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Pianist Ilya Yakushev is one of those musicians whose name keeps coming up in sophisticated music circles, as in, “Have you had Ilya on the series yet?” He is a charmer, a truly gifted and nuanced performer who draws the audience in with technique, emotion, and communication. For us, he’ll be offering an incredible program – the first half celebrates the 100^th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue while the second half will be Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. But wait, there’s more! Yakushev has curated a projected photographic display to accompany both pieces, consisting of images of Gershwin’s New York and the actual Viktor Hartmann drawings that inspired Mussorgsky’s great work.