Exciting Concert @the Atlas

Please note that they have an outstanding young artist performing, and that kids under 16 are admitted free. This is a great opportunity to expose your children to a live classical performance at a low price. I imagine it will be particularly of interest if your child (or a child you know) has a musical bent.

Press Release:

Capital City Symphony
2009-2010 Season

Concerto! Levine Young Artist

The Capital City Symphony presents its first full concert of the 2009-2010 season on Sunday, October 25 at 5:00pm.

Every two years the Capital City Symphony features the winner of the Levine School of Music Cogen Concerto Competition. This year's Intermediate Level winner, violinist Fedor Ouspensky, will be the guest artist for the October 25th concert, playing the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Also on the program is Schubert's Symphony No. 8, conducted by CCS Assistant Conductor David Grandis, and Schumann's Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish."

Please join us for a short reception in the lobby
following the performance. Free nibbles, cash bar.

Tickets $20/$25 Adults
$16/$20 Seniors & Studients
Free for ages 16 and under (ticket required)

Tickets now on sale at www.capitalcitysymphony.org
or call the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.

About Fedor Ouspensky & David Grandis

Fedor Ouspensky, a 7th-grader at the Russian Embassy School in Washington, DC., started taking violin lessons at the Levine School of Music with Olga Khroulevich at age 5 and a half. He currently continues studying there with Peter Sirotin, founder of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio.

Over the past years Fedor has won many awards and honors. He has performed publicly at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; played for master classes given by prominent musicians; given solo recitals; and appeared as a soloist with orchestras.

Fedor made his first appearance with an orchestra at the age of 8 performing Accolay Concerto with the McLean Youth Orchestra; two years later he was invited back to play the Bach Concerto with the same orchestra. In 2008 he performed the entire Vivaldi A-minor Concerto with Bachanalia Chamber Orchestra in New York. Most recently, in May 2009, Fedor was featured in two performances of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Loudoun Symphony Orchestra.

Fedor currently holds co-concertmaster positions at the American Youth Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and McLean Youth Orchestra. He is also an active chamber musician as a member of Kong Quartet and 2Kids Duo. His groups have performed at the Merkin Hall of Kaufman Center, New York; Levine Showcase at the Greenberg Theater of the American University; World Conference of Masonic Lodges at the Scottish Rite Center; and Pentagon Memorial Fund event at the National Building Museum in Honor of the victims of 9/11. They also give many concerts at local retirement facilities.


David Grandis was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Capital City Symphony in 2008. He was recently cover conductor at the National Philharmonic in Washington, DC. In 2007, he was assistant conductor of the Baltimore Opera and of the Peabody Conservatory Opera for their productions of Tosca and of the Tales of Hoffmann.

Music director of the University of Grenoble Symphony Orchestra for the 2003/2004 season, he has also conducted many orchestras including the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nice, the National Orchestras of Toulouse and Bordeaux (France), the Philharmonic Orchestra of Minsk (Belarus), and the New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia (Bulgaria)