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| Arts Calendar / December 13 / Festival |
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SOUND UP festival brings together the music that is both academic and futuristic, acoustic and electronic, popular and intellectual, written and performed by the living classics and young stars, Russian musicians and international artists. This year, it is launching two projects that reflect the festival’s ideology to the utmost: a completely new symphony orchestra, comprised of Moscow’s best musicians, and the new SOUND UP prime concert series. The concert series’ first guest will be Robert Ames, one of the principal conductors of the London Contemporary Orchestra who has lead this famous music collective during its performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, St. John at Hackney, Oval Space and other famous concert venues. The debut concert of the SOUND UP prime series will see the performance of works that are rarely heard or have never been performed in Russia before: the mesmerizing and monumental opus of John Luther Adams “Become Ocean” that received a Pulitzer Prize in 2014 and a Grammy for the “Best Contemporary Classical Composition” in 2015; Jonny Greenwood’s suite based on the music from There Will Be Blood movie that was nominated for Grammy in 2008 for the “Best Soundtrack”; selected compositions from the Under the Skin movie that were written by Mica Levy who collected a number of awards at the European and American film festivals; and a number of other pieces. Zaryadye Concert Hall |
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