On Sunday, July 28, Baton Rouge Gallery’s Sundays@4 series is honored to welcome the Women in Music Concert Series, by the Homegrown New Music Ensemble, for a musical performance and discussion. As with all Sundays@4 performances, this will be free and open to the public.
The Women in Music series started by Rachel Reese-Kollmeyer, Eduard Teregulov, and Albina Khaliapova in 2020, showcases the music and stories of early and modern female composers who have historically been underrepresented in classical music. This concert will feature music written for violin, cello, and piano by Mel Bonis, Amanda Maiers, and Cecile Chaminade.
Albina Khaliapova
Pianist Albina Khaliapova is a winner of international competitions and festivals in Europe and the United States, including International Competition for Young Performers 21st Century Art (Ukraine), International Competition Music without Limits (Lithuania), Young Musician International Competition Citta di Barletta (Italy), and International Keyboard Oddysiad 2015 (United States).
Influenced by her mother, who is also a pianist, she received her first music lessons at home at the age of four. Growing up in a musical environment from the early days of her life, she developed an acute musical sensitivity and a natural aptitude for the piano. Being accepted at Secondary Special Music School, one of the elite music schools in Russia, by the age of five, she was committed to being a professional musician from her childhood years. Upon completing her undergraduate studies at Ufa State Academy of Arts, Albina was invited to the positions of piano instructor and collaborative pianist at the top music schools in her hometown.
In 2018, Albina completed her Master's Degree in Piano Performance and Chamber Music at the University of South Florida where she studied in the studio of Steinway artist Dr. Svetozar Ivanov. At USF Albina held a teaching assistant position and was awarded a President’s Piano Trio fellowship. While working on her master's degree, Albina became a winner of the USF School of Music Young Artist Competition.
In 2021, Dr. Albina Khaliapova graduated from the class of Pr. Willis Delony at Louisiana State University and awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance. During her studies at LSU, she became a recipient of multiple scholarships and held a teaching assistant position at the collaborative piano department.
As a current president of the Homegrown New Music Ensemble, Dr. Albina Khaliapova is an active advocate for contemporary music and music by living composers in the United States. Her special topic project Women in Music celebrates the music of outstanding female composers from around the world.
Eduard Teregulov
Cellist Eduard Teregulov is a soloist, chamber performer, and educator. Winner of local and international competitions in Russia, Europe, and North America, Eduard finds great inspiration in both performing and teaching. Eduard has worked and played with orchestras in both the United States and Russia including the National Symphony Orchestra of Bashkortostan, Symphony Orchestra of Opera and Ballet Theater of Bashkortostan, Chamber Orchestra “Bashkortostan”, Youth International Symphony Orchestra of the Volga Region, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, South Shore Symphony Orchestra in Tampa Bay, Baton Rouge Civic Orchestra, Rapides Symphony Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony, and others. He appears as a guest artist on commercial recordings for Daniel Giron (USA), Bj Davis (USA), and Charly Muñoz (Mexico).
Dr. Teregulov is a founding member of Homegrown New Music Ensemble, where he gets to advocate for and promote music by living composers in collaboration with his colleagues Michelle Kim-Painter, Michael Standard, Albina Khaliapova, and Tyler Webster. Teregulov and Khaliapova are also performing regularly as a duo.
Rachel Reese-Kollmeyer
Violinist Dr. Rachel Reese-Kollmeyer is an avid soloist, chamber performer, and collaborator. In the summer of 2018, her piano quintet, Zizique, was awarded a scholarship to study in Orvieto, Italy. In 2019, she won a position with the Rabin String Quartet to study with the Pro Arte Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After completing her doctorate in May 2022, She won a position with The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra as an assistant principal violin for the 2022-2023 season and also plays with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
During her Master’s degree studies, she worked with the Constantinides New Music Ensemble and Homegrown New Music Ensemble. Rachel has studied and performed internationally in Peru, Italy, and Japan collaborating with local musicians, composers, and dancers. She has performed with orchestras in the United States, Peru, and Japan including the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, La Orquesta Sinfonica de Trujillo, and The Euodia Orchestra in Japan.
In addition to performing, she is dedicated to teaching. She has taught through the non-profit Asociación Cultural Arpeggio, conservatory students in Trujillo, Peru, and tsunami survivors in Japan and currently teaches in her private studio in Baton Rouge. Her latest interests include a concert series featuring female composers.