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20:30 | 7th International Christmas Festival: Daniel Oyarzabal (Spain) |
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The opening concert of the 7th International Christmas Festival will be titled "Feliz Navidad!". The Principal Organist at the German Church in Madrid and organist with the Orquesta Nacional de Espana Daniel Oyarzabal will perform Guridi, Bruna, Vierne, de Cabezon among others. Daniel Oyarzabal was born in Vitoria in 1972. Award was to honor career in key specialties and organ. Later he studied organ, harpsichord and historical instruments Schmögner Thomas at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna, organ Jos van der Kooy and key with Patrick Ayrton at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Netherlands). He also delved into the study of the music of JS Bach at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Pieter van Dijk. He attended specialization courses in parallel with Hantaï Pierre, Jacques Ogg, Michael Posch, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Michael Radulescu, Hans Fagius and Oliver Latry. In 1991 he was awarded the Special Prize of the Press at the National Exhibition for Young Artists in Ibiza in 1998 won First Prize in Improvisation at the International Music Competition in Rome and in 2002 the Third Prize at the XIX International Organ Competition Nijmegen (Netherlands), being the only Spanish winner in all editions of the competition. Participates in numerous international festivals, both as a soloist as continuo, performing concerts throughout Europe and Japan. His recent projects include the interpretation of the Goldberg Variations by JS Bach in several Spanish cities, Reggio Emilia, Bari and Vienna, as well as a concert tour in Austria organ, including the famous monumental organ of St. Florian.
Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary  |
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19:00 | Denis Matsuev (piano) |
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Tchaikovsky State Symphony Orchestra and Denis Matsuev (piano) conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev perform Prokofiev and Gershwin. The world famous Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, who is also greatly involved in the development of Russian music culture and education, will perform J. Haydn, Schumann and Rachmaninov. Denis Matsuev has become a fast-rising star on the international concert stage since his triumphant victory at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998, and is quickly establishing himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of his generation. Laureate of prestigious Shostakovich Prize in Music and State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts Mr. Matsuev has appeared in hundreds of recitals at the most prestigious and legendary concert halls throughout the world. Mr. Matsuev is collaborating with the world's best known orchestras, such as the New-York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony, etc. He appears regularly with the most prominent conductors on the stage today, including Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov, Kurt Masur, Paavo Jarvi, Leonard Slatkin, and more others. Mr. Matsuev is a frequent guest of world's famous musical festivals such as Ravinia Festival and Hollywood Bowl in the United States, BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival in Great Britain, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Germany, Chopin Festival in Poland.
Moscow Conservatory Great Hall |
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 In the space of just three albums Enzo Enzo has made her mark on the French music scene, establishing herself as one of the most interesting figures to have emerged from the up-and-coming generation of female French singers. The story of Enzo Enzo began in 1960 when Korin Ternovtzeff was born in Paris. Brought up by her Russian father, a civil servant, and her mother, a French saleswoman, Korin experienced a happy childhood and grew into a calm, easy-going teenager who was a passionate bookworm. In the late 70's Korin's calm teenage years gave way to the wild frenzy of punk and she abandoned the library to become a roadie for a French group. After meeting Olivier, a young musician who taught her to play bass in 1978, Korin progressed from shifting stage equipment around to actually performing herself. Teaming up with a young drummer by the name of Violaine, Korin and Olivier went on to form their own group Lili Drop. The group did extremely well in the early 80's and their first singles "Banal" and "T'oublier" did relatively well in the charts. In spite of this early success, however, the trio decided to split, going their separate ways in 1981. Korin went on to launch a solo career, abandoning rock music and her bass guitar to concentrate on singing. In 1982 she brought out a début single, "Je veux jouer à tout" (on the Virgin label) under the name of Korin Noviz. Korin then took a short break from the music scene to give birth to her daughter, Lou, but she returned to the studio in 1984 to record a second single, "Blanche Neige" (this time on the CBS label). It was at this point that Korin Noviz metamorphosed into Enzo Enzo. Enzo Enzo's first solo singles met with only moderate success, so she decided to team up with Franco-Spanish singer Roé. The pair formed a successful male/female double act between 1985 and 1987, creating an exciting flamenco-rock sound and they even went on to compose a number of scores to accompany modern dance and ballet. But, eventually, Enzo Enzo found herself longing to return to her solo career so the following year she split from Roé and went into the studio to record a new solo single entitled "Pacifico". In 1989, while pregnant with her son Elliot, Enzo Enzo devoted all her time and energy to working on her debut solo album. Enzo Enzo, which was released in 1990 on the BMG label, proved an instant hit with the French public. Indeed, the first single "Les Yeux ouverts" (Enzo Enzo's French adaptation of the American classic "Dream a Little Dream") went rocketing straight to the #10 spot in the French Top 50. The second single, "Deux minutes de soleil en plus", soon did equally well. Enzo Enzo's jazzy melodies infused with a hint of Latino rhythms proved immensely popular with the French public and the critics were soon writing rave reviews of the album. Enzo Enzo also proved to be a talented songwriter, co-writing most of her hits with two loyal accomplices - lyricist and musical arranger François Bréant, and the singer Kent (who, like Enzo Enzo, had once been a member of the leading 70's French rock band Starshooter). In 1994 Enzo Enzo returned to the studio to record her second album Deux, which consolidated the singer's earlier success. (Enzo Enzo's debut album sold a respectable 100,000 copies but sales of Deux soon topped the 300,000 mark). Working with her loyal songwriting team (François Bréant and Kent), Enzo Enzo was also joined in the studio by the renowned musical arranger Jean-Claude Vannier and a host of stars from the French jazz scene, including the famous accordion-player Richard Galliano, drummer André Ceccarelli and guitarist Jean Michel Kajdan. Enzo Enzo devoted almost the whole of 96 to writing new material for her next album, Les idées bizarres. The album, released in February 97, featured contributions from Enzo Enzo’s usual songwriters François Bréant and Kent, but also included tracks written by Jean-Claude Vannier ("Paris bretelle"), the English lyricist Peter Lorne (who co-wrote "A nos chagrins d'amour" with Enzo Enzo) and Gabriel Yared ("Le p'tit vélo qui couine"). In October 2004, she went on to release a new album entitled Paroli featuring arrangements by François Bréant and songs written by a crack team of composers (Romain Didier, Daniel Lavoie and Daniel Mille) and songwriters (Kent, Serge Lama, Brice Homs, Allain Leprest, Brazilian star Chico Buarque and French novelist Marie Nimier). This moody acoustic masterpiece showed off Enzo Enzo's light, airy and haunting vocals at their very best. Enzo Enzo landed a nomination in 1998 at the Victoires de la Musique in the Best Female Artist category.
Estrada Theater |
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19:00 | InCanto: Christmas Gala (Italy) |
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Stunning vocal quartet InCanto after a triumphant success in 2012 and 2013 in Moscow and numerous requests viewers back to Moscow with the "Christmas Gala" including the most beloved and popular Christmas hits accmpanied by the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Alessandro D'Agostini (Italy) who made his operatic debut in 2002. Spectators will enjoy many of the great masterpieces such as "Ave Maria", "White Christmas", "Silent Night", "Jingle Bells", "Last Christmas", "Blue Christmas", "Happy New Year" by ABBA, "O sole mio", "?aruso", great hits by Andrea Bocelli, Ennio Morricone, John Lennon, Elvis Presley. The stage of the Great Hall of the Moscow House of Music will be decorated and illuminated in festive style. Sensation in the world of music InCanto burst into the music world through the direct participation of the great Andrea Bocelli, who took a direct part in the creation of the four quartet soprano. Debut in 2008 in Rome with a joint concert with Maestro Andrea Bocelli. Since then, in addition to the prestigious and continuous work with the Maestro Bocelli all over the world, InCanto come out with a big solo concert as a guest star in the big international projects for the world's biggest stages, such as Arena di Verona, the Rome Opera, Bologna Teatro Manzoni, in Sanremo (Sanremo) at the Festival in 2010 RAIUNO, in Palma de Mallorca (Stadium Ono), Athens (Salle de Megaron), London (Arena O2), Dublin (Arena O2), Manchester ( Men Arena), etc. Today InCanto is one of the best and most popular Italian artists in the world.
MMDM Svetlanov Hall |
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19:00 | Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra |
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Performer - Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra. Soloist - Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Vasily Petrenko conducts. In program: Bernstein. Overture "Candide"; Prokofiev. Symphony #1 "Classical"; Liszt. Concerto #1 for piano and orchestra; Tchaikovsky. Suite from ballet "The Nutcracker". Vasily Petrenko was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2006, in September 2009 he became Chief Conductor. He is Principal Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Chief Conductor Designate of the Oslo Symphony taking up the baton in the 2013/14 season. In July 2012, he was announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (formerly the Mussorgsky Memorial Theatre) in St. Petersburg, Russia, Petrenko’s native city and where his professional career began in the mid-1990s. Petrenko has made guest appearances with major orchestras throughout Europe, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Vasily Petrenko is the German Echo Klassik Awards 2012 Newcomer of the Year for the recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony #3 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI Classics). For his outstanding contribution to Liverpool and the arts, he has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of Liverpool, Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool John Moores University. He was the Classical BRIT Awards Male Artist of the Year 2010 and the Classic FM/Gramophone Awards Young Artist of the Year 2007. Denis Kozhukhin was launched onto the international scene after winning First Prize in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels at the age of 23. He has quickly established a formidable reputation and has already appeared at many of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls including the Verbier Festival, where he won the Prix d'Honneur in 2003, Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Music Festival, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, Santander International Festival, Carnegie Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Herkulessaal, Rotterdam De Doelen, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Milan, Palau de la Musica Valencia, Théâtre du Châtelet and Auditorium du Louvre Paris.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall |
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