PROGRAM:
- Shostakovich
- Concerto No. 1 for Violoncello and Orchestra
- P. I. Tchaikovsky
- Variations on a Rococo theme for Violoncello and Orchestra (original version)
- Lutoslawski
- Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
- A. Tchaikovsky
- Concerto no. 2 for Violoncello and Orchestra
- Li-Wei Qin (cello)
- Julian Steckel (cello)
- Mischa Maisky (cello)
- Boris Andrianov (cello, artistic director of the festival)
- Russian Philharmonia Orchestra
In 2010, Iulian Stekel became a laureate of the I & nsp; award of the International Competition ARD. At this competitionHe also received the Audience Prize, Oehms Classics Special Prize and SpecialPrize of the Chamber Orchestra of Munich.He is the winner of the competition "Grand Prix of Mstislav Rostropovich" in Paris, the International Competition.E. Foyerman in Berlin and the International Competition. P. Casals in Kronberg.In 2012, he was awarded the ECHO Klassik Award for recording concerts for the Corngolde cello andGoldschmidt and "Shelomo" Bloch with the Rhine Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Rayskin(AVI).The recording of Mendelssohn's works, carried out by Stekel and pianist Pavel Rivinius (2009), wasrecognized critics of the reference. In 2011 there was a cellist album with sonatas by Poulenc, Saint-Saens,Fore, Debussy and Boulanger, and in 2013 he recorded cello sonatas of Russian composers (OehmsClassics).He performed with the symphonic orchestras of the Bavarian, Berlin, Stuttgart, Warsaw radio,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Paris Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica,Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Bavarian National Orchestra,Chamber Orchestra them. F. Liszt, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by such conductors asRoger Norrington, Mario Wenzago, Christopher Hogwood, Heinrich Schiff, Andrei Boreiko, Yun Storgords,Michael Sanderling.As a chamber musician he collaborated with Janin Jansen, Christian Tezlaff, Antje Veithaas, VeronicaEberle, Menachem Pressler, Elizaveta Leonskaya, Lars Vogt, Eben Quartet, Vogler Quartet andGuarneri Quartet. He performed at festivals in Heimbach, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-FrontPomerania, Ludwigsburg, Moritzburg, Bonn, Schwetzingen, Lucerne and Menton.Since 2011, he is a professor at the Higher School of Music and Theater in Rostock.Among the artist's engagements for the current season are concerts in Seoul, Madrid, Copenhagen, Helsinki,Ankara, Brussels, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dresden and Salzburg, as well as performances in the triowith Paul Meier and Eric Lesage.Julian Stekel plays the instrument of the work of the German master Urs V. Mahler (2005).
Misha Maisky is known for being the only cellist in the world who studied both Mstislav Rostropovich and Grigory Pyatigorsky. ML Rostropovich enthusiastically spoke of his student as "... one of the most outstanding talents among the young cellist generation. Poetry and extraordinary subtlety are combined in his play with a mighty temperament and brilliant technique. "
Born in Latvia, Misha Maisky was educated at the Moscow Conservatory. Moving to Israel in 1972, the musician was enthusiastically welcomed in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York and Tokyo, as well as in other major music capital cities of the world.
He considers himself to be a citizen of the world: "I play the Italian cello, French and German bows on Austrian and German strings. My daughter was born in France, the eldest son in Belgium, the average in Italy, and the youngest in Switzerland. I ride a Japanese car, I wear a Swiss watch, the jewelry I wear is made in India, and I feel at home wherever people appreciate and enjoy classical music. "
As an exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon, over the past 25 years he has made over 30 entries with orchestras such as the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Orchestra de Paris, the New York Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and many others.
One of the tops of Misha Maisky's career was a world tour in 2000, dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the death of JS Bach, which included more than 100 concerts. In the same year, Misha Maisky recorded Bach's Six Suites for the third time in solo cello, thus expressing his deep admiration for the great composer.
Records of the artist were recognized by critics around the world and were awarded such prestigious awards as the Japanese Record Academy Prize (five times), Echo Deutscher Schallplattenpreis (three times), Grand Prix du Disque and Diapason d'Or of the Year, and were repeatedly nominated for Grammy.
A world-class musician, a welcome guest at the most famous festivals, Misha Maisky collaborated with such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Carlo Maria Giulini, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Meta, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Charles Duthoit , Maris Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel. His partners on the stage are Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Nelson Freire, Evgeny Kisin, Lang Lang, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Joshua Bell, Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen and many other outstanding musicians.
Boris Andrianov is one of the leading Russian musicians of his generation. He is the ideological inspirer and leader of the project "Generation of stars", within the framework of which concerts of young talented musicians are held in different cities and regions of Russia. For this project in 2009 he was awarded the RF Government Culture Prize. In 2008 the first in the history of Russia the cello festival was held in Moscow, the art director of which is Boris Andrianov. In 2016, the musician was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
Boris Andrianov was born in 1976 in a family of musicians. He graduated from the Gnessin School of Tennessee (VM Birina's class), then studied at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor NN Shakhovskaya) and continued his education at the Hans Eisler High School of Music (Germany) in the class of the famous cellist David Gehringas .
At the age of 16 he became a laureate of the I International Junior Competition. PI Tchaikovsky, and a year later received the first prize and grand prix at the contest in South Africa. In May 1997, Boris Andrianov, together with pianist Alexei Goribol, became a laureate of the First International Competition named after I. D. D. Shostakovich Classica Nova (Hanover, Germany). At the VI International Contest of cellists M. Rostropovich in Paris (1997), the musician became the first representative of Russia to receive the title of laureate in the history of the competition. With his participation in the 2000 Antonio Jahnigro International Competition in Zagreb (Croatia), where Boris Andrianov was awarded the first prize and received all the special prizes, the cellist confirmed his high reputation, which arose after the 11th International Competition. PI Tchaikovsky (1998), where he won the III prize and the Bronze Medal. In 2003 Boris Andrianov became a laureate of the First International Competition named after Isang Yun (Korea).
Boris Andrianov performs with symphonic and chamber orchestras, including the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra, the O. Lundstrem National Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music, the National Orchestra of France , Philharmonic Orchestras of Slovenia and Croatia, chamber orchestras of Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Poland and Lithuania, the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra, the Padua Orchestra.
He played with such famous conductors as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Fedoseev, Pavel Kogan, Alexander Vedernikov, David Geringas, Roman Kofman and others. Together with the famous Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, the cellist repeatedly performed his Concerto grosso for three cellos and orchestra. Boris Andrianov performs a lot of chamber music, playing in ensembles with such musicians as Yuri Bashmet, Menachem Pressler, Akiko Suvaney, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin.
The cellist performs with concerts in the best halls of Russia, as well as at the most prestigious concert venues in Holland, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Slovakia, Italy, France, South Africa, Korea, Italy, India, China and other countries.
He participated in many international festivals, including the Swedish Royal Festival, Ludwigsburg (Germany), festivals in Cervo (Italy), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Davos (Switzerland), Crescendo festivals and "Stars on Lake Baikal" (Russia). Constant participant of the chamber music festival "Return" (Moscow). Since 2009, he teaches at the Moscow Conservatory.
In September 2007, the disk of Boris Andrianov and pianist Ram Urasin was selected by the English magazine Gramophone as the best chamber disc of the month. In 2003, the album of Boris Andrianov, recorded together with the leading Russian guitarist Dmitry Illarionov, released by the American company Delos, was included in the preliminary list of the Grammy Award nominees. In 2015, the firm "Melody" released a joint album of B. Andrianov and Yuri Medyanik with a recording of Sonatas for harpsichord and viola da gamba IS. Bach in transcription for cello and accordion.
Since 2005, the cellist plays on the unique instrument of the work of Domenico Montanyana from the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments.
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic" was established by the Moscow Government in 2000. Since 2001, by the appointment of the Department of Culture of Moscow, the director of the orchestra is the initiator of his creation Gayane Shilajyan. The post of the chief conductor of the orchestra was occupied by Alexander Vedernikov, Yuri Kochnev, Maxim Fedotov. Since 2011, the main conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Moscow "Russian Philharmonic" is Dmitry Yurovsky.
Today the Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic" is one of the best and most popular orchestras in Russia, with great success performing in major concert halls at home and abroad. Concert, rehearsal and administrative base of the Symphony Orchestra of Moscow "Russian Philharmonic" is the Moscow International House of Music. "The Russian Philharmonic" works as an independent concert and producer organization of all its events, annually conducting more than 100 performances (in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, PI Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the State Kremlin Palace, Crocus City Hall, Svetlanov Hall of MMMM).
For 16 years, the only major symphony orchestra of the Moscow Government has deservedly won the love of Muscovites, Russians and became a well-known music brand. This is the only orchestra that equally successfully and highly professionally performs music of various styles and genres from classics to rock. Critics point out the special strong energy of concerts, which does not leave any of the thousands of listeners of all ages indifferent.
In the repertoire of the orchestra - Russian and foreign classics, compositions of contemporary composers, works of various genres. The team is not afraid of experiments, while never distorting the depth of the essence of the performed works and placing the exclusive quality at the forefront. "Russian Philharmonic" carries out large-scale innovative projects. The most successful of these is the cantata of Carmina Burana by K. Orff with projections of slides and video projections of masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Bosch, Brueghel, Raphael, Durer, which fill the whole space of the auditorium during the concert. Also, with the use of the latest light-projecting technologies, projects were implemented: a cycle for children "The Tale of Russian Music" ("The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "The Golden Cockerel" and "The Humpbacked Horse") with the participation of theater and film artists; concert performance of the opera "Aida" by G. Verdi with immersion in the atmosphere of ancient Egypt. To its 15th anniversary in March 2016, the orchestra conducted the Festival, in which a new project was presented: "The Sacred Spring" by I. Stravinsky and Scheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov with the projections of the restored sketches of N. Roerich and L. Bakst.
With the orchestra collaborated with famous artists: R. Alanya, P. Burchuladze, R. Villazon, M. Caballe, Kiri Te Kanava, H. Carreras, H. Kura, D. Khvorostovsky, M. Vengerov, S. Krylov, V. Repin, B. Berezovsky, N. Lugansky, D. Matsuev and many others. A number of joint projects were carried out with the participation of Russian pop stars, including L. Dolina, T. Gverdtsiteli, N. Baskov.
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic" conducts a variety of educational activities, actively develops the national musical culture. One of the new directions of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra is the organization and conduct of the Live Cinema Concert, which is accompanied by the famous films Metropolis, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings .
At the opening of the III International Festival Mstislav Rostropovich, the orchestra took part in the performance of the opera by D. Shostakovich "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk".
Every year, with the support of the Moscow Government, the Russian Philharmonic Society holds two festivals. At the end of June - the Festival of Classical Musical Art in Tsaritsyno. In all the halls of the Grand Palace, as well as on the Palace Square, classical, folk and rock music performed by Russian and foreign stars. The traditional culmination of the festival is a grand Gala concert on the Palace Square, which, according to the Department of Culture of Moscow, is visited by more than 50,000 people. The open air format and free admission serve to popularize the musical art of all categories of listeners. At the end of December, the orchestra conducts the Moscow Festival of Classical Music Christmas-fest in MMDM, which is visited annually by more than 15,000 spectators. The festival's programs are diverse - in addition to symphonic, chamber and choral, jazz music is presented, children's ballet performances and organ evenings are held.
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra performed in the best venues in Austria, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Japan, Oman, Taiwan. In the season 2012/13 the orchestra opened the European Music Festival in Sofia (Bulgaria), and with great success debuted at the Bruckner Festival in Linz (Austria). In September 2013, with great success, concerts were held in France: in Lyon, at the International Music Festival in Besançon. In 2014, the debut performance of the orchestra took place in London at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the cross-cultural year of Russia and the UK; also the collective took part in the closing of the International Festival of Classical Music D-Marin Turgutreets in Bodrum (Turkey). In September 2015, the musicians performed at the Bruckner Festival in Linz and at the International Music Festival in Bratislava.
The orchestra was awarded the gratitude of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky, for his active participation in the preparation and conduct of the All-Russian Music Contest (2012); and also thanks of the head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov for his active work in the preparation and holding of events dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
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