The River of Talents Tour of the finalists in the Volga region: Kazan - Ulyanovsk - Astrakhan - Samara
On October 2, Saturday at 5 p.m., the annual River of Talents concert series will open with a performance of Maria Koryakina (flute), Andrei Matyukhin (oboe) and Timofei Kalmykov (piano) in Kazan, accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted by Alexander Sladkovsky, People's Artist of the RT. The programme takes the audience on a musical journey through the ages: the exquisite Baroque in C. P. E. Bach's Flute Concerto, the stirring changes at the dawn of the 20th century in Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, and contemporary classics in Valery Kikta's Third Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra. Behind the conductor's desk is Alexei Aslanov.
Saydashev State Big Concert Hall, Plotchad Svobody 3, Kazan Audience 6+.
Ticket price 250-650 rubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
On October 22, Friday, at 3 p.m., the best young soloists from The River of Talents are meeting in Ulyanovsk. After a break, the Ulyanovsk Governor's Symphony Orchestra rejoins the project partners. The finalists Fedor Osver (oboe), Mikhail Smirnov (trumpet) and Philipp Lynov (piano) will perform the bright Mozart Oboe Concerto, Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto, and Urutyunyan Trumpet Concerto. Conducted by Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Mordovia Sergey Kiss.
Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, 50 Minaeva str., Ulyanovsk
Ticket prices to be clarified. Audience 6+.
On October 28, Thursday, at 6 p.m., the River of Talents will bring young soloists to the Caspian Sea, to Astrakhan. Representatives of the Moscow performing school, violinist Alexander Papushev and pianist Dmitry Bereznyak, will perform with the Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Voronin. The programme includes the best examples of instrumental concertos: Paganini's First Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.
Ul. Anri Barbyusa 16, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre
Ticket price is 100-200 roubles. Audience 6+.
On October 29, Friday, at 6.30 p.m., the finalists of River of Talents will give a concert at the Samara State Philharmonic. Accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Shcherbakov, Vazgen Yusupov (clarinet), a student at the Academy of Jazz, and Alexander Kliuchko (piano), a graduate of The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" , will take listeners into the romantic world of Weber and Liszt. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire, Nikita Serov (cello) will perform Prokofiev's monumental work, Symphony Concerto for Cello and Orchestra.
Samara Philharmonic Hall, ul. Frunze 141, Samara Audience 6+.
Ticket price is 200-350 rubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
The Musical Team of Russia: Kaliningrad - Moscow - Sochi - Nizhny Novgorod - Petrozavodsk - Ekaterinburg
On October 6, Wednesday, at 7.30 p.m., The Musical Team of Russia gives a chamber concert in Sochi. Laureates of international and national competitions Elizaveta Ukrainskaya (piano), Anna Shchulkina (flute) and Arsenii Gazizov (double bass) will perform in the Great Hall of the Sirius Park of Science and Art. The programme includes Fantasias and Variations for double bass by Giovanni Bottesini, Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy in a flute tone, and piano music by Bach, Ravel and Prokofiev.
Sochi, Olympic Avenue, 1. Audience 6+. Ticket price is 300-1000 rubles.
On October, 6, Wednesday, at 7 p.m., the virtuoso pianist Miroslav Kultyshev will perform Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto as part of the Moscow Philharmonic's subscription programme "Orchestras of Russia. Masterpieces of Russian symphonic music". The soloist will be partnered at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall by the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Valery Uryupin.
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 4 Triumphal Square, Moscow Audience 6+.
On October 6, Wednesday, at 7 p.m., the Musical Team of Russia, represented by Alexandra Zvereva (flute) and Tagir Kamaltdinov (piano), will perform at the Kaliningrad Philharmonic. The orchestra under the baton of Honoured Artist of Russia Alexander Andreev will perform Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and music by the Bach dynasty - Brandenburg Concerto and Flute Concerto in D Minor.
Ul. B. Khmelnitskogo 61a, Kaliningrad Ticket price is 150-350 rubles.
On October 9, Saturday, at 7.30 p.m., the series of joint recitals by Musical Team of Russia and the Sochi Symphony Orchestra will continue with a recital by violinist Anna Savkina. A soloist from St. Petersburg Music House will be performing The Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra by Édouard Lalo. Conducted by Alexey Aslanov.
Sochi, Olympic Avenue, 1. Audience 6+. Ticket price is 400-1200 rubles
On October 9, Saturday, at 6.30 p.m., the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic presents the subscription "St. Petersburg House Music presents". The Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Music House, People's Artist of Russia, Sergey Roldugin, will arrive in Nizhny Novgorod to represent the Musical Team of Russia. The cellist will be performing Schumann's famous Concerto. Other appearances will include a performance of a winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, pianist Miroslav Kultyshev with Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto and trumpeter Aleksei Ivanov from the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra with Handel's Concerto. Conducted by Alexander Skulsky, People's Artist of Russia
Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin, 2. Audience 6+.
Tickets price is 600-700 roubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
On October 15, Friday at 7 p.m., soloist of the Music House Aleksander Ramm (cello) will take part in the Alexander Rudin Cello Assemblies. Cellist and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "Musica Viva" will perform Stravinsky's Italian Suite in Zaryadye venue. The concert will take place as part of the “Musical Team of Russia” project.
Ul. Varvarka, 6, str. 4, Moscow Audience 6+
Tickets price is 900-1800 roubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
On October 23 and 27, at 7 p.m., soloists from the St. Petersburg Music House will perform in Karelia at the Petrozavodsk Conservatoire. The programme of the Musical Team of Russia recitals includes music by Beethoven, Bottesini, Grieg, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and others. On Saturday, October 23, double bassist Arsenii Gazizov and pianist Vitaly Petrov will play for Karelian audiences. On Wednesday, October 27, Ravil Isliamov (violin) and Alexander Kashpurin (piano) will perform in Petrozavodsk.
Ul. Leningradskaya, 16, Petrozavodsk. Ticket prices are 200-600 rubles
On October 26, Tuesday, at 6.30 p.m., the Generation NEXT series of recitals kicks off at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic. The chamber programme will feature international competition winners Elizaveta Ukrainskaya (piano) and Anna Shchulkina (flute). Music by Bach, Mozart, Ravel, Hobiere, Tsybin and Prokofiev will be performed.
Ul. K. Liebknechta, 38 A, Yekaterinburg Audience 6+.
Ticket price is 200-500 rubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
The Music of Stars in Kislovodsk
On, October 9, Saturday, at 4 p.m., the first performance of the "Music of Stars" subscription will take place at the North Caucasus Philharmonic. Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 and music from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and The Nutcracker in an arrangement for clarinet and orchestra will be performed in Kislovodsk. The soloists are international competition winners Aylen Pritchin (violin), Sergei Redkin (piano) and Nikita Lyutikov (clarinet).
Conducted by Alexey Rubin.
Ul. Karla Marksa 3a, Kislovodsk Audience 6+.
Ticket price is 600 rubles. Pushkin cards are accepted.
