Maestro returns to Petersburg and finds very appreciative audience

A small audience gathered Sunday afternoon, socially distanced in the pews of Petersburg Lutheran Church, to experience the music of concert pianist Roman Rudnytsky.

Audience member Susan Erickson gave the concert rave reviews. "It was joy ... rapture ... an awesome 90 minutes of piano," said Erickson. "He is a maestro ... and we are so fortunate in Petersburg that someone of that caliber came to our community."

Roman Rudnytsky has spent a lifetime mastering the piano. His parents were celebrated Ukrainian performers; his father a composer and his mother an opera singer. They were touring the...