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19:00 | Musical Journey: Germany |
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 Summer concerts of popular classics presents Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor – Dimitris Botinis. Pavel Milyukov (violin, Russia), prizewinner of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. In program: Wagner, Introduction to the opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Overture to the opera "Tannhäuser", Introduction and Death of Isolde from the opera "Tristan and Isolde", "Flight of the Valkyries" from the opera "Valkyrie" and Brahms, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Dmitris Botinis is a Winner of the International Antonio Pedrotti Conducting Competition (Italy, 2006), winner of the 1st All-Russian Conductors Competition (Moscow, 2011). Dimitris Botinis was born in 1986 in Moscow in a family of musicians, and grew up in Greece. At the age of 5 he began his studies in violin and later in viola. As a violinist he graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory of Patras with a Violin Diploma. At the age of 14 he started his studies in orchestral conducting under the guidance of his father – a symphony orchestra conductor, and also by participating in International Master Courses for conductors instructed by Prof. Yuri Simonov in Budapest. Pavel Milyukov was graduated from the Moscow Conservatory studying under Prof. Vladimir Ivanov (2004–2009) and continued advanced studies under him. During 2013 studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz under Prof. Boris Kuschnir. At present he is taking instruction from Lidia Baich at the Vienna Conservatory. He has won prizes in international competitions, among them the 5th Niccolo Paganini International Violin Competition in Moscow (2007, second prize), the competition in Astana (2008, grand prix), in Seoul (2012, second prize), and the 8th Aram Khachaturian Competition in Yerevan (2012, first prize). In 2011 he participated in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performs in cities throughout Russia, Austria, Belgium, China, and Korea among other countries. Since 2008 he has been as soloist at the Saint Petersburg House of Music, and since 2012 soloist for the Moscow Philharmonic. He plays the “ex-Szigeti” instrument made by Pietro Guarneri and provided by the Neva Foundation.
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