on 01 June 2012

The sixth concert of the Musical Olympus Festival took place at the Hermitage Theatre

On June 1 the Hermitage Theatre hosted the sixth concert of the 17th International Musical Olympus Festival main program. That night the Hermitage Theatre saw performances of young musicians from Russia, Switzerland and Republic of Korea. The concert opened with the performance by St. Petersburg ESSe-Quintet (Kirill Evseev, balalaika prima; Dmitry Gogolev, domra alto, domra small; Daria Chernykh, balalaika kontrabass; Ksenia Kvochko, accordion; Mikhail Krylov, accordion). In the second part there were performances by Simon Wiener (violin, Switzerland) and Haeran Hong (Republic of Korea, soprano). The musicians performed the works by Budashkin, Kramar, Tsintsadze, Glazunov, Massenet, Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti and other composers. The artists were accompanied by the State Hermitage orchestra under the baton of a Russian conductor Mikhail Agrest.

The first part of the concert became a benefit performance of ESSe-Quintet

ESSe-Quintet (Russia)

Irina Nikitina (the foundation president) with collegue

Simon Wiener (violin, Switzerland) and the State Hermitage Orchestra

Haeran Hong (soprano, Republic of Korea) impressed audience by clear and sincere singing

Haeran Hong (soprano, Republic of Korea), Mikhail Agrest (conductor, Russia)

Esse-Quintet. Final