2010-2011 season highlights included: a solo piano recital dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Chopin, Schumann and Liszt, a recital dedicated to Russian piano music – Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, and a violin/piano sonata #2 by Prokofiev with Anna Gendler, both concerts sponsored by the St Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church Music Series; Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto performance with the Arizona Symphonic Winds; conducting Rincon Chamber Players in the program of Concerti Grossi by Corelli and Handel. Alexander also performed and conducted from the keyboard Piano Concerto in F Major by Joseph Haydn in the same program. In the summer Alexander performed as a pianist with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in upstate New York including a quartet with the bandoneon virtuoso and master of tango Raul Jaurena. In the Fall of 2011 Alexander and Anna performed in the series of four chamber music concerts “Inspired by Brahms”. They performed Brahm’s Piano Trio in C Minor Op. 101 and Violin, Horn and Piano Trio in E flat Major.

April 21st, 2011 by Alexander

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Press Release

October 11th, 2009 by Alexander

Alexander and his wife, Anna, are available as a violin and piano duo for concerts, parties, celebrations, and weddings. Please contact us at 520-323-1174 or email : aatentser@msn.com.

Anna Gendler, violinist

Anna Gendler, graduate of the Moscow Conservatory in Russia, has been a member of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 1991. She performed with the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony String Quartet, Flute Trio, Daystar Chamber Players, and also with her husband, Alexander Tentser, in a violin and piano duet. In the summer she performs with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta in New York, “Arizona Musicfest” in Carefree, AZ and “Music in the Mountains” Festival in California.

Being an accomplished chamber musician she also dedicates her time to children’s musical education in Tucson. She is a teaching artist for the OMA Project (Opening Mind through the Arts), and a studio teacher.

Anna is also on the Music Faculty at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona.

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A new photo of myself on campus

January 22nd, 2009 by admin

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Dr. Alexander Tentser

Taken in front of the University of Arizona School of Music

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