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19:00 | Christmas Festival: Strauss Gala |
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Russian Philharmonic Moscow City Symphony Orchestra and soprano Dariya Zikova conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo (Italy) will present "Tales from the Vienna Woods" program including the most beautiful dances and songs by Strauss dynasty. The Moscow City Symphony - Russian Philharmonic was founded by the Moscow City Government in 2000. It is the first and the only Moscow City level full symphony orchestra over the centuries-old history of the Russian capital. Appointed by the Moscow City Culture Department the initiator of founding the orchestra Gayane Shiladzhyan is its Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Alexander Vedernikov, Yury Kochnev, Maxim Fedotov held the post of Chief Conductor. Since 2011 - Dmitri Jurowski is Chief Conductor of the orchestra. Confirming the status of the orchestra of new millennium, Russian Philharmonic operates as an independent concert and production entity producing all its events and presenting more than 80 concerts at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the State Kremlin Palace, Crocus City Hall, Svetlanov Hall of the MIHM. Moscow City Symphony - Russian Philharmonic is resident orchestra of Moscow International House of Music (MIHM). The orchestra's repertoire includes Russian and foreign classics, works by contemporary composers. The orchestra implements large-scaled innovative projects. Legendary cantata by C. Orff Carmina Burana with large-scaled slide and video projections of the masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bosch, Bruegel, and Durer is the most successful. These vivid visual images fill all space of the concert hall. Also, other major projects were implemented using up-to-date light projection techniques. Moscow City Symphony - Russian Philharmonic performed at the best venues of Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Oman, Slovakia, Taiwan, Turkey, Czech Republic, and Japan. Dariya Zikova is the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. She performs the main role in such operas as The Magic Flute by Mozart, Carmen by Bizet), Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky and others. She has performed in Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, took part in Ars Longa Festival and Primavera Classica Festival.
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19:00 | Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and Sergey Roldugin (cello) conducted by Yuri Simonov will perform compositions by Wagner (Overture from opera "Tannhäuser"), Saint-Saëns (Concerto #1 for cello and orchestra) and Berlioz ("Fantastic Symphony". Soloist - Sergei Roldugin, a Latvian cellist settled in Saint Petersburg. He was awarded the 1980 Prague Spring International Music Festival Competition's 3rd prize. In 1984 Roldugin was appointed the Kirov Opera Theatre Orchestra's principal cellist. He subsequently held a professorship at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he served as the institution's rector from 2002-05. The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra's Guest Conductor, he has been named a People's Artist of Russia. The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953. The orchestra undertook a major tour of Japan with Kondrashin in April 1967 and CDs of the Japanese radio recordings have been made available on the Altus label. In 1998, Maestro Yuri Simonov, People's Artist of the USSR, became Music director and Principal conductor of MPO. His appointment marked a new era in the history of the orchestra.
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