ST. PETERSBURG MUSIC HOUSE, PLAYBILL (november, 2015)

November 11, Wednesday, 7 pm. On the stage of Saint Petersburg Capella (20, Moyka embankment), the second concert from the Music of the Stars Music House subscription will take place. The artists to perform with the orchestra will include: Vladimir Pinialov, trumpet, winner of the 3rd International Saveliy Orlov Contest, and violonist Nikita Borisoglebsky, award-winner of Queen Elizabeth International Contest (Brussels, 2009). The program will feature a concerto for  trumpet by Johann Hummel and a violin concerto by Jean Sibelius. The concert program includes the participation of the Saint Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra under the conduction of Maxim Fedotov, People’s Artist of Russia.
Audience age restriction is 6+, ticket price is 300-600 roubles
 
November 18, Wednesday, 7 pm. At the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (41, Nevsky) a general access symphony from the Young Interpreters of Russia cycle will take place. The conductor of the orchestra during the evening will be Alexander Titov, Distinguished Artist of Russia. Program to be advised additionally.
Audience age restriction is 6+, ticket price is 200-250 roubles 
 
November 25, Wednesday, 7 pm. At Saint Petersburg Music House (122, Moyka embankment), in the framework of the “Evenings at the English Hall” cycle, a solo concert by violinist Dmitry Smirnov, winner of the Tibor Varga International Contest, will take place. The piano part is performed by Lyudmila Nabok, award-winner of international contests. The concert program features pieces by Debussy, Roslavets, Bartok and Schnittke.
Audience age restriction is 12+, ticket price is 200-250 roubles
Spiked heels, photo and video filming are prohibited.

November 25, 26 and 27 in Saint Petersburg Music House, closed master classes in the framework of the ”Higher Music Performance Courses” project will take place. This time they will be conducted by a world renowned musician, professor of Vienna Conservatory and Graz Music University Boris Kuschnir (violin).
Deadline for applications for participation is 14:00, November 17.
 
Master-classes of the Embassy of Mastery project at Sirius Education Center (Sochi):
 
On November 1 through 24, Sirius EC (Sochi) will be hosting the new 6th Creative Session. The Fall Session #6 will be hosting young musicians of the following specializations: piano, violin and percussions. For them, intensive master-classes will be conducted by outstanding pedagogues, professors of Saint Petersburg Conservatory Nina Seregina and Tatyana Zagorovskaya (piano), Mikhail Gantvarg (violin); Dmitry Lukyanov (percusssions), professor of the Gnesins Russian Academy. Lectures on Russian and European musical culture of the 19th century will be delivered by Saint Petersburg Conservatory professor Zivar Guseynova.
Outside visitors are not admitted to Sirius EC

November 5, 12, 17, 19 and 24 at 4 pm (On Tuesdays and Thursdays) we invite you to regular excursions round the grand halls of the Alexeevsky palace (the Music House), the residence of the Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich Romanov. The building in the historicism style erected on the Moika, 122 is the creative peak of Maximilian Messmacher. Ticket price: 350 rub.

November, 4 (Wednesday) at 2 pm and 4 pm - Weekend excursions for those who can't visit the Music house on weekdays. Ticket cost 800 rubles.

Audience 12+. Shoes with high heels, photo and video shooting are prohibited.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD – ASTRAKHAN – ULYANOVSK – SAMARA – YAROSLAVL – EKATERINBURG
 
November 5, Thursday, 6.30 pm at Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic, a concert in the framework of the River of Talents project will take place. Pieces by Mozart, Haydn and Liszt will be performed by Samat Midetov (flute) from Ufa, Vladimir Orlov (cello) from Saint Petersburg and Dmitry Norbutas (piano) from Moscow. Conductor: Alexander Skulsky, People’s Artist of Russia.
2, Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod. Ticket price – 200-250 roubles.
 
November 12, Thursday, 6 pm. Saint Petersburg Music House invites to Аstrakhan Opera and Ballet Theater to a River of Talents concert. The performers include Dilyara Taziyeva, flute, from Saint Petersburg, Roman Markelov, saxophone, from Moscow, and Ramilya Saubanova from Kazan. The program includes concertos by Reinecke and Chopin, as well as a Rhapsody by Waignein. The conductor is Valery Voronin.
2, M. Maksakova street, Astrakhan’. Ticket price: 100-200 roubles
 
November 14, Saturday,  4 pm. in the Grand Hall of the Lenin Memorial, Ulyanovsk, the soloists of the Music House River of Talents project will perform. Pianist Alina Fedoseeva from Saint Petersburg, saxophonist Vladmir Ustyancev from Moscow and violinist Evgeniya Schmidt from Yekaterinburg will perform concertos by Saint-Saens, Glazunov and Sibelius. The conductor is Dmitry Russu.
1, Lenin 100th Anniversary Sqr., Ulyanovsk. Ticket price 150 roubles.
 
November 18, Wednesday, 6.30 pm. Saint Petersburg Music House invites to a concert of  "Musical Team of Russia", to take place at the Samara Philharmonic Hall. Artemiy Izmaylov, winner of the International Harp Player contest in Szeged (Hungary, 2010) will perform Concerto for Harp and Orchestra by Handel. The director is Evgeniy Khokhlov.
141, Frunze street, Samara. Ticket price is 400-500 roubles.
 
November 21, Saturday, 6 pm. Аt the Yaroslavl Philharmonic, the conclusive concert of the 11th season of the River of Talents project will take place. Muscovites Kseniya Molokova (flute) and Anna Geniushene (piano), as well as Vladislav Shumikhin (marimba) from Yekaterinburg will perform the concertos by Bakh, Rozauro and Brahms. The conductor is Igor Manasherov.
13, Maximova street, Yaroslavl. Ticket price – 100-150 roubles.
 
November 27, Friday, 6.30 pm, at the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, the first concert from the "Generation NEXT" project in this season will take place, a wind instrument music evening. The winner of the International Music Contest in Stockholm (Sweden, 2015) Andrei Sannikov (flute) and winner of the International Musical Festival Contest named after Saveliy Orlov (Samara, 2014) Vladimir Pinialov (trumpet) will perform masterpieces of musical art of the 19th-20th centuries. The piano part is performed by Anna Odintsova, award-winner of international competitions
38A, K. Liebknecht str., Ekaterinburg. Ticket price is 100-650 roubles.

LINZ – MADRID – BETHLEHEM – PARIS – WASHINGTON, D.C. – VILNIUS – BRUSSELS – TEL-AVIV – ROME – VIENTIANE – HANOI – DHAKA – BEIJING – BISHKEK – ULAANBAATAR  – AKTOBE – VIENNA – BRATISLAVA – BANSKA-BYSTRICA – LJUBLJANA – BRAZZAVILLE
 
Embassy of Mastery concerts by People’s Unity Day, November 4. It is is a national holiday established by the Federal Law “On Military Glory Days in Russia” in December 2004 and celebrated since 2005.
The holiday is a tribute to the events of 1612, when the people’s volunteer corps that came together when faced by the common menace, upon a call of Patriarch Hermogenes and led by prince Dmitry Pozharsky and citizen Kuz’ma Minin liberated Moscow from the Polish invaders, while the first representative of the new dynasty, Mikhail Romanov, ascended to the throne.

November 3, Tuesday, 7.30 pm in Linz, Austria, another “Russian Tuesday” in Brucknerhaus will take place. Soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre Academy of Young Opera Singers Antonina Vesenina (soprano), Elena Gorlo (mezzo-soprano) and Iaroslav Petrianik (baritone) will perform arias from well-known operas and Russian romances.
7, Untere Donaulände, Linz. Ticket price is 7-18 Euro.
 
November 3, Tuesday, 6 pm the Music House and Rossotrudnichestovo invite for the Embassy of Musical Mastery concert in Madrid. Winner of S. Kushnevitsky International Cellist Contest (Saratov, 2012) Elina Faskhitdinova (cello) and “Best accompanier” of P.I. Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow, 2015) Anna Odintsova (piano) will perform. The program features works by Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn, and, specially for the Spanish public, by Manuel de Falla.
155, Velaskes street, Madrid. Admission by invitations.
 
November 3, Tuesday at the Palestinian Office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Bethlehem  the Embassy of Musical Mastery concert will take place. Winner of Antonio Salieri Prize International Music Competition (Italy, 2015) Andrei Sannikov (flute) and laureate of the 3rd prize of the Gershwin International Competition (USA, 2015) pianist Natalia Sokolovskaya will perform the pieces from the Russian and European classics.
Free admission.
 
November 3, Tuesday, 7.30 pm Russian Center of Science and Culture in Paris will be again receiving the Ambassadors Musical Mastery. Aleksandr Petrov (flute), winner of Window to Europe International Contest Festival (Saint Petersburg, 2009) and Fedor Amosov (cello), recipient of the prize “For the best performance of a concerto with a chamber orchestra in the second tour” at Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow, 2015), will perform. The program of the evening includes music of the 19th and 20th centuries. The piano part will be performed by Lyudmila Nabok, award-winner of international competitions.
61, Rue Boissiere, Paris. Free admission.
 
November 4, Wednesday, 7 pm Embassy of Musical Mastery  is to arrive to the US for the first time. At the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Washington, DC, a diploma winner of Schumann International Competition (Germany, 2012) Andrei Telkov (piano) and winner of Knushevitsky Contest violinist Ivan Sendetckii are to perform. 
1825 Phelps Pl.NW., Washington D.C. Free admission.
 
November 5, Thursday, 5 pm at the RF Embassy in Lithuania, the Embassy of Musical Mastery concert will take place for the first time. A solo program dedicated to the 175th anniversary of will be performed in Vilnius by winner of Monte Carlo International Pianist Contest (Monaco, 2012) Miroslav Kultyshev (piano).
53, Latviu, Vilnius. Admission by invitations.
 
November 5, Thursday, 7.30 pm at the Brussels mission of Rossotrudnichestvo, the Embassy of Musical Mastery concert will take place. The performers include: laureate of international contests Aleksandr Petrov (flute) and recipient of a special prize at Tchaikovsky Competition (2015) Fedor Amosov (cello). 
21, rue Meridien, Brussels. Free admission.

November 4, Wednesday the Israel audience will be able to attend Embassy of Musical Mastery concert. Laureates of international contests Andrei Sannikov (flute) and Natalia Sokolovskaya (piano) are to perform at the Russian Culture Center in Tel-Aviv
38, Geula street, Tel-Aviv. Free admission.
 
November 5, Thursday, 9 pm at the Rome mission of Rossotrudnichestvo Ambassadors of Musical Mastery Anna Odintsova (piano) and Elina Faskhitdinova (cello) will perform the works by Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Paganini.
6, piazza Benedetto Cairoli, Rome. Free admission.
 
November 6, Friday, 4.30 pm in Vientiane, under the support of the Laos Mission of Rossotrudnichestvo, the Embassy of Musical Mastery concert will take place again. The Laos capital is to be visited by winner of International Trumpet Competition (Tallinn) Nikolai Stranatkovskii and laureate of the 3rd prize of International Young Pianist Competition in Enschede (Netherlands, 2012) Vladislav Fedorov. Works by Russian and European composers will be performed.
Sisattanak Distr., Thaphalanxay quarter, km 4, Thadeua str., Vientiane. Free admission.
 
November 8, Sunday, 8 pm Music House soloists are for the first time invited to the capital of Vietnam, the Embassy of Musical Mastery is to arrive in Hanoi. International contest winners Nikolai Stranatkovskii (trumpet) and Vladislav Fedorov (piano) will continue their tour, that started in Laos. 
501, Kimm str., Hanoi. Free admission.
 
November 10 and 11, Wednesday and Thursday the Embassy of Musical Mastery will take place in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Nikolai Stranatkovskii and Vladislav Fedorov will perform virtuoso pieces for trumpet and piano at Russian Embassy and Culture Center.
November 10 concert: Krishibid Institution Complex Auditorium, Manipuripara, Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Concert starts at 7.30. Admission by invitations.
November 11 concert: RF Embassy in Bangladesh, 9, 79 street, Glushan-2 district, Dhaka. Concert starts at 8 pm. Admission by invitations.

November  18, Wednesday, 7 pm Russian Cultural Center in Beijing is receiving the Embassy of Musical Mastery. Winner of the Silver Tuning Fork contest (Saint Petersburg, 2009) Aleksandr Petrov (flute) and winner of Chopin Golden Ring International Young pianists competition (Slovenia, 2013) Alexander Kashpurin (piano) will perform the classics of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Beijing, Dongcheng district, Dongzhimennei str., 9 (NAGA), building 2. Free admission.
 
November 19, Thursday, 7 pm the Bishkek public will be introduced to the Embassy of Musical Mastery. The artists to perform in the Kirgiz capital include Danila Efremov (clarinet), laureate of the 3rd prize at S. Mercandante  8th International Clarinet Competition (Italy, 2012) and Ivan Kalatay (piano), laureate of the 2nd prize at Vera Lotar-Shevchenko Memorial International Pianist competition (Yekaterinburg, 2014). The program of the evening includes pieces by Grechaninov, Weinberg, Taneyev, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Chopin, Scriabin and Prokofiev. 
2/1, Erkindik boulevard, Bishkek. Free admission.
 
November 20, Friday, the Embassy of Musical Mastery tour will go to Ulaanbaatar after Beijing. The guests of the Mongolian mission of Rossotrudnichestvo will hear the Russian and European classics performed by Aleksandr Petrov  (flute) and Alexander Kashpurin (piano).
Ulaanbaatar, 12 micro district, Tokyo str., 39. Free entrance.
 
November 21, Saturday, 4 pm at the Aktobe Philharmonic Hall, the “Musical Team of Russia” concert will take place. The Russian, European and American classic will be performed by winner of Saveliy Orlov International Music Festival Contest (Samara, 2014) Vladimir Pinialov (trumpet) and winner of Arcangelo Speranza International Competition in Taranto (Italy, 2014) Nikolai Saratovskii (piano).
31, Pobedy sqr., Aktobe, Kazakhstan. 
 
November 25, Wednesday, 6.30 pm  “Embassy of Musical Mastery” is due to arrive again to the Austrian capital. Alexey Lobikov (trombone), laureate of the Prague Spring International Contest (Czech Republic, 2011) and Nikita Lyutikov, laureate of the International Contest of clarinet players in Ghent (Belgium, 2015), will perform at Russian Center of Science and Culture in Vienna. The soloists will play the works of the Russian and European composers.
8, Brahmsplatz, Vienna. Free admission
 
November 25 and 26, Tuesday and Wednesday, the concerts by “Embassy of Musical Mastery” are due to take place in Slovakia: in Bratislava and, for the first time in Banska Bystrica. Winner of the International Academic Saxophone Player Competition (Germany, 2014) Vladimir Ustyancev and soloist of Moscow Philharmonic Hall Philipp Kopachevskiy will perform pieces from  different ages, from Bach to Gershwin.
November 25 concert: 2, Frana Krala, Bratislava. Free admission.
November 26 concert: 9, Lazovná, Banská Bystrica 975 58 Banská Bystrica.
 
November 26, Thursday, 6 pm in Ljubljana the tour by  “Embassy of Mastery” will continue. The performers at Russian Center of Culture and Science will be Alexey Lobikov (trombone) and Nikita Lyutikov (clarinet). The program will feature pieces by Blazhevich, Debussy, Gilman, Appermont, Bassi, Weber and Poulenc.
1, Ciril Metodov trg., Ljubljana. Free admission
 
November 28 and 29, on Saturday and Sunday Music House soloists and Rossotrudnichestvo will for the first time arrive with the “Embassy of Musical Mastery” concerts to the Republic of Congo. The performance by Alexey Morozov, winner of the UNISA Competition International Flutist contest (SAR, 2014) and Nikolai Saratovskii (piano), winner of Arcangelo Speranza International Competition in Taranto (Italy, 2014), will take place at the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Brazzaville and French Institute. On November 29, the soloists will also conduct master classes at RCSC for the young musicians from the Republic of Congo.
November 28 concert: Curtain time at 18:00. November 29 master classes: Start at 14:00. November 29 concert: Curtain time at 17:00.