Slava Gaufberg

6 Folsom Road,Center Ossipee NH 03814

22 September, 2022

Description

Sap House Meadery is honored to host Slava Gaufberg. Tickets are $50 and include a fixed menu dinner that is themed around his Russian heritage. Slava plays original and classic ballads while recounting stories from his life growing up and living in the USSR, leaving to come to America, mountaineering and more. Doors open at 5:30PM for a "Mead & Mingle" with an opportunity to explore the Meadery, sample award-winning meads and mingle with other guests. Dinner is served at 6:00PM in the Pub. It is a three course, fixed-menu dinner themed around the music. All dietary needs can be accommodated and the menu is detailed below. Show is 7:00 to 8:00PM with a meet and greet immediately following. Slava Gaufberg was born and raised in the USSR, in the city of Poltava, Ukraine. Since childhood, he has been fascinated with medicine, the excitement of “saving lives”, and dreamed of becoming a doctor. He entered the medical school in Kalinin (now Tver). After graduation he trained and worked in Moscow as an obstetrician-gynecologist and anesthesiologist. At the same time he was doing research at the Research Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences and developed many innovative techniques In 1982 he was stripped of Soviet citizenship and as a stateless refugee came to the United States. Within three months, Slava passed all the required exams to confirm his doctor’s diploma and to get a medical license. For that he received the HIAS “Immigrant of the Year” award. Since 1991, Slava has practices and taught Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He is Director of a Harvard-affiliated Residency Program. Among other scientific innovations, he developed a new method of painless topical wound anesthesia without injection. From his youth he had a passion for outdoor adventure, including mountaineering, downhill skiing, diving, sailing, whitewater rafting. In 1990 he climbed Mt. Everest. Slava began singing and writing poetry as a child. At the age of 14 he taught himself to play the guitar. In 2016, ’17, ’18, ’19, at the invitation of the Bulat Okudzhava Foundation, he performed solo concerts in the Bulat House in Moscow, the house-museum of the late great poet-singer-songwriter Bulat Okudzhava. In September 2017, he performed at the Journalist’s House in Moscow, one of the most exclusive venues in the city. In 2019 he performed at the Central Palace of Cinematography in Moscow. The Menu for the evening will be themed around Slava's Russian heritage. The final menu will be updated in early September. All dietary needs can be accommodated, please give us a call at 603-539-1672 to discuss or ask any questions. Example of past menus: Choro Louco: Brazilian Choro - Brazilian rice, Feijoada (black bean & sausage stew), with Bolinho de Bacalhau (fried cod croquette). Jordan Tyrell-Wysocki: Celtic Folk - Bangers and Colcannon mash, onion gravy with roasted Brussels sprouts and peas. Palomino Motel: Americana - Upscale BBQ, smoked brisket, eclectic sides.