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19:30 | 7th International Christmas Festival: Gala-Concert |
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Performers: laureate of the international competition Alexei Schmitov (organ), People's Artist of Russia Lubov Shishkhanova (organ), Honoured Artist of Russia Alexei Semenov (organ), laureate of international competitions Svetlana Polyanskaya (soprano), laureate of international competitions Anastasia Sidelnikova (organ), laureate of the international competition Margarita Koroleva (organ), laureate of international competitions Fyodor Stroganov (organ), Honoured Artist of Russia Ludmila Golub (organ), Honoured Artist of Russia Andrei Pherapontov (French horn), Nikolai Grigoriev (organ), Tatyana Andrianova (organ), Honoured Artist of Russia Alexei Parshin (organ), Anna Petrova (organ), participant of the international festival Igor Belokon (organ), soloist of Bolshoi Theatre, laureate of international competitions Svetlana Belokon (mezzo-soprano), laureate of international competitions "Ave Maria" Soloists Ensemble, laureate of international competitions Marianna Vysotskaya (organ), laureate of international competitions Elena Tsybko (organ), Honored Artist of Russia Vasily Dolinsky (organ), laureate of international competitions Rustam Komachkov (cello), laureate of international competitions Nina Gvamichava (harp), laureate of international competitions Harry Eprikyan (organ), laureate of international competitions Dmitry Borodayev (guitar), laureate of international competitions Ksenia Panina (soprano), laureate of the international competition Natalia Letyuk (organ). The program includes compositions by Bach, Couperin, Haydn, Gilman, Massenet, Brahms, Schubert, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Karg- Elert, Ettinger and many others.
Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary  |
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19:00 | Alexey Volodin (piano) |
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Alexei Volodin is an exclusive artist for the company Steinway and Sons. He regularly works with the world's top orchestras, among them the New York Philharmonic, Gewandhaus-Orchester Leipzig, Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and the London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor collaborations include Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vasily Sinaisky, Mikhail Pletnev, Semyon Bychkov, Lawrence Foster and Marek Janowski. Recent highlights have included Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR Stuttgart, Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and l'Orchestra dell'Accademia del Teatro alla Scala. Forthcoming engagements include RAI Turin, the Danish National Symphony, the Netherlands Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic orchestras as well as the Bamberger Symphoniker and Orquesta Municipal de Santiago de Chile. Recitals are a prominent part of Volodin's engagements and following on from his critically acclaimed debut at London's international Piano Series, this season he performs at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Teatro Olimpico Vicenza, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Munich's Herkulessaal, Berlin's Philharmonie and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Alexei Volodin is a regular artist at Festivals including the Bad Kissingen Sommer, La Roque d'Anthéron, Festival La Folle Journée, Sommets musicaux in Gstaad, White Nights in St. Petersburg and the Moscow Easter festivals. Volodin has recorded with record labels such as Live Classics (Germany), ABC Classics (Australia) and Challenge Records (Netherlands). Born in 1977 in Leningrad, he studied under Irina Chaklina and Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and later with Elisso Virsaladzé at the Moscow Conservatoire. In 2001 he continued his studies at the International Piano Academy Lake Como (Italy). He gained international recognition following his victory at the Géza Anda Piano Competition in Zurich (Switzerland) in 2003. "...the outer movements crackled with energy while the minuet had the sweetest cantabile..." - The Independent. In program: Scarlatti, Metner, Chopin, Schumann. "Piano Music Nights" series.
Moscow Conservatory Great Hall |
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19:00 | Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra: New Year's Concert |
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Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo (Italy-Russia) presents a special New Year's program including compositions by Puccini, Delibes, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla. Soloists: Alina Yarovaya (soprano, Ukraine), Vasily Ladyuk (baritone), Daniyil Kramer (piano). A really European manner of ensemble performance, concern for tiny details and nuances, solicitous and creative interpretation of author's concepts, bright artistic talent and love both for the pieces performed and for the audience make the "Moscow Virtuosi" Orchestra and their leader Vladimir Spivakov so different from many other chamber orchestras. The orchestra stands away from aesthetic any snobbery and arrogant attitude to listeners, some of whom might have come to the concert quite by chance. To excite the audience emotionally and to enthrall intellectually every listener, even an ignorant one, to endow him with the pleasure of enjoining music masterpieces, to evoke the desire to come to chamber music concerts again are considered by the "Moscow Virtuosi" as the most important goals.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall |
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