Photography credit is Ellen Renee
Nov 1

Organ Virtuoso Concert
Featuring Victoria Shorokhova

FRIDAY
07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
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On Friday, November 1st, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is pleased to present it’s tenth performance in the Tabernacle Organ Virtuoso Series. This series started in May 2022 and is designed to showcase renowned organists from around the globe playing one of the world’s most famous and iconic pipe organs.

This concert will feature renowned organist Victoria Shorokhova, Originally from Russia, Victoria Shorokhova graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in piano in 2016 (Prof. Vladimir Shakin) and in organ in 2017 (Prof. Daniel Zaretsky). In 2019, she earned a Master’s degree at Saint Petersburg State University, majoring in “Historical Performance on Keyboard Instruments” (organ, harpsichord and carillon). In 2022, she received a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance at Georgia State University (Dr. Jens Korndörfer), serving as a music intern at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta during her studies. Starting January 2023 Victoria is pursuing DMA in Organ Performance at University of Houston, studying with Daryl Robinson, and holding an Organ Scholar position at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Victoria is a laureate of national and international organ competitions, including National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (2024, 2nd prize), III International Braudo Organ Competition in Saint-Petersburg (2019, Diploma and special prize), XXVI International Competition of Sacred Music in Rumia, Poland (2014, 2nd prize). She participated in organ academies (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 2013, Graz, Austria, 2014, Kotka, Finland, 2015) and master-classes (Ludger Lohmann, Arvid Gast (Germany), Iain Quinn (USA), Lorenzo Ghielmi (Italy), Isabelle Demers (Canada). Victoria actively concertizes in Russia and the US, her recent performances include St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Thomas Church (New York), Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (San Francisco). In 2023 she became one of “The Diapason” magazine’s “20 under 30” selected members.



YouTube Link TBA


Previous concerts in this series have featured performances by:


James Higdon (University of Kansas).

Gabriele Terrone (Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City).

Andrew Unsworth (Tabernacle organist, Salt Lake City).

Viktor Billa (Ukraine).

James O’Donnell (Yale University).

Daniel Kerr (Brigham Young University—Idaho).

Brian Mathias (Tabernacle organist, Salt Lake City).

Linda Margetts (Tabernacle organist, Salt Lake City).

Diane Belcher (Concert organist)

Seth Bott (Director of Music and Organist at St. James Episcopal Church in Midvale, Utah)


Concerts in this series are streamed live at TheTabernacleChoir.org and are then available on the Choir’s YouTube channel for on-demand viewing.