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19:00 | "Russian Winter" Arts Festival |
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 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Yuri Simonov and Dmitry Masleyev (1st prizewinner of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, piano) will perform Rachmaninov, Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra and Brahms, Symphony No. 2. Dmitry Masleyev was born in Ulan-Ude. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory studying under Prof.Mikhail Petukhov (2011) and then finished postgraduate school (2014). He is currently an intern at the Lake Como International Piano Academy (Italy). He has won many competitions, among them the 7th Adilia Alieva Piano Competition in Gaillard (France,2010), the 21st Premio Chopin Piano Competition in Rome (2011), and the Antonio Napolitano Competition in Salerno (2013). In 2014 he won third prize in the 2nd Russian Music Competition in Moscow. He performs in Russia, France, Romania, Germany, and Italy. Prizewinner of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia, 2015). Yuri Simonov is a prominent Russian conductor whose colorful career has been as varied as his reportorial tastes have been eclectic. He has led operatic and ballet performances of the Bolshoy, conducted major orchestras throughout the former USSR, and led performances abroad as a guest conductor of the world's leading orchestras and at the major opera houses. In the post-Soviet era, Simonov held important conducting posts in Europe and South America and since 1998 has served as music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. While Simonov has conducted many of the operatic standards by Verdi, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev, as well as orchestral staples by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorák, Mahler, Stravinsky, and Shostakovich, he has also been an advocate for contemporary Soviet and Russian music, championing works by Rodion Shchedrin, and numerous younger Soviet and Russian composers. Simonov has made many recordings over the years for a variety of labels, including Melodiya, Collins Classics, Intersound, and Vanguard. Many of the Melodiya recordings have been reissued on Russian Disc, Brilliant Classics, and Kultur Video.
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19:00 | Beethoven. Missa Solemnis |
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 Dedicated to 25th Anniversary of the State Chapel and 45th Anniversary of the Choir of the State Chapel. State Symphon Capella of Russia, Conductor Valery Polyansky together with Olga Lutsyv-Ternovskaya (soprano), Lyudmila Kuznetsova (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Sazhin (tenor) and Ruslan Rozyev (bass) will perform Beethoven, Missa Solemnis. The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a solemn mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 to 1823. It was first performed on 7 April 1824 in St. Petersburg, Russia, under the auspices of Beethoven's patron Prince Nikolai Galitzin; an incomplete performance was given in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when the Kyrie, Credo, and Agnus Dei were conducted by the composer. It is generally considered one of the composer's supreme achievements and, along with Bach's Mass in B minor, one of the most significant Mass settings of the common practice period. The Russian conductor Valery Polyansky is recognized today as a leading interpreter of the works of Sergei Rachmaninov and a number of other Russian composers. Appointed music director in 1992, he has led the Russian State Symphony Orchestra to new heights of achievement and artistic integrity. Polyansky's career solidified once he was invited to succeed Rozhdestvensky at the Russian State Symphony Orchestra in 1992. Polyansky's strong initiative and choral background led to his creation of the Symphonic Capella choir as a subsidiary. His performances there have received consistent praise for their musical creativity, quality, and integrity. In 1993, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the Opera Nights Festival in Göteburg, Sweden after an acclaimed performance of Eugene Onegin. He has conducted performances for a number of recordings on the Chandos recording label.
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