LENOX, MA. – Prima Music Foundation returns to the mansion for their final summer concert here on Saturday, August 26 at 4 pm with Opera and Art Song. There will be light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar offering beer, wine and our new signature cultural cocktail, the Ventfort Vesper, in collaboration with Berkshire Mountain Distillers. The bar will open a half hour prior to the concert.

Tenor, Viktor Antipenko, and Pianist, Anastasia Dedik, a founder of the Prima Music Foundation, will perform works by Verdi, Bizet, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. The Prima Music Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission of supporting talented young artists from under-represented areas, as well as providing first class music education and performing opportunities. A portion of the proceeds will provide scholarships to Rising Stars piano camp in 2024. 

Anastasia Dedik has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator in more than 22 states and abroad, including venues such as Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, The Great Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia and others. Born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia to a family of distinguished musicians, Anastasia graduated from The Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 2004 and moved to the United States to continue her education at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School on full talent scholarships. She is a candidate to receive a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and their 8-year-old daughter.

Russian-American tenor Viktor Antipenko, praised for his effortless, expansive sound and excellent technique, continues to sing leading roles to great acclaim and has become a singer to watch in the dramatic repertoire. In the 2022-23 season, he made his house debuts at the Scottish Opera for performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh as Luigi in Il Tabarro in a production by Sir David McVicar, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City debut as a Don José in Carmen with Roberto Kalb on the podium. Mr. Antipenko also returned to Staatstheater Kassel for Hermann in Pique Dame conducted by Francesco Angelico, and Israeli Opera for his role debut as Manrico in Il Trovatore. Last season Mr. Antipenko made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Pinkerton in the famous Anthony Minghella production of Madame Butterfly. He also made his role and house debut performing Radamès in Aida at the Israeli Opera conducted by Giuliano Carella and debuted at Arizona Opera as Don José in Carmen under the baton of Christopher Allen.

Tickets are $45 general admission and $40 for Berkshire county residents. Reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/events or call us at 413-637-3206. Please note that all tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.