Maestro returns to Petersburg and finds very appreciative audience

November 18, 2021

Photos courtesy of Susan Erickson

Touring concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky performs on the Petersburg Lutheran Church's Boston piano-made by Steinway-on Sunday afternoon.

A small audience gathered Sunday afternoon, socially distanced in the pews of Petersburg Lutheran Church, to experience the music of concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky.

Audience member Susan Erickson gave the concert rave reviews. "It was joy ... rapture ... an awesome 90 minutes of piano," said Erickson. "He is a maestro ... and we are so fortunate in Petersburg that someone of that caliber came to our community."

Roman Rudnytsky has spent a lifetime mastering the piano. His parents were celebrated Ukrainian performers; his father a composer and his mother an opera singer. They were touri...

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