Next week, Vyacheslav “Slava” Gryaznov will return to Vashon Center for the Arts to curate and headline PianoFête, joined by fellow virtuoso pianists Katya Kramer-Lapin, Konstantin Soukhovestki and Rexa Han.

PianoFête, taking place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, July 5-8, will offer these award-winning pianists, two concert grand pianos, and a grand finale with Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra joining the mix.

The festival will begin on Wednesday, July 5, with a concert by Kramer-Lapin and Gryaznov playing works by Mikhail Glinka, Peter Tchaikovsky, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker, Op. 71, has been arranged by Gryaznov.

The performance on Thursday, July 6 will feature Soukhovetski and Gryaznov in a Vashon premiere performance of Soukhovetski’s “Pride Suite for Piano” and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 3” for two pianos, arranged by Gryanov.

On Friday, July 7, there will be a concert by Han and Gryaznov, performing works by C. Monteverdi, M. Camilo, W. Muller, F. Chopin, Bill Evans, E. Lecuona, Piazzola, topped by Stravinsky’s “The Right of Spring.”

Saturday’s grand finale of PianoFête, with the Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra, will boast the American premiere of Gryaznov’s “Rhapsody in Black,” J. Zheng’s “The Moonlight Over Lotus Pond, Georgy’s Sviricov’s “The Snowstorm,” arranged by Gryaznov, and several more surprises.

Find out more and purchase tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org.