The Frederick Chopin Society, based in the Twin Cities, was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1984. The Society held a five-day, all-Chopin Festival in St. Paul, MN in May of that year. Additional Chopin Festivals and occasional solo recitals were held during the following two years. Since 1986, the Society has presented a traditional fall-to-spring concert season and expanded programming to include the music of many composers besides Chopin. Sedmara was selected to

Read an alphabetized list of performance venues where Sedmara has played piano. Click here to open an interactive version of the map, where you can look up pinned venues. Alice Tully Hall, NYC, NY Arena Stage, Washington, DC Performing Arts Society of Philadelphia Mandel Theater (twice), Philadelphia, PA Chopin Society Festival, Minneapolis, MN Grand Hall, Grand Rapids, MI Grand Philharmonic Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia Hermitage Theater Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia The H

2008 video profile of Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, Professor of Pianoforte at Oberlin College in Ohio, featuring her students playing and Professor Rutstein speaking. I do not believe in “one size fits all.” My teaching methodology recognizes individual differences in student abilities, temperaments, needs, and backgrounds. Let me describe this methodology: 1. Students are strongly encouraged to both control and evaluate in detail all aspects of their performance. 2. We develop