St. Petersburg Music House, playbill (march, 2015)

March 4, Wednesday, 19:00  The Saint-Petersburg Music House (Moika, 122) invites for “Four Epochs” concert program from cycle “Evenings in the English Hall”. The soloists are laureates of the international competitions: clarinetist  Alexander Vasiliev  and pianist Fedor Abaza. The evening program includes classicism, romanticism, impressionism and modern music by Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Denisov.
Audience 12+, ticket price 300-350 rub.

March 11, Wednesday, 19:00 on the Capella stage (Moika 20), the final concert of cycle “Music of Stars” will take place: brilliant young soloists and Capella orchestra. The Cello Concerto № 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich will be performed by Alexander Ramm, the winner of the All-Russian Competition (2010), laureate of the International Paulo Cello Competition (Finland, 2013). Miroslav Kultyshev, pianist, the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition  (Moscow, 2007)  and Monte-Carlo Musical Competition (Monaco, 2012), grant holder of the Music House and Joint Stock Bank “Russia” will perform the Piano Concerto № 2 by Sergey Rachmaninoff.
Audience 6+, ticket price 300-600 rub.
 
March 18, Wednesday, 19:00 on the English Hall's stage, in the Saint-Petersburg Music House (Moika, 122), the piano evening on the occasion of centenary of the birth of Sviatoslav Richter will take place.  Anna Grot, Nikolay Pestov, Vladislav  Fedorov,  the young pianists, winners of various international competitions will play. The program includes music by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Tchaikovsky.
Audience 12+, ticket price 300-350 rub.
 
March 25, Wednesday, 19:00 on the Small Hall stage, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmony (Nevsky pr. 30), a public symphonic concert from "Musical Team of Russia" will take place.  The Russian participants of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow – Saint-Petersburg, 2015) will play with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Saint-Petersburg conducted by Alexander Titov.  The program consists of  Mozart pieces.   Pavel Milyukov (violin) will perform the Violin Concerto № 5, and Sergei Redkin (piano) will play  the Piano Concerto №12 by the great classic; overtures to operas "The Abduction from the Seraglio", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" will also feature.
Audience 6+, ticket price 200-400 rub.

March 17, March 18 , and  March 19 (from Tuesday till Thursday) 11:00 and 15:00. In the English Hall of the Music House, the open-to-public master-classes of  Martti Rousi, one of the leading cellist of Finland, professor of the Sibelius Academy will take place . We invite the listeners: pupils, students, and teachers of music schools.
Audience 12+, ticket price: 100 rub.

March 3, 5, 10, 12, 26, 16:00  On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we invite you to regular excursions round the grand halls of the Alexeevskiy palace (the Music House), the residence of the Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich Romanov. The building erected on the Moika Embankment, 122 in the historicism style is the architectural pearl of Maximilian Messmacher. Ticket price: 350 rub.
March, 5 (Thursday), 18:00 and March 6 (Friday), 18:00 . Evening excursions for those who cannot visit the Music House during the daytime. Ticket price: -500 rub.
Audience 12+. Shoes with high heels, photo and video shooting are prohibited.

YESSENTUKI – KISLOVODSK – NIZHNY NOVGOROD – TOLYATTI – KISLOVODSK

March 6, Yessentuki and March 7, Kislovodsk. In the North-Caucasian Philharmony halls, the participants of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition will perform within “Musical Team of Russia” project of the Saint-Petersburg Music House.   Alexander Ramm , (cello) and the orchestra will play Variations on a Rococo Theme and Pezzo Capriccioso by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The second soloist name will be known later.
Kislovodskaya street, 2, Yessentuki.
Karl Marx street, 3a, Kislovodsk
Start at 16:00. Ticket price: 150-500 rub.
 
March 12, Yessentuki and March 14, Kislovodsk. In the North-Caucasian Philharmony halls, the participants of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition will again perform within “Musical Team of Russia” project. The program soloists will be known after publication of the Russian competitors list.
Kislovodskaya street, 2, Yessentuki.
Karl Marx street, 3a, Kislovodsk
Start at 16:00. Ticket price: 150-500 rub.
 
March 14, Saturday. In the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmony, “The Saint-Petersburg Music House Presents" season will be continued with "Musical Team of Russia" concert. Andrey Godic , oboist, the winner of the international competitions, fellow of “New Names” and “Russian Performing Art” Funds and Alexander Ramm , cellist, the winner of the All-Russian Competition (2010), laureate of the International Paulo Cello Competition (Finland, 2013) will perform with the orchestra music by Weber, Strauss and Dvorak. Alexander Skulsky, People’s Artist of Russia will be the conductor.
Kremlin, 2, Nizhny Novgorod. Ticket price: 200 rub. Start at 18:30.
 
March 21, Saturday. In Tolyatti, the concert within the joint project of the Saint-Petersburg Music House and Tolyatti Philharmony – “Musical Team of Russia” – will take place. Tamara Kudelich , the winner of Roma-XXIII International Piano Competition (Italy, 2013), Moscow Conservatory student will perform virtuoso solo program.  Rodion Shemerko , the laureate of Tatyana Nikolaeva International Competition for Young Pianists (Bryansk Musical School) will perform the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev together with the orchestra.
Tolyatti, Pobedy street, 42. Start at 18:00. Ticket price: 150-350 rub.
 
March 21, Saturday. The Skryabin Hall in Kislovodsk  of North-Caucasian Philharmony will welcome  “Music of Stars” cycle. The symphonic concert with participation of young soloists and art director of the Saint-Petersburg Music House will take place in the hall. The laureates of the international competitions –  Nikita Lyutikov  (clarinetist) and  Redkin  (pianist) – will play with the orchestra of the philharmony. The program includes the Clarinet Concerto by Mozart and Piano Concerto No.2 by Chopin. Sergey Roldugin, the art director of the Music House, People’s Artist of Russia will conduct the concert.
Karl Marx street, 3a, Kislovodsk Start at 16:00. Ticket price: 150-500 rub.
 

MADRID – PAMPLONA – ROME – STOKHOLM

March 4, Wednesday. In the Madrid Russian Center of Science and Culture, "Embassy of Musical Mastery" concert on the occasion of the International Women's Day will take place. The festive program will be presented by the familiar to the Spanish public soloists: Pavel  Mlyukov (violin) and Nikita Lyutikov (clarinet). The program of the winners of the international competitions includes masterpieces of violin music by Beethoven, Paganini, and Tchaikovsky, virtuoso pieces for clarinet by French and German composers. Emin Martirosyan will play the piano part.
Atocha street, 34, Madrid. Start at 19:30. Open to the public.
 
March 5, Thursday. The Saint-Petersburg Music House soloists will play for the first time in Pamplona, Spain on the Pablo de Sarasate Conservatory stage within “Embassy of Musical Mastery” project. This performance will open the "Russian Week" to be hold by the Russian-Spanish society of Navarra suppurted by Representative office of Rossotrudnichesvo in Madrid.
Paseo Antonio Pérez Goyena, 1. Start at  19:00. Only by invitations.
March 6, Friday. The tour will continue in the Pamplona City Cultural Center Civican
 Cultural Center Civican; Avenida de Pío XII, 2. Start at 20:00. Only by invitations.
 
March 5, Thursday. In the Rome Russian Center of Science and Culture, "Embassy of Musical Mastery" gala concert will take place. Ivan Sendeckiy , cellist, student of the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory, the winner of the S.Knushevitsky International Cello Competition (Saratov, 2014) will perform sonata by Shostakovich, plays  by Martin, Paganini, and Sarasate. The program of  Andrey Telkov, pianist, winner of the International Chopin Competition (Estonia, 2008) includes "Four Seasons" by Tchaikovsky.           
Piazza Benedetto, Cairoli, 6, Rome. Start at 19:00. Open to the public.
 
March 26, Thursday. On the Musikaliska stage in Sockholm, the third concert from "Russian Thursdays" cycle will take place. This time the concert will be devoted to French music. Andrey Sannikov (flute), the winner of fellow "Giovani Musicist" International Music Competition (Italy, 2014) and  Andrey Godik (oboe),  fellow of “New Names” Fund will perform plays of  French composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Varvara Tarasova will play the piano part.
Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm. Start at 19:00. Ticket price: SEK 100-220 .