Come enjoy a powerful concert and delicious ice cream with world-renowned composer and concert pianist, Eric Genuis. Also featuring Krista Adams (Voice) and Shannon Hayden (Cellist)

 

"Fantasia Appasionata"
"Here I Am”
“The Final Battle”

Eric has received praise from music industry greats such as Joel Sill (Music Supervisor for films Munich and Forrest Gump) who said, “I remain a fan and look forward to him being more broadly discovered and to watching as his audience expands and appreciates his fine talents.”


The career of composer, virtuoso pianist and acclaimed performer, Eric Genuis, began in Krakow, Poland in 1997. A government dignitary heard Genius’ music and he was invited to headline the entertainment for an AIDS benefit concert. This premier performance was attended by 15,000 people. Since then, word of mouth has continued to drive Genuis’ career and led him to perform worldwide, upwards of 100 concerts each year. Eric’s performances include a 2006 NYC benefit concert for Population Research, attended by Abel Pacheco, the President of Costa Rica, and a 2007 concert in Colorado attended by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.

Eric has received praise from music industry greats such as Joel Sill (Music Supervisor for films Munich and Forrest Gump) who said “I remain a fan and look forward to him being more broadly discovered and to watching as his audience expands and appreciates his fine talents” and John Debney (Film Composer for The Passion of the Christ and Spy Kids), who proclaimed “From a musicians perspective, Eric Genuis’ music is brilliant-superbly crafted, unique in style and expertly performed.” Eric has collaborated with famed British Maestro, Allen Wilson and the Slovak National Symphony to produce four CD’s of his original work. His composition “The Irish Warrior” was performed by Irish pop singer Samantha Mumba in honor of boxer John Duddy in 2007.

Genuis is currently working with R&B artist and Oprah Winfrey favorite, Lorenzo Owens on a new rendition of legendary singer Smokey Robinson’s “Ooh Baby, Baby.” Eric Genuis is also co-writing and collaborating with R&B and Pop music producer Iric Headly. Genius was recently added to the Platinum Productions and Media, Inc. Management company roster as a writer, composer and Artist.

Genuis’ musical education includes achieving First Class A.R.C.T. Honors in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He has completed course work in film scoring from the Berkley College of Music.

Eric Genuis is a musical tour de force and his concerts are a proven thrill to music lovers of both classical and contemporary music.

Krista Adams Santilli, Soprano

Hailed by the Baltimore Sun as “vocally spectacular,” lyric soprano Krista Adams Santilli is an active performer in operas, musicals, concerts and oratorios. A versatile singer, Krista is comfortable singing various genres of music, from gospel to opera, to jazz to musical theatre. Krista has performed nationally and internationally with such organizations as Cheju-do Opera, South Korea; Diamante Films International and DAMS, Bologna, Italy; Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Germany; the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy; The Annapolis Chorale; The Delaware County Symphony Orchestra; The Young Victorian Theater; Garden State Opera; New York Chamber Players, NYC; Pacific Opera; Crystal Opera; Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra and Opera Birmingham. She has performed principal roles in Rigoletto, Der Rosenkavalier, L’Elisir d’Amore; The Pirates of Penzance, The Medium, La Cambiale di Matrimonio; Die Zauberflöte, Agrippina, Suor Angelica, A Little Night Music, Oklahoma! and Sweeney Todd. Likewise, she has been the soprano soloist for Bach’s St. John Passion, Mozart’s Grand Mass in c-minor, Vivaldi’s Gloria and both Haydn’s and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. In 2004, Krista made her Carnegie Hall debut on a gala concert with Pacific Opera of New York, and she was awarded both first prize and the Galli-Campi Award for the most promising coloratura in the Connecticut Opera Theatre’s 2005 Amici Vocal Competition. Krista is thrilled to be touring with and singing the music of concert pianist and composer, Eric Genuis.

from The Baltimore Sun:
“Soprano Krista Adams-Santilli was vocally spectacular and visually enchanting as Mabel...”

from the Capital-Gazette:
“… the spirited Mabel, sung beautifully by lyric soprano Krista Adams Santilli. Together [with tenor John Artz] they are a delight”

from The Tuscaloosa News:
“The lovely Santilli, … shone in her own solo aria ("Laudamus Te").”

Shannon Hayden,Cellist

Shannon Hayden began her cello studies at the age of 6 and was able to study intensively with internationally known graduates of the Moscow Conservatory. She enrolled in Indiana University’s pre-college program at the age of 12 and won their concerto competition two years later at which point she began competing internationally. Miss Hayden was the American String Teachers Association/Indiana Chapter concerto competition winner the following year. Shannon enjoyed master classes with many of the world’s finest cellists while in this program in addition to having the opportunity to work with Janos Starker. At the age of 18 she enrolled in a graduate level course of study at Yale University where she is studying cello performance with Aldo Parisot.






Marjolaine Lambert, violin

A well-known chamber musician and soloist in Canada, violinist Marjolaine Lambert has performed and coached with members of Molinari, Claudel and Tokyo String Quartets, and has been a part of ensembles such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal and Les Violons du Roy. Her zeal and zest for music have brought her engagements as concertmaster and soloist with many conductors like Alexis Hauser, Julian Wachner, Yuli Turovsky and Peter Oudnjian. Having won many competitions in Quebec, she was invited to play in masterclasses for Igor Oistrach, Mayumi Seiler and Régis Pasquier. Adept of new music, Marjolaine collaborates with many contemporary Canadian composers and has premiered a work by Jimmy LeBlanc in her studies at the Conservatory of Montreal. She is also the newest member of The Arcos Chamber Orchestra and recently toured in Germany with them. An avid learner, she has excelled in areas outside of music including mandarin Chinese and French literature. Graduated with honors from McGill University, in the studio of Denise Lupien, she is now pursuing a Master of Music degree at Yale University, with violinist Ani Kavafian.