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The medieval-industrial rockers from Berlin are well-known for their extravagant, energetic and very danceable music, which never makes it easy for the listeners to compare it to one of the ordinary music styles. It all started with experimental electro-industrial (Tanzwut, 1999), then there was more rock and melody (Im Labyrinth der Sinne, 2000), in order to show with elements from ska to metal that there are no limits that can't be passed (Ihr wolltet Spaß, 2003). Followed by their last piece of work (Schattenreiter, 2006) which leads the listeners into an adventurous interplay of forces: noisy industrial metal and booming breakbeats together with rock'n'roll and punk parts, seasoned with pinches of classical music. And, of course, there are always the catchy bagpipes (built in their own workshop) which create the bands own characteristical sound. Even more the band definitely knows how to impress the audience at their fulminant live performances. A cleverly devised stage setting, self-created live-outfits, unique instruments and a fantastic choreography combined with the rousing music make Tanzwut shows sudorific, extraordinary and unforgettable. After years as a successful rock band it's about time for some change now - it's time for the new Tanzwut medieval project. Teufel has gathered the minstrels and formed a new band which consists both of longtime companions and completely new faces. This gathering resulted in a large variety of characters and musical preferences that is unequalled at the medieval scene 2011. As one of the scene's primary rocks, Teufel has been wandering all over as musician, composer, juggler and entertainer since 25 years now. A treasury of songs and unmistakable bagpipe melodies which where compiled in the last quarter century, stirring rhythms and catchy singings rounded down by Teufels distinctive voice will enchant the audience and lead them to the living medieval times. Amusing announcers and colorful costumes will make the appearance up for your ears and eyes. Nevertheless, new compositions will also fresh up the program. More info
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19:00 | Moscow Chamber Orchestra: Concerto in D |
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Performer - State Chamber Orchestra of Russia (Moscow Chamber Orchestra). Conductor and soloist - Boris Garlitsky (violin, France), an extremely lively musician of high intelligence and flexibility, with a wonderfully round tone and solid reliable technique. In program: Mozart, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, P. Tchaikovsky. The "dynamic Moscow Chamber Orchestra" (New York Times) is one of the world's great ensembles. First called "the greatest chamber orchestra in the world" by Dmitri Shostakovich, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. When a brilliant pianist and conductor Constantine Orbelian was a Music Director of the orchestra, he has brought the MCO into a new era of international activity. The New York Times wrote: "What we heard was the peak of perfection...our expectations were so far exceeded that one was left open-mouthed in admiration." The famous Russian oboist Alexei Utkin is an artistic director and conductor of the orchestra at the present moment.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall |
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19:30 | Pergolesi and Allegri |
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Performers: Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory (Artistic director - Alexander Solov'yov), Honored Artist of Russia, People's Artist of Abkhazia, soloist of the Moscow musical theater "Helikon Opera" Alice Gitsba (soprano), soloist of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Svetlana Shilov (mezzo-soprano), Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Eugeniya Krivitskaya (organ). In program: Stabat Mater by Pergolesi; Miserere by Allegri.
Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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19:00 | The Puppini Sisters (UK-Italy) |
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 Marcella Puppini, Stephanie O'Brien and Kate Mullins created Puppini Sisters in 2004, and it never crossed their minds to try and copy the enchantments of a historic songbook. The three met in the same jazz school, and their resumes were very different: Kate (the blonde) had sung in the heavy metal band Killed In Action; Marcella (the brunette) had recorded the dance hit Revolution after serving time in a punk group; as for Stephanie (the redhead), she came from a classical choir and played a lot of violin and she was already making a name for herself in the jazz world, singing with different bands in London and also working as a violinist and harpist. Every style was filtered through their rigorous, sunny, vocal discipline: no improvisation, just the extraordinary power of a wall of voices whose architecture seemed designed by a virtuoso. In their first two albums, Betcha Bottom Dollar and The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo, they combined new versions of classics from the 30's to the 50's, jazzy reinventions of rock hits, and original songs. And then they sang for Santa Claus in Christmas with the Puppini Sisters, before they finally tackled the Garden of Eden in the world of vocal standards, i.e. Hollywood. Ten new versions, plus Hollywood, a collective composition by the Puppini Sisters which breathes with the love they share for that space-time enchantment represented by Hollywood's great songs. So here you have Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, together with Good Morning from Babes in Arms, Singin' in the Rain, the song I Feel Pretty from West Side Story.
Crocus City Hall |
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19:00 | ZAMM-quartet and Yury Favorin |
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ZAMM-quartet including Zaure Zharova (1st violin), Marina Ivanenko (2nd violin), Malika Gafarova (viola), Anna Morozova (cello) and Yury Favorin (piano) perform Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich in "Four plus one. Stars of the 21st century" series. Yury Favorin is a postgraduate student at the Moscow State Conservatory by Mikhail Voskresensky and University Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria) by Jacques Rouvier. He has taken an active part in numerous musical festivals, such as the Festival "La Folle Journee" in Nantes (France) and in Tokyo (Japan), International Piano Festival in La Roque d'Antheron (France), "Musique en Vallee du Tarn" (France), etc. Yury gives recitals in many countries: Germany, Austria, Norway, Hungary, France, Italy, Sweden, Polen, Japan, Netherlands, and Belgium among them achieving outstanding success everywhere. He gives concerts at the most prestigious concert halls. Yury is the winner of the First Prize of the Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation (Vienna, 2003), and is a laureate of many Russian and international competitions. ZAMM-quartet was founded in 2012 in Moscow State Conservatory by students of the institute. All of musicians was educated with outstanding teachers and in Russia and abroad.
Philharmonic Chamber Hall |
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