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19:00 | "New Russia" Orchestra, Merav Barnea (Israel) |
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The "New Russia" Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Stern (USA), the former music director of the Israel Opera and founder/director of the Paris-based opera studio and period-instrument ensemble Opera Fuoco, the incoming opera music director for the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado, will perform Strauss' "Don Juan", Berg's Seven Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, Weill's Alabama song from the opera "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny" and Mahler's Symphony # 1. Soloist - Merav Barnea (soprano, Israel). The "New Russia" State Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1990 by order of the Government of the RSFSR. Yury Bashmet assumed leadership of the orchestra in 2002, opening up a new chapter in its history. Under Bashmet’s leadership, the orchestra acquired its own unique manner of playing, which is distinguished by creative freedom, audacious interpretations and startlingly inspired performances, all combined with a full, rich sound. Many eminent musicians have collaborated with the orchestra. Since 2002, the orchestra has played more than 350 concerts in Russia and abroad, including in cities of the Volga region, the Golden Ring, the Urals, Siberia, the Moscow region, the Baltic States, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, Holland, Spain, Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, India, Finland and Japan. A varied repertoire, successfully combining classics and contemporary music, constantly attracts listeners. The Israeli soprano Merav Barnea started her professional singing training at the age of twenty one, after many years of ballet training and four inspiring years living and working in the remote Israeli desert. In 1998, during her studies in Berlin, she won the Richard Wagner Society award, and the Paul Hindermith Society award in 1999. In 2000 Merav debuted at The Israeli Opera as the First Lady in Mozart's "Die Zauberflote". From 2006-2009 she was the leading dramatic soprano of Theater Ulm in Germany where she received abundant praise, especially for her outstanding Marie in "Wozzeck", her Elisabeth in "Tannhauser", the Fata Morgana in "Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen" and as Poppea in Monteverdi's "Poppea". Apart from opera, Barnea performs modern music, oratorios, and gives recitals in Israel and Europe. "Striking stage presence …not preoccupied by vocal orthodoxy" reviews praised Merav Barnea's Lady Macbeth in France, describing her unique performance and extraordinary stage persona.
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19:00 | Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Nersessian |
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Performer - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Soloist - Pavel Nersessian (piano). Pavel Kogan conducts. The orchestra, founded in 1943, has been acclaimed as one of the greatest orchestras from a cultural tradition rich with extraordinary symphonic ensembles. Since Pavel Kogan assumed the positions of Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in 1989, the orchestra has steadily expanded its repertoire beyond the classics of Russian and Western symphonic literature to include contemporary compositions from both Russia and abroad. The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra also performs regularly at major Russian and European festivals including the Moscow Autumn Festival, the Russian Winter Festival, St. Petersburg White Nights, the Moscow Stars Festival, Prague Spring, and festivals in Helsinki, Dubrovnik, Munich, Flanders, Saint-Requier, and elsewhere. Being one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia, Pavel Nersessian is known for his ability to play equally convincing in the whole palette of the piano repertoire. He has won prizes in every piano competition he has entered, including Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, Paloma O'Shea Competition in Santander and Tokyo Competition. Pavel Nersessian's concert activity is very intense. He has been touring around Russia and surrounding states from the age of eight and, since his remarkable successes in international competitions, has on several occasions given performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cannes, Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Dublin, Muenchen, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Belgrade, Cairo, Kiev and many others. The pianist was invited to be a jury member in many international piano competitions such as Dublin piano competition, Jose Iturbi Valencia piano competition, Sendai piano competition, Isang Yun piano competition in Korea, Astana piano competition in Kazakhstan, Almaty piano competition in Kazakhstan, Hamamatsu piano competition, Barcelona Maria Canals piano competition.
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