May 28 – June 2, 2021, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Parade of winners of international music competitions
May 28, Friday, 20:00
Grand Hall of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia
The concert is held in cooperation with the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia
| St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra | |
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Conductor: Mikhail Shekhtman (Russia), Winner of the OPUS-Klassik Award (Germany, 2019) |
| A. Petrov (1930 – 2006) |
Vivat, Olympus! Celebration Overture (1996) (7’) |
| S. Taneyev (1856 – 1915) |
Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op. 28 (1909) (43’)
Praeludium. Grave Gavotte. Allegro moderato Fairy Tale: Andantino Theme and Variations Tarantella. Presto |
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Soloist: Ilya Gringolts (Russia), Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 1999 as the First Prize Winner at the International Violin Competition Premio Paganini, Genoa (Italy), 1998 | |
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| P. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) |
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1874 - 1875) (30’)
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso ― Allegro con spirito Andantino semplice ― Prestissimo Allegro con fuoco |
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Soloist: Sergei Davydchenko (Russia), Grand Prix, International Grand Piano Competition for Young Pianists, Moscow (Russia), 2021 | |
| I. Stravinsky (1882 — 1971) |
Suite from the ballet The Firebird (version of 1919) (21’)
Introduction – The Firebird and its dance – The Firebird's variation The Princesses' Khorovod Infernal dance of King Kashchei Berceuse Finale |
May 30, Sunday, 16:00
St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella
| Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella | |
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Conductor: Ivan Stolbov (Russia), Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2008 as a clarinetist |
| P. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) |
Meditation for Violin and Orchestra from the cycle Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op. 42 No. 1 (1878) (10’) |
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Soloist: Stefania Pospekhina (Russia), Second Prize, The International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker, Moscow (Russia), 2020 | |
| D. Cimarosa (1749 – 1801) |
Oboe Concerto in C Major (1780) (10’)
Introduzione Allegro Siciliana Allegro giusto |
| D. Shostakovich (1906 — 1975) |
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 77 (1947—1948) (6’)
Burlesque |
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Soloist: Alexander Dolgov (Russia), First Prize, The International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker, Moscow (Russia), 2019 | |
| C. Saint-Saёns (1835 – 1921) |
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33 (1872) (17’)
Allegro non troppo Allegretto con moto Tempo primo |
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Soloist: Polina Tkhai (Russia), Third Prize, The International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker, Moscow (Russia), 2019 | |
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| F. Kramář (1759 – 1831) |
Clarinet Concerto in E-flat Major, op. 36 (1803) (12’)
Adagio Rondo |
| A. Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) |
Flautino Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (12’)
Allegro non molto Largo Allegro |
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Soloist: Andrey Zaitsev (Russia), First Prize, The International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker, Moscow (Russia), 2020 | |
| J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) |
Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055 (15’)
Allegro Larghetto Allegro ma non tanto |
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Soloist: Roman Sher (Russia), First Prize, The International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker, Moscow (Russia), 2020 | |
| P. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) |
Pas de Deux from the ballet The Nutcracker, op. 71 (1892) (6’) |
June 1, Tuesday, 19:00
Grand Hall of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia
| St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra | |
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Conductor: Valentin Uryupin (Russia), First Prize, International Conductors’ Competition Sir Georg Solti, Frankfurt (Germany), 2017, Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2018 |
| P. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) |
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 (1877) (20’)
Moderato assai quasi Andante — Tema. Moderato semplice Var. I: Tempo della Tema Var. II: Tempo della Tema Var. III: Andante Var. IV: Allegro vivo Var. V: Andante grazioso Var. VI: Allegro moderato Var. VII: Andante sostenuto Var. VIII e Coda: Allegro moderato con anima |
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Soloist: Haruma Sato (Japan), First Prize, The ARD International Music Competition, Munich (Germany), 2019 | |
| F. Say (born in 1970) | Violin Concerto «1001 Nights in the Harem» (2007) (28’)
Allegro · Cadenza Allegro assai · Cadenza Andantino Coda (Andantino) |
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Soloist: Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev (Azerbaijan/Albania/Turkey), Grand Prix, Vienna International Music Competition (Austria), 2019 | |
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| G. Rossini (1792 – 1868) |
Arsace’s cavatina from the opera Semiramide (1823) (7’) |
| W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) |
Dorabella’s aria from the opera Cosi fan tutte (1790) (3.30’) |
| Ch. Gounod (1818 – 1893) |
Sapho’s stanzas from the opera Sapho (1851) (8’) |
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Soloist: Marina Viotti, mezzo-soprano (Switzerland), Mazars Young Singer Award as best young singer, International Opera Awards, London (UK), 2019 | |
| S. Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra (1934) (23’) |
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Soloist: Daniel Kharitonov (Russia), Third Prize, The International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow (Russia), 2015, Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2012 and of the festival concerts at Carnegie Hall (New York) and Tonhalle (Zurich) | |
June 2, Wednesday, 19:00
St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella
| Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella | |
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Conductor: Anton Shaburov (Russia), First Prize, International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest (Romania), 2018, Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2019 |
| From baroque to jazz, from world music to classics | |
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Music Project «F# Portraits» (Russia):
Angelina Bezrukova – vocal, winds, percussion, | |
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| E. Elgar (1857 – 1934) |
Cockaigne (In London Town), Concert Overture, op. 40 (1901) (15’) |
| E. Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85 (1919) (28’)
Adagio – Moderato Lento – Allegro molto Adagio Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio |
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Soloist: Santjago Cañón Valencia (Columbia), Second Prize, The International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow (Russia), 2019, Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2018 | |
| A. Dvorak (1841 – 1904) |
Rusalka’s aria from the opera Rusalka (1900) (6’) |
| J. Massenet (1842 – 1912) |
Manon’s aria from the opera Manon (1882) (6’) |
| W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) |
Countess’ recitative and aria from the opera Le nozze di Figaro (1786) (7’) |
| G. Puccini (1858 – 1924) |
Liù’s aria from the opera Turandot (1921) (3’) |
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Soloist: Jana Aivazian (Russia), First Prize, The Eighth Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Vocalists, St. Petersburg (Russia), 2020 | |