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19:00 | Conductor's Carte Blanche: Otto Tausk (the Netherlands) |
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 Otto Tausk is Principal Conductor of Holland Symfonia and starting from the 12/13 season the new music director of the Orchestra and Opera Theatre of Sankt Gallen, where alongside the symphonic programs, he will also lead two major opera productions each season. Firmly established in his native Holland, Tausk seasonally conducts many of its principal orchestras such as the Residentie Orchestra, the Radio Orchestras, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Further afield Tausk has been invited by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, opening their 2011 Green Umbrella series with a world premiere by Georg Friedrich Haas. He also works with the symphony orchestras of Tasmania, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Bremen, Dortmund, Halle, Rheinland Pfalz, BBC Scottish, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow and deFilharmonie in Antwerp. He collaborates with soloists such as Renaud Capu?on, James Ehnes, Daniel Hope, Alban Gerhardt, Lilli Paasikivi, Tanja Tetzlaff, Albrecht Mayer and Sol Gabetta. Otto Tausk works regularly with leading contemporary ensembles including the Musik Fabrik and the Asko-Schoenberg Ensemble. Between 2004 and 2006 he was assistant conductor to Valery Gergiev with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Aside from Gergiev’s mentorship Tausk was invited subsequently to work with the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, as well as the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Soloists: Stanislav Davidov (french horn), Alexey Neklyudov (tenor). The concert programme features Britten's Serenade for tenor, French horn, and strings and Symphony #4 by Bruckner.
MMDM Svetlanov Hall  |
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23:55 | French Films (Finland) |
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 The band members state that their music is influenced by dreaming, cold and dark winters and life itself, and characterize their style as something that varies between garage, surf rock, post punk and new wave pop. Though French Films are a young band, they already attract a lot of attention. Formed in 2010, they come from two Finnish cities called Espoo and Järvenpää. The band consists of Johannes Leppänen (guitar, vocals), Joni Kähkönen (guitar, vocals), Mikael Jurmu (bass, vocals), Santtu Vainio (synth) and Antti Inkiläinen (drums). The group got started by putting a couple of home demos on their myspace page. Attracting a lot of attention in the blogospere, being compared to such worldfamous bands as Joy Division and the Cure, the group got a largely positive feedback and interest all over the world. In December 2011 the memebers of the French Films finally released their first full length album titled "Imaginary Future". More info
Sixteen Tons |
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 In addition to regular headline slots at "Ronnie’s", Ray has also performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Brazil at prestigious venues, festivals and events such as The Blue Note, Edinburgh Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sir Paul McCartney’s wedding and opened for Robbie Williams at The Royal Albert Hall. Recently Ray headlined the 1940’s Torch Club at the inaugural Vintage At Goodwood Festival held in August 2010. His multiple award nominations include BBC Radio 2 Jazz Awards, Jazz Artist Of The Year, Best Of Jazz, BBC Radio 2 "Heart Of Jazz" Award. In 2007 Ray won Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Award for "Best UK Small Band". Gelato has performed live with his band on TV shows and made some movie appearances including Enigma, Scandal, Inventing The Abbotts, The Perfect Man, Levi’s Dockers commercial, No Reservations and most recently his version of ' If You Were The Only Girl In The World' was featured in the US TV series ‘Hung’. Ray’s first musical influences stemmed from his father, a US airman, living in London. Ray's dad had a huge collection of records by artists such as Sammy Davis, Dean Martin and Bill Haley. Later Ray discovered the sounds of Louis Jordan and Louis Prima, who would become huge influences on his music. Today considered to be one of classic jazz entertainers and a true showman, Ray’s live repertoire includes a mixture of classic swinging standards from "the greats' mixed with original self-penned songs which have become audience favourites such as "A Pizza You" and 'Mambo Gelato". More info
Reka |
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19:00 | Scarlatti, Sor, Rodriguez de Falla |
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Lanskaya Tatyana (soprano), Suren Mirzoyan (guitar), Dmitry Tatarkin (guitar), Tatyana Larina (flute), Maria Moiseeva (organ) and guitar duo Victoria and Michael Kornishini perform compositions by Scarlatti, Sor, Rodriguez de Falla, and Spanish folk melodies. The concert is accompanied by a video installation, titled "Dawn".
Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral |
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