with Evgeny Tonkha & Nikolai Sivchuk)

This is not just a concert — it’s a pot luck party!
BYOB. Bring appetizers to share!

$20 minimum donation per person at the door (100% goes to musicians).

Seating is limited to 25 so registration is required.

Your tickets will be emailed immediately after you register. A confirmation with address and details will be emailed shortly after you register. If you haven’t received your confirmation email, check your spam folder or contact thomas@cmsocal.org

Evgeny Tonkha

Evgeny began performing actively at the age of 10, gaining experience on some of the world’s most prestigious stages — in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Munich, London, Paris, Nice, Vienna, Salzburg, Basel, Bern, Delhi, Seoul, and many other cities and countries. Evgeny has played hundreds of solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts. His repertoire spans over five centuries of music written for the cello. He is the first prize winner of the International Cello Competition in the Czech Republic and the recipient of two special awards at the Tchaikovsky Competition.

Nikolay Sivchuk

Nikolay is a brilliant Russian bayan musician, talented educator, arranger, and composer. A prodigy, in childhood Nikolai was already a virtuoso and winner of several international competitions. At 15 he was awarded a scholarship to “New Names”, the International Charitable Foundation nurturing the most gifted young Russian musicians. Through “New Names” Nikolay studied under legendary Russian Professor Viacheslav Semionov at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow. During his studies he became an artist laureate in some of the most prestigious international competitions, including gold in the “Coupe Mondiale” (Slovakia-Hungary, 2003).