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19:00 | "New Russia" Symphony Orchestra |
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The International Chereshneviy Les Open-Art Festival presents a concert of "New Russia" Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yury Bashmet. Soloists: Yury Bashmet (viola), Nikita Borisoglebskiy (violin). The program includes Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Stravinskiy, Mosolov, Khrennikov. Chereshneviy Les Open-Art Festival, a unique for representing versatile arts - theatre, music, fine arts, stage design, cinema, has become a good tradition and the leading cultural and social event of the spring-time Moscow. The festival events take place on most diverse stages and sites of the capital. Both renowned classical style performers and young artists introducing new art genres and trends, take part in this festival. The Chereshneviy Les is not just about concerts and exhibitions, a special, incomparable atmosphere reigns here. Thanks to The Chereshneviy Les Festival musical and literary salons of the 19th century have come back into being, it relieves of the eternal anxiety in striving for a better life, the beauty is restored into the world. The performance of "New Russia" Symphony Orchestra titled "Russian Art: Parallel Worlds" will unit such kinds of art as music, painting and poetry.
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19:00 | Camouflage (Germany) |
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 Sharing a common enthusiasm for electronic pop music, four friends from Bietigheim- Bissingen, Heiko Maile, Oliver Kreyssig, Marcus Meyn and Martin Kähling (who left the band in 1984) founded the band Lizenenced Technology in 1983. Drawing on inspiration from the song of the same name by the Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra, the band changed their name to Camouflage. The first local live appearance took place in 1984. One year later they recorded two demo cassettes in their studio and sent these cassettes to several record companies. Positive reactions did not come. In 1986 one of these tapes was submitted for a talent search conducted by the Hessischen Rundfunk (Hessen Radio). Camouflage was awarded the first place and the small Frankfurt record label "Westside" became aware of the band. The song "The Great Commandment" was reworked, newly recorded and presented to the larger record companies. Suddenly several firms expressed interest and after careful consideration the band signed with Metronome. The debut album Voices & Images was released in March 1988 and was followed in May by the third single "Neighbours" (chart position 57). The success was not only limited to Germany. During December of 1988 Camouflage's single "The Great Commandment" reached number 1 in the Billboard Dance Charts on three separate occasions. Many of the small radio stations fed the Camouflage frenzy. During a visit to New York that same year, Heiko, Marcus and Oli signed a contract with the American record company Atlantic for releases in the American market. They recorded the new album Methods of Silence with producer Dan Lacksman, who had an interesting combination of modern digital technology and museum-worthy studio equipment. Dan Lacksman is perhaps known to some for his work as part of the Belgian group Telex on the song "Moscow Disco". At the beginning of 1990 Oliver Kreyssig left the band for personal reasons. In October Heiko and Marcus traveled to the Black Barn Studio in England and began work on the third album Meanwhile with producer Colin Thursten (known for his work with David Bowie, Talk Talk, and Duran Duran). Surprisingly this new album included real drums and conventional musical instruments played by guest musicians. During mid-1992 they began recording work for the fourth album Bodega Bohemia in the Brussels Synsound Studio with producer Dan Lacksmann and several guest musicians. The goal with this album was to let as many electronic influences as possible flow back into the music. The manager of the band "Die Fantastischen 4", A. "Bar" Lasker, had become aware of the band through their song "Suspicious Love". He heard that Camouflage was without a recording contract and worked to secure a contract in 1994 with the firm BMG for the German market. Starting in October Heiko and Marcus recorded the fifth album "Spice Crackers" in their studio in Hamburg. In March 1995 Camouflage played live in Stuttgart and presented the new material to the public. Rewind appeared during February 2001 on Metronome (which had become part of Polydor); this was a new Best of album, for which Camouflage finally was allowed sufficient opportunity for input. The selection of songs represented their ideas and the limited version also included a DVD with all videoclips from the Metronome and BMG phases of the bands career. The 1997 album We Stroke The Flames was pulled off the market. During February 2002 a new contract was negotiated with Polydor, which included the production and release of the long-awaited album Sensor. Sensor reached #26 in the German charts. After playing at several festivals, the "Sensor Tour" began in the Fall of 2003 with performances across Germany and for the first time live concerts outside of Germany (e.g. in Russia). During 2004 Camouflage had successful performances in Germany and in other countries and the band completed a small tour of Eastern Europe. Since Polydor was still unwilling to lay out a timeline for a new album, Camouflage decided to leave Polydor. During August 2005 the band signed a new contract with the record company SPV. Heiko Maile moved his residence from Stuttgart to Berlin and set up a new studio there. Relocated album was released in 2006. The Moscow concert is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Camouflage. Read more
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19:00 | Charles Hubert Parry, Lennox Berkeley |
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky, one of today's greatest conductors, presents his own concert cycle "Albion" in Moscow Philharmonic which he tells about British composers in. Performer - the State Symphony Capella of Russia. Soloists: Anna Pegova (soprano), Maxim Sazhin (tenor), Kirill Fillin (baritone), Ruslan Rozyev (bass). Conducted and commented by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. In program: Charles Hubert Parry, Lennox Berkeley. Rozhdestvensky is the recipient of the French Legion of honour, of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, and an Honorary Member of the Stockholm and British Academies. For many years, he also headed the Moscow Radio Orchestra and became the first Soviet conductor, ever to be appointed principal conductor of various foreign orchestras: the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rozhdestvensky has maintained his reputation for adventurous programming in his many recordings and live performances. Known for his balanced and refined interpretations of Romantic and twentieth century music, he premiered numerous twentieth century works.
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