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19:00 | 110th Anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich |
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 Denis Matsuev (piano), Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet), Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Alexander Sladkovsky. In program: Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra; Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony No. 5. Winner of the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition, Denis Matsuev is fast-rising star on the international concert stage. Matsuev has performed in many of the World’s greatest halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Great Hall of Conservatoire in Moscow, Great Hall of the Philharmonie in St. Petersburg and Tokyo’s Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Matsuev is a laureate of the International Piano Competition in Johannesburg, South Africa (1994 Grand Prix) and the 1998 International Piano Competition in Paris, and First Prize winner of the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He has appeared with the most prestigious Russian orchestras, including the Russian National Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Spivakov and Mikhail Pletnev, the Russian Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Fedoseyev, and the Moscow Philharmonic under the direction of Mark Ermler. Mr. Matsuev has also appeared with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Century Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, Budapest Philharmonic, Warsaw National Orchestra, and Iceland Symhony Orchestra. The vibrant Russian conductor Alexander Sladkovsky is acclaimed as an aristocrat under the new generation of Russian conductors. “His vivacious and genuine, at the same time thoughtful and deep music making, alongside the infectious energy, captures every audience.” (Belcanto.ru). Since 2010 he is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra in the city of Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia), which transformed into one of the finest orchestras in Russia. “It became an absolute necessity to talk about the “Kazan Miracle” created by maestro Sladkovsky and the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra. It is a unique and captivatingly successful story of recreating an orchestra, delicately yet powerfully bringing it up to the peaks of great performing art” (Musical Life Magazine).
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