Park University International Center for Music Husband-and-Wife Duo Set to Present Concert on Jan. 23
January 6, 2026 — Park University’s award-winning husband-and-wife duo of violinist Ben Sayevich and pianist Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich will present a performance as part of the University’s International Center for Music 2025-26 concert season on Friday, Jan. 23, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan.
Tickets for the concert are $30 for the general public and $10 for students (not including fees), and are available in advance through Eventbrite.
The concert is scheduled to include the following selections:
• “Violin Sonata No. 27 in G Major (K. 379/373a),” composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• “Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108,” composed by Johannes Brahms
• “Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13,” composed by Gabriel Fauré
The Lithuanian-Israeli Sayevich has established himself as one of the most distinguished violinists and teachers of his generation. He has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and the Far East, and maintains a vigorous schedule as chamber musician. A founding member of the Park Piano Trio, established at Park University in 2006, he has also performed as the violinist of the London-based Rosamunde Piano Trio. He is also a founding member of Quartet Accorda, which began in the 1990s and was officially incorporated in 2002. He currently serves as professor of music/violin and oversees the Park ICM Violin Studio.
Lisovskaya-Sayevich, who was born into a musical family in Uzbekistan, came to Park University in 2006 to study under legendary pianist and Park ICM founder/artistic director Stanislav Ioudenitch, earning a graduate certificate in applied music/piano 2008. That same year, she was hired as the ICM’s collaborative pianist and now serves as the director of collaborative piano. While a Park student, Lisovskaya-Sayevich won the Iowa Piano International Competition in 2007. She also won first prizes as a teen at the Chopin International Piano Competition in 1993 and the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition in 1996. Her career has spanned the globe, with performances in numerous countries and collaborations with esteemed musicians, showcasing her talent both as a soloist and a chamber musician.
The next event in the International Center for Music’s 2025-26 season will be the Park ICM Orchestra performing its annual Valentine’s concert on Friday, Feb. 6, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University’s flagship Parkville Campus. The concert will feature guest conductor Filippo Ciabatti, who holds multiple appointments, including as assistant conductor of Boston Baroque, founding artistic director of Upper Valley Baroque (based in Hanover, N.H.), music director of the Opera Company of Middlebury (Vt.) and director of orchestral and choral programs at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College. For more information about this concert, visit icm.park.edu/icm-orchestra-valentines-ciabatti-2026. Admission to the concert is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP in advance.
Note: Due to ongoing renovations at the 1900 Building, a concert originally scheduled for Friday, March 13, featuring Park ICM strings students of Sayevich, cellist Daniel Veis and violist Chung-Hoon Peter Chun, has been postponed to Friday, April 24.