Saturdays with Classics
with The Two Tenors: Gordon Finlay & Giorgio Vladi
accompanied by Pianist Tomoko Mack
Saturday,
February 12, 2022
2:00 PM
General Admission - $20
Steinway Society Members - $15
No Reservations Necessary.
Admission payable at the door
If watching online, donations may be sent to Paypal at tomokomack3@gmail.com.
*This concert will also be featured LIVE on our website. If watching online, please use your best speakers or headphones for the best music experience.
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Gordon Finlay, tenor
Gordon Finlay, Lyric tenor, has sung leading tenor roles with numerous opera companies, including the Michigan Opera Theater where he performed the leading tenor role of Tamino opposite Kathleen Battle, Opera Grand Rapids, and the Toledo and Indianapolis Operas. His roles have included: Alfredo in La Traviata; Alfred in Die Fledermaus; Tamino in The Magic Flute; Camille in The Merry Widow; Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly; and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Along with appearing on radio and television, as well as in the Detroit Institute of Art's Brunch with Bach Series, Mr. Finlay has been presented in recital at Detroit's Orchestra Hall, while his most recent performance has been the Tenor Soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the Detroit Masterworks Festival Chorus. Mr. Finlay is an adjunct Instructor of Voice at Wayne State University and maintains an extensive private studio.
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Giorgio Vladi, tenor
Residing between Chicago and Detroit, European born Tenor, Giorgio Vladi has sung professionally as lead tenor in operatic roles in Italy, Germany, France and the United States. His roles include Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, Don Jose in Bizet’s Carmen and Turiddo in Mascagni’s Cavaleria Rusticana, just to name a few. He has also performed recitals featuring many of the tenor arias from Verdi’s Rigoletto, Louisa Miller, Il Travatore, Aida, Otello and many more. He also sang lead Tenor at the Venetian Casino Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Mr. Vladi has
studied under Franco Corelli and Nina and Anvi Mula. He was also under the instruction of Hermann Patzalt in Germany. -
Tomoko Mack, pianist
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Tomoko began her piano studies at age 5, and performed in public at age 7. She fell in love with the sound of the piano at a young age and it hasn’t changed! Tomoko came to the United States at age 10, and continued her studies, performing and competing at regional, national and International competitions. She won 1st place with her sister Yuki in Tokyo International duo competition, and a special “Kodama” prize from the founder of the competition. She was also a top prize winner with her sister in the Dranoff International duo competition in Miami, Florida. She has recorded four acclaimed CDs with her sister. Her recordings are available on CD Baby and also through her website. Tomoko is an active performer, teacher, and she is also frequently invited to adjudicate at major piano competitions in the U.S.A. and Japan. Tomoko has served since 2010 as the artistic director for the Steinway Society of Michigan. Every summer she travels to Poland to teach, perform and co-direct with her husband, pianist Kazimierz Brzozowski the International Piano Festival in Nałęczów. They spend two summer months in their second home in a quaint old town of Kazimierz Dolny enjoying family life and preparing new repertoire. Tomoko is a co-founder of the International Piano Festival in Nałęczów, Poland and she received a Commissioner’s Medal of Honor from the Ministry of Education in 2021 in Warsaw.