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Mariinsky Theatre
Season 2011−2012
e-newsletter No. 6
14 November 2011, Monday

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Here’s what’s going on this week:

The Italian tour of the Mariinsky Theatre Soloists, Orchestra and Valery Gergiev in Rome and Palermo has come to a close.

For the last time this year, the Mariinsky Theatre stage will see ballets Le Parc by Angelin Preljocaj, a major ballet premiere of the previous season (November 15th) and Jewels by George Balanchine, which was recently released on the Mariinsky Label in DVD and Blu-Ray formats (November 17th). On November 18th, for the first time this season, we will present the most popular premiere of the previous season at the Mariinsky Theatre stage according to a survey of we’ve made — Rodion Shchedrin’s opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov, who is now working on our December premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre — Jacques Offenbach’s opera Les contes d’Hoffmann (December 26th & 27th).

The stage of the Mariinsky Concert Hall will see one of the brightest productions of the previous season — Verdi’s Aida, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca (November 15th, 17th & 19th). At the end of this week, on November 19th, the young bass Mikhail Petrenko starts a series of solo recitals by opera soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre (see also: Olga Savova’s recital on November 22nd, and Olga Kondina’s recital on November 24th). On November 20th, the performance of Mozart’s Requiem will continue a series of Requiem works at the Mariinsky Concert Hall (see also: Fauré’s Requiem on November 25th).

From December 1st to 8th, the Mariinsky Concert Hall will be hosting the 2nd International Piano Festival. The aim of the Festival is to give concert-goers an opportunity to listen the leading performers of piano music on stage: recognised masters as well as young musicians, whose international career started recently, thanks to convincing victories at prestigious competitions and good recognition of the audience they received.

 
2nd International Piano Festival
Photo: © Diego Vito Cervo
Mariinsky Concert Hall
2nd International Piano Festival
Olli Mustonen
1 December, Thursday, 7:00PM
Learn more  about the concert
Tickets  on our web-site400 rub.
Barry Douglas
2 December, Friday, 7:00PM
Learn more  about the concert
Tickets  on our web-site400 rub.
Sergei Babayan
Daniil Trifonov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
3 December, Saturday, 2:00PM
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Tickets  on our web-site600 rub.
Nelson Freire
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
3 December, Saturday, 8:00PM
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Tickets  on our web-site560...800 rub.
Olli Mustonen
Sergei Babayan
Daniil Trifonov
Rustam Muradov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
4 December, Sunday, 7:00PM
Learn more  about the concert
Tickets  on our web-site560...800 rub.
Rem Urasin
6 December, Tuesday, 7:00PM
Learn more  about the concert
Tickets  on our web-site400 rub.
Alexander Lubyantsev
Conductor: Igor Gruppman
8 December, Thursday, 7:00PM
Learn more  about the concert
Tickets  on our web-site280...400 rub.

The Festival will feature three solo recitals, three concerts with an orchestra and a unique piano marathon, which will feature four soloists.

On December 1st, the Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen, who made his debut on stage of the Mariinsky Concert Hall in April this year, will perform works by Bach, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. His style of play distinguishes by the creativeness in interpreting music works, making him a real co-author to a composer.

On December 2nd, the Irish pianist and conductor Barry Douglas will perform works by Handel, Brahms and Mussorgsky. The performance of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky brought him victory at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986 and still is one of the most popular recordings made by Douglas.

On December 6th, the young Russian pianist Rem Urasin, often referred as “Chopin’s messenger”, will perform works by Bach, Schumann, Chopin and Scarlatti.

On December 8th, the young Russian pianist Alexander Lubyantsev will play in a concert with the participation of the Stradivari Ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre under the baton of Igor Gruppman. At the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, he had literally taken audiences and critics by the brightness of his performance and his performer’s charm.

The December 3rd matinee concert is remarkable as it features two pianists: a teacher and his student. Sergei Babayan, who often performs with famous world orchestras, and Daniil Trifonov, 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition Grand Prix Winner. In the concert with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev they will play most popular works by Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the Third Piano Concerto.

The most well-known and recognised participant of the Festival, the Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, will appear at the December 3rd evening concert. Known for his interpretations of romantic works, the musician will play solo part in Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev will also perform Greig’s Holberg Suite and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.

The central event of the Festival will be a piano marathon on December 4th. It gives a rare opportunity to listen in one evening not only very different performers, but also works that rarely appear in a single concert. Honored master of the Russian piano school Sergei Babayan will be the soloist in Beethoven’s romantic concerto. Known for his experiments Olli Mustonen will perform Bartók’s last, unfinished concerto. To complement performances of these widely recognised musicians, the two young pianists, winners of international competitions will appear on stage: Daniil Trifonov and Rustam Muradov. They will perform piano concertos by Franz Liszt, whose bicentenary the music world celebrates this year. The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev will accompany all four soloists.

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