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19:00 | "Russian Winter" Arts Festival |
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 Russian National Orchestra, Conductor Mikhail Pletnev and Alexander Rudin (cello) will perform Lyadov, "The Enchanted Lake" – fairy picture for Orchestra; P. I. Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo theme for Violoncello and Orchestra; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9. Alexander Rudin is known as one of the most prominent musicians of the new generation. He is equally world famous as conductor, working with both symphony and chamber orchestras, music instructor – professor of the Moscow Conservatoire, researcher of the early music scores, and author of his own orchestra arrangements of chamber music, as well as unique thematic cycles. He belongs to the new era of Russian performers whose talent can be applied universally. Rudin stands out in a group of his truly professional colleagues for his extraordinary personality: he is talented in various aspects of musical performance, with all his talents creating a perfect balance. He strictly follows the direction he has chosen for himself, the path of creative ideas and experiments in a purely academic musical tradition. “Music cannot be brought down to simply something you create for entertainment. It does not exist solely for the audiences’ appreciation and applause,” believes Rudin. A musician who received a very traditional education, Alexander Rudin was initially interested in authentic performances of ancient music, and gradually reached a perfect balance of different styles. In his present day performances, he combines modern instruments and viola da gamba, performs both in a traditional way, as well as uses his own, yet “historically-correct" interpretations of the classical pieces. This tradition of keeping the “authentic line” when working with the orchestra, resulted in cooperation with many world-known experts in this field.
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19:00 | New Year with Stars: Vadim Eilenkrig & Olga Karmukhina |
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 VI Moscow Classical Music Festival Christmas Fest. Moscow City Symphony Russian Philharmonic, Conductor Fabio Mastrangelo together with Vadim Eilenkrig (trumpet), Olga Kormukhina (vocal) and Children's Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia will present you fantastic firework of most popular and beloved music hits from different styles and times. Vadim Eilenkrig (born 4 May 1971) is a Russian jazz trumpeter and is the soloist of the Igor Butman Big Band. In 2009 he released his first solo album “The Shadow of Your Smile”, which was recorded in the Avatar Studio NY. A jazzman with a profound classical education, Vadim graduated from Shnitke’s Moscow Musical College and Moscow State University of Culture and did a postgraduate course at Maymonid's State Musical Academy.Vadim played with every famous jazzman in Russia, including the world's eldest big band Oleg Lundstrem's Orchestra. Now Vadim combines work at Igor Butman Big Band with solo projects. Vadim hit the best Moscow arenas with his quintet and special guests from USA like Jann Parker, Cynthia Scott, Chanda Rule and Imani Uzuri. Olga Kormuhina is a Russian singer, actress, poet and film director. Fabio Mastrangelo is commonly referred to as Russia’s most famous Italian-born conductor. Currently, he holds a number of positions including those of Principal Conductor and Music Director of the “St. Petersburg Camerata” State Hermitage Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Novosibirsk Camerata, Principal Guest Conductor of the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra and of the Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra, a regular guest conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre and the St. Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy.
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