NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

10/23/2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES- Harp prodigy Alexander "Sasha" Boldachev of St. Petersburg, Russia will perform a recital Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall on the campus of Northwestern State University. Admission is free and open to the public.

Boldachev, who is 13, recently won the BBC 1st International Award as one of the "Brilliant Prodigies of 2003." Within the past three years, he has received first or second place prizes in international competitions in St.. Petersburg, Paris, Deaujville, France, Namur, Belgium and Moscow. He also won first place in the International Valery Gavrillin Competition in St. Petersburg.

Boldachev has presented recitals in Paris, Orleans and Tours, France, Great Britain, Prague, the Czech Republic and in Lithuania.

For more information, contact NSU harp instructor Shirley Jennings at (318) 357-5777 or (318) 352-9849.

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