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19:00 | "Russian Winter" Arts Festival. Nikolay Lugansky |
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 Nikolay Lugansky (piano) and Russian National Orchestra, Conductor Mikhail Pletnev will perform Rachmaninov, Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra; P. I. Tchaikovsky, Suite from the ballet "Swan Lake" (compiled by Mikhail Pletnyov). Nikolai Lugansky is a Russian pianist, widely known for his insightful performances of Romantic music. A native of Moscow, he was born to a couple of research scientists. At the age of 5, he taught himself to play a Beethoven sonata by ear, and this led to taking lessons from his neighbor, composer and pianist Sergei Ipatov. Later, he attended the Moscow Central Music School and the Moscow Conservatory, studying piano with Tatiana Kestner, Tatiana Nikolaeva, and Sergei Dorensky. An active competitor, he won first prize at the All-Union Competition in Tbilisi and the silver medal at the 8th International Bach Competition in Leipzig, both in 1988, and won the second prize at the Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow in 1990. Lugansky was named best pianist in 1992 at the International Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg. After recovering from foot and back injuries in 1993, he won the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. As a concerto soloist, Lugansky has performed with Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Edo de Waart, Leonard Slatkin, and many other conductors. In addition to his busy concert schedule, he is an accompanist for many musicians, including Anna Netrebko, Joshua Bell, Mischa Maisky, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, and others. Lugansky began recording with Melodiya and Vanguard Classics, beginning a fruitful recording career over the years with Warner Classics, PentaTone, Erato, Deutsche Grammophon, and Naïve.
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19:00 | New Year with Federico Fellini |
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 On December 28 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in the New Year's Eve is coming true musical spectacle - concert of works by one of the greatest film composers of XX century - the legendary Nino Rota. The program of works by the master to the films of the great director Fellini Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform "Orpheus" directed by Marcello Rota - nephew of the composer, conductor, one of the best interpreters of the musical heritage of Nino Rota. Unforgettable festive atmosphere of the evening will complement the visuals of the most prominent and well-known shots of the legendary film director. In the Great Hall of sound music for iconic films of Federico Fellini, with whom the maestro linked long-term creative friendship. Music Rota, as well as the films of Fellini infused amazing, peculiar only to the Italians, the unique sunny and clear color open the lyrics. The artistic world of Fellini, with all its subtlest nuances, specific plot twists and turns, mysterious and sometimes mystical symbolism, and at the same time with cheerfulness converted Diverse world, as if reflected in the plastic and just as mysteriously beautiful music Rota.
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22:30 | Teodor Currentzis «Cinderella» |
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 MusicAeterna orchestra, Conductor Teodor Currentzis will perform music of the ballet "Cinderella" by Sergei Prokofiev. Teodor Currentzis — one of the most extraordinary and charismatic conductors of our time. A pupil of the legendary Ilya Musin at the end of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he rushed into the heart of Russia — in Novosibirsk, where, occupying the post of chief conductor of the local Opera and ballet theatre, has created two unique team — musicAeterna orchestra and choir musicAeterna. Maestro has collaborated with such renowned ensembles as the Vienna and Munich Philharmonic orchestras, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and orchestra of the SWR, as well as with the staff of the Zurich Opera, the opéra national de Paris, Teatro real in Madrid and others. Work brought Maestro glory is extremely thoughtful and fantastic emotional music Director. "Marked with the stamp of Commerce art Teodor Currentzis plays with a unique style, dedication and courage goes to artistic risk," said the founders of the prestigious KAIROS prize, awarded to the musician in 2016. His outstanding work noted by the European experts: this year Currentzis named "Conductor of the year" in the opinion of the 50 most influential music critics. Since 2011, Teodor Currentzis directs the Perm theatre of Opera and ballet. P. I. Tchaikovsky, and in a few years turned it into a platform with a world name. Maestro is a six — time winner of the National theatrical award "the gold Mask" and the premiere of the theatre and the Diaghilev festival come not only the Russian elite, but also connoisseurs of classical music from Europe.
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