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 Musica Viva Moscow chamber orchestra and Ansamble of modern choir music Altro Coro will perform Da pacem Domine, Orient & Occident, Nunc dimittis, Trisagion, Adam’s Lament. The music of Pärt is admired for its spiritual nature, whether it is one of his many sacred choral compositions or a secular instrumental work. Arvo Pärt is one of the most important living composers of concert music. His first works, dating from the 1950s, showed the influence of Prokofiev and Shostakovich, as heard in his two Sonatinas for piano (1958). But as his musical studies under Heino Eller continued, he was drawn toward serial techniques and turned out a number of works in the 1960s in this vein. His First Symphony (1961), for instance, displays this method and is dedicated to Eller. By the end of that decade, Pärt had become disenchanted by the 12-tone technique and began writing music in varying styles. In 1976, however, Pärt started composing in what he called his tintinnabulation (or tintinnabuli) method, which involves the prominent use of pure triads. This new style resulted in music so radically different from that which had preceded it, that many observed that it seemed to have come from a different hand altogether. In 1995, Pärt was recognized for his many artistic achievements by being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His 2008 Symphony No. 4 was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comtemporary Classical Composition. He remains among the most popular serious composers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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20:00 | Night Piano. Sergey Slavsky (Russia) |
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 This is a completely new and highly anticipated format of a beautiful holiday in the winter Moscow: elegant neoclassicism from Sergey Slavsky — modern piano music in the style of Ludovico Einaudi, especially loved by listeners around the world after The Intouchables movie release. Sergey Slavsky has been holding the attention of his fans since the summer 2016 performing as a virtuoso pianist, improviser, creating music in the moment. His impeccable style of play has an immediate and compelling effect on the hearts. The new aesthetics of the early 21st century, neo-realism, is a super-modern message of the musician, based on the traditions of the famous Russian piano performing school. The Unintended Night Piano concert is authentic: Sergey connects his magical melodies with the motion of video paintings. This is a double strike of beautiful emotions and excitement with the audience being captured by both the pianist and the video artist. They both do not know what is going to happen next moment, and what the culmination is going to be. In the coming year, Sergei Slavsky is opening a series of NIGHT PIANO concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Summer will start with his shows in Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Deworkacy Space Dress code recommendations: a cocktail party.
Krasny Oktyabr' Factory |
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