The Tutunov Piano Series presents: Ilya Shmukler in concert on Friday, March 7 at 7:30pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Livestream available: $35/household.

Tickets are $35/reserved seating, $30 seniors and are available at https://sou.universitytickets.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
When he was 3 years old, Moscow native Ilya Shmukler’s mother found him jumping on the bed and beautifully singing Robertino Loreti’s “Jamaica;” she immediately recognized his musical talent and started him in lessons. It was important to his non-musician parents that he be raised as a well-rounded person, so his early years were also spent with school, table tennis, and ballroom dancing. But at 10, he says his life changed after applying for and winning his first music competition and attending the subsequent international summer academy: “There I discovered a true musical life, and I fell in love with it, inspiring me to commit my life to music.”