|
|
|
| | Arts Calendar / September 26 / Concerts |
|
|
|
19:00 | VIII RNO Grand Festival. P. I. Tchaikovsky – Opera "Iolanta" |
|
|
|
|
 Russian National Orchestra Moscow Region Philharmonic Choir. Conductor – Mikhail Pletnev, Anastasia Moskvina (soprano, Belarus), Victor Antipenko (tenor), Dmitri Vargin (baritone, Germany), Pyotr Migunov (bass), Eltchin Azizov (baritone), Svetlana Shilova (mezzo-soprano), Margarita Ivanova (soprano), Alexandra Kadurina (mezzo-soprano, Ukraine), Nikolai Kazansky (bass), Yaroslav Abaimov (tenor). Russian National Orchestra has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. Of the orchestra's 1996 debut at the BBC Proms in London, the Evening Standard wrote, "They played with such captivating beauty that the audience gave an involuntary sigh of pleasure." More recently, they were described as "a living symbol of the best in Russian art" (Miami Herald) and "as close to perfect as one could hope for" (Trinity Mirror). Mikhael Pletnev was born in Arkhangelsk, Russia, in 1957. His father was an accordion teacher, his mother a pianist. They recognized his talent early on. Mikhail grew up in Kazan where he learnt several instruments, including the piano. At the age of 13, he transferred to the Central School of Music in Moscow to study under Yevgeny Timakin. In 1974, Pletnev entered the Moscow Conservatory, studying with Yakov Fliyer, and, after Fliyer’s death, with Lev Vlasenko. At 21, Pletnev won the Gold Medal and First Prize in the 1978 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow which allowed him to tour outside the Soviet Union. His recording of his own arrangements from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite and Shchedrin’s Anna Karenina created a sensation. In 1980, Pletnev made his debut as a director. As guest conductor, he has directed the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1988, he was invited by General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to perform at the superpower summit in Washington. In 1990, with the help of the private sector, Pletnev founded the Russian National Orchestra (RNO), the first completely state-independent orchestra since the revolution of 1917. Pletnev is a pianist, director and composer. As soloist, he has appeared with Maazel, Giulini, Haitink, Chailly, Sanderling, Nagano, Gergiev, Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and others.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians
