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| | Arts Calendar / November 23 / Concerts |
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20:00 | Kirill Richter (piano, Russia) |
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 Kirill Richter (piano), Avgust Krepak (cello) and Alyona Zinovieva (violin). Perhaps, there is now no name more mysterious and promptly appeared on the Moscow musical horizon than Kirill Richter. A year ago, well-known minimalist composers did not even realize that today they will be called "neoclassicists", and Kirill Richter will walk in the forefront of this direction. At first, Kirill Richter tried to escape his destiny. His piano studies began late, and although he considered music a precious hobby, he tried to remain rational and have a fulfilling career in some other area. The young man studied quantum physics and drafting graphics at MEPhI National Research Nuclear University, and than earned a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design from the British School of Design. But his musical talents were hard to hide, and the the young pianist and composer, who took giant strides to make up for the missed opportunities of his childhood, was invited to audition at Moscow Conservatory. In 2010, Kirill Richter decided to make music his life’s work. Richter’s portfolio as a composer begins with a sequence of piano waltzes entitled “On the Way to Beloved City.” The simple, moving, and emotional pieces always leave a strong impression on the audience. The composer, who values sincerity and energy in music, believes that his pieces are popular with listeners because of the special feelings they evoke when he performs his works. “My music is a soundtrack for life, it relfects things that happened to me,” Richter explains. “The stories that I tell, somehow resonate in other lives. This gives birth to the feeling that we all speak the same language.” Tickets
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