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20:30 | 7th International Christmas Festival: La Galania (Spain) |
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One of the more promising specialised music ensembles in the current Spanish music scene La Galania will perform a program "Old Christmas Music" including compositions by Duron, Subias, Torrente, de Caseda, de Torres, Sanz, Araujo at the 7th International Christmas Festival. Soloists: Jesus Fernandez Baena (theorbo), Pierre Pitzl (baroque guitar), Raquel Andueza (soprano). The concert will be supported by the Spain Embassy in Moscow. La Galania ensemble was founded by Raquel Andueza and Jesus Fernandez in 2010 and aims to perform 17th and 18th century Baroque music based on carefully researched historical principles. It also aims to collaborate with the most outstanding Spanish and foreign musicians who have specialised in this repertoire. Its members form part of world-famous orchestras and groups like L'Arpeggiata, Hesperion XXI, Al Ayre Espanol, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Private Musicke, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, etc. The soprano Raquel Andueza, who is regularly invited to perform at the world’s most important auditoriums and festivals, is the group's mainstay. La Galania performed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater at its debut concert held in the Cathedral of Pamplona, which garnered great success. The group has subsequently performed at several of the most prestigious venues in Spain and Europe, including the National Auditorium in Madrid, the Liceo Theatre in Salamanca, the Kulturcasino in Berne, the MAFestival in Bruges, the Almudaina Palace in Palm de Mallorca, the Aranjuez Festival, the San Sebastian Music Fortnight, etc. La Galania's first album Yo Soy la Locura was released in January 2011 to widespread critical acclaim under the "Anima e Corpo" label and sold very well. It was also unanimously granted the Festclasica Award by the Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals.
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19:00 | Albina Shagimuratova |
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Dazzling Russian coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova accompanied by National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia will perform arias and overtures from operas by Mozart (Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito), Bellini (Norma), Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor), Verdi (Rigoletto, I Vespri Siciliani). Albina Shagimuratova first came to international attention as the winner of the Gold Medal in the 2007 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. This was followed quickly by her European opera debut as the Queen of the Night at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Riccardo Muti. She has been hailed by Opera News as "a phenomenon that must be heard to be believed" and by the New York Times for her "riveting Lucia." Conductor and soloist - Vladimir Spivakov (violin).
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