PROGRAM:
- Mozart
- Overture to the opera "Die Zauberflöte"
- Mendelssohn
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64
- Chopin
- Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
- Ailen Pritchin (violin)
- Andrey Gugnin (piano)
- Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor – Nisimoto Tomomi
Alyona Pritchin is one of the brightest Russian violinists of his generation.
He was born in 1987 in Leningrad. He graduated from the Secondary Special Music School at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of EI Zaitseva), then the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor ED Grach). Currently, he is an assistant to Eduard Grach.
The young musician has many awards, among them the award of Y. Temirkanov (2000); First prizes and special prizes at the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Japan, 2004), international competitions named after A. Yampolsky (2006), P. P. Vladigerov (Bulgaria, 2007), R. Canetti (Italy, 2009), the name of G.Venyavsky (Poland, 2011); third prize of international competitions - the name of Tibor Varga in Sion Valais (Switzerland, 2009), F. Kreisler in Vienna (Austria, 2010) and D. Oistrakh in Moscow (Russia, 2010). At many competitions, the violinist was awarded special prizes, including a jury prize at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2011). In 2014, he won the Grand Prix at the M.Long Competition, J. Tibo and R. Crespin in Paris.
Alyen Pritchin performs in the cities of Russia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Bulgaria, Israel, Japan, Vietnam. The violinist played at many famous scenes, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Concert Hall of P. Tchaikovsky, the Vienna Concert House, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Paris Theater of the Champs Elysées.
Among the ensembles with which A. Pritchin performed - the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after EF Svetlanov, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic, the State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia", the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra under the management of P. Kogan, the Chamber Ensemble "Soloists of Moscow", the National Orchestra of Lille (France), the Symphony Orchestra of the Vienna Radio (Austria), Dohnan -orkestr Budafok (Hungary), The Chamber Orchestra "Amadeus" (Poland), and other groups. The violinist collaborated with conductors - Yuri Simonov, Fabio Mastrangelo, Shlomo Mintz, Roberto Bentsi, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Cornelius Meister, Dorian Wilson.
Member of the projects of the Moscow Philharmonic "Young talents" and "Stars of the XXI century".
Andrei Gugnin's name is widely known in Russia and abroad. The pianist is a laureate of many international competitions, including the J. Bachauer pianists competition in Salt Lake City (USA, 2014), where he was awarded the Gold Medal and the prize of the public, S.Stancic competitions in Zagreb (2011) and L Van Beethoven in Vienna (2013). Nominated for the German Piano Award. In July 2016 Andrei Gugnin became the triumphant of the International Piano Competition in Sydney (Australia), where he received not only the first prize, but also several special prizes.
Andrei Gugnin graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and postgraduate studies in the class of Professor V. Gornostaeva. While studying, he was a fellow of the International Fund for Cultural Exchange Konstantin Orbelian and Naum Guzik (2003-2010), after the end of the Conservatory he became a participant in the program of promotion of young performers of the Moscow Philharmonic "Stars of the XXI century".
He performed with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after EF Svetlanov, the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan, the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia, the Salzburg Camerata, symphony orchestras of the Netherlands, Serbia, Croatia, Israel, USA, Thailand, Morocco, conducted by famous conductors, among them S. Fraas, L. Langre, H.-K. Lomonako, K. Orbelian, M. Tarbuk, J. van Sweden, T. Hong, D. Botinis.
The geography of concerts of the musician covers the cities of Russia, Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, San Marino, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Israel, USA, Japan, China, Thailand. The pianist plays in prestigious stages, including the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Louvre (Paris) Concert Hall, the Verdi Theater (Trieste), the Musikverein Golden Hall (Vienna), Carnegie Hall (New York), the Zagreb Opera House , Hall of the name of Vatroslav Lisinsky. The participant of the festivals "Musical Olympus", "Art-November", Vivacello, ArsLonga (Russia), Ruhr (Germany), Aberdeen (Scotland), Bermuda and others. Performances of the artist were broadcast on television and radio of Russia, the Netherlands, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland and the USA.
Andrey Gugnin recorded a solo CD for Steinway & Sons label and an album iDuo together with pianist Vadim Holodenko (Delos International). The recording of two piano concertos by D. Shostakovich, performed by the pianist also for the label Delos International, sounds in the Oscar-nominated Steven Spielberg's film "The Spy Bridge".
The musician plans to perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra (festival "Faces of Modern Pianism", conductor Valery Gergiev), tours in Australia, concerts in France, Germany, USA, recording of a solo album under the Hyperion Records label.
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra) for 75 years has been one of the leading orchestras of Russia and a special pride of this country's musical culture.
The ensemble's debut performance took place on 5 October 1936, at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Only a few months later, it went on an extensive tour around the former USSR.
From its inception, the orchestra has been led by the finest musicians such as its founder Alexander Gauk (1936-1941); Natan Rakhlin (1941-1945), who guided it through the difficult World War II years; Konstantin Ivanov (1945-1965), who, for the first time, took it on international tours; and "the last romantic of the 20th century", Evgeny Svetlanov (1965-2000). Under Svetlanov's leadership the orchestra became one of the world's best, and its repertoire has grown to include virtually all Russian symphonic music, nearly all Western classics, and countless works by contemporary composers. From 2000 to 2002 the orchestra was headed by Vassily Sinaisky, and from 2002 to 2011, by Mark Gorenstein.
On 24 October 2011 Vladimir Jurowski is appointed an artistic director of State Symphony Orchestra of Russia.
On 27 October 2005, the name of Evgeny Fedorovich Svetlanov became part of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia official name in recognition of his invaluable contribution to Russian musical culture.
The orchestra performs at such prestigious venues as the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow), Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall (New York), Kennedy Center (Washington, D. C.), Musikverein (Vienna), Albert Hall (London), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), and Suntory Hall (Tokyo).
The list of world renowned and legendary figures who graced the podium of the orchestra as guest conductors includes H. Abendroth, A. Cluytens, V. Gergiev, N. Golovanov, M. Jansons, E. Kleiber, K. Kondrashin, K. Masur, A. Melik-Pashaev, Y. Menuhin, E. Mravinsky, C. Munch, M. Rostropovich, G. Rozhdestvensky, S. Samosud, and Y. Temirkanov to name a few.
Among the outstanding soloists who have performed with the orchestra are I. Arkhipova, Yu. Bashmet, M. Caballe, P. Domingo, A Fischer, Gilels, N. Gutman, O. Kagan, L. Kogan, V. Krainev, M. Long Y. Menuhin, D. Oistrakh, N. Petrov, M. Pletnev, S. Richter, V. Spivakov, V. Tretyakov, and E. Virsaladze. Recently, this stellar roster was expanded to add A. Baeva, A. Buzlov, M. Fedotov, M. Gulegina, D. Hvorostovsky, E. Kissin, A. Knyazev, A. Korobeinikov, M. Kultyshev, N. Lugansky, D. Matsuev, V. Rudenko, A. Rudin, and M. Vengerov.
After its first tour abroad in 1956, the orchestra has regularly represented Russian culture in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the US, and other countries and participated in the major international festivals and charitable events.
The ensemble devotes a great deal of time to touring Russian cities and also, to charitable activities, including free performances at the country's hospitals, schools, and orphanages.
The orchestra's discography includes hundreds of recordings released by leading Russian and foreign labels such as Melodiya, Bomba-Piter, EMI Classics, BMG, Naxos, Chandos, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm, and others. The special place in this list belongs to the famous Anthology of the Russian Symphonic Music encompassing audio recordings of Russian composers from Glinka to Glazunov, a Svetlanov's project, to which he dedicated many years.
The orchestra's creative biography is a succession of triumphant achievements that have secured its permanent place in the annals of world culture.
Tomomi Nishimoto is the artistic director and chief conductor of Tokyo's Illumin Art Philharmonic Orchestra, a visiting professor at the Osaka College of Music.
She was educated at the Osaka College of Music as a composer, and then graduated from the Faculty of Opera and Symphony Conducting the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied with outstanding musicians - Ilya Musin and Viktor Fedotov.
Tomomi Nishimoto is known to the Russian listener: in the early 2000s she collaborated with the Musorgsky Opera and Ballet Theater, the EF Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Tomomi Nishimoto conducted almost all major Japanese bands, including the symphony orchestras of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Sapporo, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras, Osaka and many others.
A successful performance with Linz Bruckner Orchestra opened the way for the musician to European stages. T. Nishimoto achieved significant artistic success in collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus and other collectives. In 2010, she debuted in the US - at a concert with the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall - and a year later began a fruitful collaboration with the Westchester Symphony Orchestra. Since 2014, she regularly tours in South America.
Tomomi Nishimoto was recognized not only as a symphony, but also as an opera conductor. She directed theatrical productions in three dozen countries, including the Hungarian State Opera House, the Prague State Opera and the Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theater. Among the bright projects is the original production of the opera "Madame Butterfly" by Puccini with elements of traditional Japanese stylistics.
The conductor is constantly invited to take part in international music festivals, including Summer Festivals in Dubrovnik and Split (Croatia), PragueProms (Czech Republic), Music Festival in Vilnius (Lithuania). Under her management, the restored "oraso" (hymns) and prayers of the Japanese "Secret Christians" (Kakure Kirishitans), brought to Japan by St. Fanzic Xavier, the first Catholic missionary on the islands, were performed at the Vatican Music Festival. For this project in 2014, T. Nishimoto was awarded the honorary award of the Vatican Fund of Music, becoming the youngest holder of this award.
Tomomi Nishimoto was also awarded a scholarship by the Japanese Cultural Agency. She is the recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Matsumoto, the first Honorary Ambassador of Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture, the first International Cultural Ambassador of Osaka.
Its public activities are quite extensive. The conductor took part in various events at the highest level, devoted to significant historical or political events. Back in 2004, NewsweekJapan magazine named Nishimoto among the "100 most respected Japanese in the world". She worked at the forum "Young Global Leaders" at the World Economic Forum in Davos (2007); in 2015 and 2016 participated in the preparations for Japan to the G-7 summit, and also appeared in the government magazine, where she expressed her active position on globalization.
In 2012, Tomomi Nishimoto graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, which trains specialists in public administration, economic development and political science.
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