May 28 – June 5, 2020, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Parade of winners of international music competitions
May 28, 19:00
St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella
| Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella | |
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Conductor: Gabor Kali (Hungary) First Prize, The Hong Kong International Conducting Competition, 2018, First Prize, The Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductor's Award, Salzburg (Austria), 2018 |
| А. Petrov | Vivat, Olympus! Celebration Overture |
| F. Say | Violin Concerto “1001 Nights in the Harem”, Opus 25 |
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Soloist: Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev (Azerbaijan / Albania / Turkey), Grand-Prix, Vienna International Music Competition (Austria), 2019 | |
| S. Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 1 |
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Soloist: Emanuil Ivanov (Bulgaria), First Prize, Feruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano (Italy), 2019 | |
| P. Tchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo Theme for Violin and Orchestra |
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Soloist: Haruma Sato (Japan), First Prize, The ARD International Music Competition, Munich (Germany), 2019 | |
May 29, 19:00
The Hermitage Theatre
| The Symphonic Orchestra of the Music-Hall Theatre The Northern Symphony | |
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Conductor: Henry Cheng (USA) First Prize, The Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition, Budapest (Hungary), 2018 |
| L. van Beethoven | Egmont Ouverture |
| A. Dvorak | Cello Concerto |
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Soloist: Santjago Cañón Valencia (Columbia), Second Prize, The International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow (Russia), 2019 | |
| M. Ponce | Concierto del Sur for Guitar and Orchestra |
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Soloist: Jesse Flowers (Australia), First Prize, The Michele Pittaluga International Classic Guitar Competition, Alessandria (Italy), 2019 | |
| Operatic Arias tbc | |
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Soloist: Adriana Gonzales (Guatemala), First Prize, The Plácido Domingo's Operalia, the World Opera Competition, Prague (Czech Republic), 2019 | |
May 31, 16:00
St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella
| Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Cappella | |
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Conductor: Darrell Ang (Singapore), Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Sichuan Orchestra of China. Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2007, 2008 as the winner of Grand Prize, Audience Prize and Orchestra Prize at the Besançon International Young Conductors' Competition, (France), 2007 |
| S. Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra |
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Soloist: Daniel Kharitonov (Russia), Third Prize, The International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow (Russia), 2016. Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival in St. Petersburg (2012), in Carnegie Hall (New York), in Tonhalle (Zurich) | |
| Operatic arias and duo tbc | |
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Soloists: Ao Li, bass-baritone (China), Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival in St. Petersburg (2013, 2014), in Moscow (2015) as the First Prize winner of the Plácido Domingo's Operalia, the World Opera Competition, Verona (Italy), 2013 Marina Viotti, mezzo-soprano (Switzerland), First Prize, The Kattenburg Competition, Lausanne (Switzerland), 2017 | |
| L. van Beethoven | Violin Concerto |
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Soloist: Joshua Brown (USA), First Prize and Audience Prize, The International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart, Augsburg (Germany), 2019 | |
June 05, 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: Vasily Petrenko (Russia), Chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 2004 as the First Prize winner of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition, Girona (Spain), 2002 |
| C.M. Weber | Euryanthe Overture |
| F. Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto |
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Soloist: Ilya Gringolts (Russia), Participant of the Musical Olympus Festival 1999 as thhe First Prize winner of the International Violin Competition Premio Paganini, Genoa (Italy), 1998 | |
| L. van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" |