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19:00 | Alexander Gavrilyuk (piano) |
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The Ukrainian pianist Alexander Gavrilyuk gave his first concerto performance when he was 9 years old. In 1996 he was a prize winner in Senigalia, Italy and in 1997 was a 2nd prize winner at the Second Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev. The next big step for Alexander was going back to compete at the 3rd Horowitz International Piano Competition and winning the coveted First prize and Gold medal in 1999. Proclaimed as "the best sixteen year old pianist of the late twentieth century" by critics in Japan in November 2000 after winning First Prize in the prestigious 4th Hamamatsu International piano Competition in Japan. He was 16 years old in a field of competitors ranging in age from 16 to 32. Alexander returns regularly, touring Japan and performing to a full house in Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City Hall. He recorded his first two CD's in Japan. Alexander Gavrilyuk lived in Sydney, Australia from 1998 to 2006. His Australian performances include the "Stars of the Future" series at Government House in 1998, Proms concert for the Festival of Sydney (1999), the Sergey Rachmanov and Prokofiev Festivals of Piano Concertos (1998, 1999). Alexander Gavrilyuk will perform Sonata in C Major by Mozart, Variations on a theme of Paganini in A Minor by Brahms, Tarantella from the cycle "Years of Pilgrimage. The Second Year: Italy" by Liszt, and Sonata # 2 in B Minor by Rachmaninov.
Moscow Conservatory Great Hall  |
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19:00 | Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena |
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A concert version of Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" will be presented by Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" and soloists: Ermonela Jaho (soprano, Albania), Daria Telyatnikova (mezzo-soprano), Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano, USA), Diego Silva (tenor, Mexico), Igor Morozov (tenor), Konstantin Shushakov (baritone), Simone Alberghini (bass-baritone, Italy). Conducted by Marco Zambelli (Italy) who has began as a pianist and since 1994 has conducted both symphonic and operatic repertoire in all the five continents (from Scandinavia to Israel, from the USA to the Far East, from New Zealand to Mexico) but mostly in Europe, where he has been in front of Orchestras like the London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC NOW, OSPA, TSO, Philharmonie de Monaco, Jerusalem Symphony, ICO, Prague Philharmonia, Hungarian Radio etc. The tragedia lirica, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti "Anna Bolena" is one of four operas by Donizetti dealing with the Tudor period in English history - in composition order, Il castello di Kenilworth (1829), Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (named for Mary, Queen of Scots, it appeared in different forms in 1834 and 1835), and Roberto Devereux (1837, named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England). The leading female characters of the latter three operas are often referred to as "the Three Donizetti Queens." The duet "Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio" between Anna (soprano) and Jane Seymour (mezzo soprano), who later became Henry VIII's third wife, is considered one of the finest in the entire operatic repertoire. Anna Bolena premiered on 26 December 1830 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan, to "overwhelming success." Weinstock notes that only after this success did Donizetti's teacher, Johann Simon Mayr, "address his former pupil as Maestro." The composer had begun "to emerge as one of three most luminous names in the world of Italian opera," alongside Bellini and Rossini.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall |
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| Strauss Festival Orchester Wien (Austria) |
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15:00, 19:00. The Strauss Festival Orchestra is a production created in cooperation with several established ensembles of the highest quality and reputation, bringing each New Year the Strauss music to a growing public. The successful performances of the orchestra in Europe's most important venues (Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philarmonie in Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Bozart in Brussels, amongst other) are proof of the importance of this ensemble. In its concerts, the ensemble has accompanied renowned soloiss and has been directed by the baton of great conductors such as Fuat Mansurov and Eduard Serov. Made of professors and soloists with the highest professional and musical qualification, the Strauss Festival Orchestra has managed to keep the typical Viennese artistic expressions alive, awakening the interest of the most demanding audiences all over Europe. Without forgetting the young and festive spirit that animates the Strauss music, the stylistic accuracy typical of orchestra does not prevent them from touching the widest range of expressive resources, from the most sentimental and noble to the most humorous.
MMDM Svetlanov Hall |
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