The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present Aleksandra Pereverzeva, cello, on Monday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the Pensacola campus.
 
Aleksandra Pereverzeva will be joined by special guest Andrew Gregg, piano and will be performing works by Chopin, Leplin, and Franck. This program will be an incredible journey in music from Baroque to Classical and Romantic to 20th Century.

Dr. Aleksandra Pereverzeva was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She began studying cello at the age of six. Through her musical journey, she has been a recipient of many awards and distinction, among them: laureate of the St. Petersburg International Chamber Competition, winner of Ohio University Concerto Competition, and Konstantin Pluzhnikov Foundation award to receive a new violoncello. Currently she is currently an adjunct cello instructor at the University of West Florida. In addition, Dr. Pereverzeva is a principal cellist of the Pensacola Symphony, Pensacola Opera, and North-West Florida Symphony.

While attending St. Petersburg Conservatory from 2007 - 2012, she was a member of Baltic Sea Philharmonic, undertaking international tours and performing at the prestigious Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin, Usedom Music Festival in Peenemünde, Estonian Glasperlenspiel Music Festival in Tartu, and Bremen Music Festival. She also performed concerts in Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic (Gdansk, Poland), Pärnu Concert Hall (Pärnu, Estonia), Great Guild Concert Hall (Riga, Latvia), Tivoli Concert Hall (Copenhagen, Denmark), and Kauno Filharmonija (Kaunas, Lithuania).

Dr. Pereverzeva has performed chamber music with such renowned musicians as Francis Goya, Goran Bregovic, and Bella Hristova. She had participated in master classes of Alexander Suleiman, Orli Shaham, Miami String quartet, Shanghai string quartet and Joel Smirnoff. Her former teachers and mentors include Andres Diaz, Christopher Adkins, Michael Carrera, Alexey Massarsky, Svyatoslav Zagursky, Mark Reizenshtok, and Greg Sauer. As a soloist and chamber musician Aleksandra has also performed in prestigious venues in Russia, such as Mariinsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, Grand Concert Hall “Oktyabrskiy”, St. Petersburg Kapella.

Dr. Pereverzeva holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from St. Petersburg Conservatory, Performer’s certificate from Southern Methodist University, Master’s degree from Ohio University, and a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from Florida State University.

Andrew Gregg, pianist, is a Pensacola native who started playing piano at age 5. Graduating from Escambia High School and receiving his Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of West Florida, he currently studies piano with Dr. Hedi Salanki-Rubardt.

Andrew Gregg has received numerous awards in local piano competitions, including the Doris Jean Kahn scholarship of the Pensacola Music Study Club, the PMTA Graduating Senior scholarship for piano, and the Pensacola Jazz Society Student Competition. He is a two-time winner of both the UWF Concerto and Collaborative competitions. In 2018, he won 2nd prize at the Lancaster International Piano Festival. In 2019, he attended the Great Lakes International Summer Music Institute. Andrew has also received the FBA Henry Fillmore Composition Award for his piano solo, “Stellar Radiance.” In 2022, he performed his piece "Ancient Starlight" with the Pensacola Civic band in collaboration with Douglas Holsworth.

In the fall of 2023, he plans on pursuing his Masters in Piano Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying under Jon Nakamatsu.

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets or more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.