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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.

Karl Barth

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat Major, K. 364 performed by Janine Jansen and Amihai Grosz with Gábor Takács-Nagy leading the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.

Mozart penned his sublime Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in 1779 aged 23, when still in the stifling service of the Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg, but also buzzing from the artistic inspiration received on a recent tour to Paris and Mannheim. Owing much of its wonderful colouring to the unusual decision to make a viola – an instrument Mozart loved playing himself – the violin’s entirely equal partner, it opens with an Allegro maestoso abounding in different melodic ideas, moves to a heartrendingly expressive Andante, and concludes with a joyous Rondo.

Listening to this in the Salles des Combins here at the Verbier Festival was the perfect way to end the day here in the Swiss Alps. I'm no angel but for a brief moment I felt like I was being lifted up to the Heavens.

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Piano Concerto No. 16 in D Major, K. 451: III. Allegro di molto

Lars Vogt, piano Gábor Tákacs-Nagy, conductor Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

2011

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Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major:...

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Janáček composed his piano music around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, before he found fame late in life with operas such as ‘Jenůfa’, ‘Káťa Kabanová’ and ‘The Makropulos Case’. Epigrammatic but obsessive, these intimate pieces speak of the composer’s passions and frustrations. But like his later works they are loaded with drama and big ideas.

The first book in ‘On An Overgrown Path’ is notable for its poetic titles – such as ‘Our evenings’, ‘They chattered like swallows’, ‘Unutterable anguish’ – which find expression in music of apparent folk-like innocence and sudden passions, which reach a powerful climax in the violent contrasts of the first book’s final piece, ‘The Barn-Owl has not flown away’. This is music of heartbreak and desolation hardly less moving in its way than the great scenes of love and abandonment which Janáček composed for his operatic heroines.

Stripped of such titles, the second book in ‘On An Overgrown Path’ is more elusive in meaning, swinging between a gentle, Czech translation of Debussy’s Impressionist tone-painting and darker, more sinister currents of expression that run raw and angry in the Sonata which Janáček wrote to commemorate the death of a young man at the hands of the police in Prague during political protests in the autumn of 1905. From seven years later, the four-movement cycle of Mists recovers some of the Romantic melancholy of ‘On an Overgrown Path’, though its cathartic finale presents a stiff challenge to any pianist with its torrents of notes.

As the recipient of a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni award, the Hungarian pianist Zoltán Fejérvári is a solo, concerto and chamber-music pianist with several well-received recordings to his credit such as Liszt’s Malédiction and an album of Mozart violin sonatas in partnership with Ernő Kállai.

This new recording contains the main body of piano music by Czech composer Leos Janáček: the Piano Sonata, the complete cycle On an Overgrown Path and the cycle In The Mists. Janáček’s piano music is highly personal, his language immediately recognizable: short, almost aphoristic motives form the basis of a highly dramatic discourse. The Sonata was written after the death of a man during a worker’s demonstration and expresses a deep and bleak despair. The cycle In The Mists and On An Overgrown Path contain miniatures of sometimes violent, sometimes painfully intimate emotions. 

Zoltán Fejérvári is one of the most exciting young pianists to emerge from present day Hungary. A recipient of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and 1rst prize winner of the Montréal Piano Competition he played with the Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer, with Zoltán Kocsis, at the Verbier Festival, Washington Library of Congress, Carnegie Weill Hall and many international Music Festivals. He is a member of the “Building Bridges” program of Sir András Schiff. 

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On Friday, April 5, Violist Marina Thibeault joins us for the N. American premiere of Peteris Vasks' Viola Concerto. Read more about our BACH / BRAHMS / VASKS concert at sinfoniatoronto.com Marina Thibeault holds numerous honours and distinctions, including prizes from the Père-Lindsay Foundation, "Révélation Radio-Canada", CBC’s “30 hot classical musicians under 30” and the Sylva Gelber Foundation. She won first prize in the string category of Prix d’Europe (2015), the McGill Concerto Competition (2015), the Radio-Canada “Young Artist” prize (2007) as well a special prize at the Beethoven Hradec International #viola Competition (2008). During the 2018-19 season, Marina will make her debuts in #Toronto, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Seoul, East Europe, and Costa Rica. Marina's first album, Toquade, was released in April 2017 on the ATMA label, and was nominated by the ADISQ and Prix Opus for “album of the year”. Marina has appeared internationally as a soloist with the North Czech #Philharmonic, the Mariánské Lázně Symphony #orchestra the Santiago Chamber Orchestra, as well as in recital at the Verbier festival and in Québec with the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Appassionata #chamberorchestra and the Drummondville #symphony to mention a few. An avid chamber musician, Marina has collaborated with members of the Guarneri Quartet, the Cleveland Quartet, the London Haydn Quartet, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, amongst other renowned chamber musicians. Her interest in new music has led her to work with composers such as John Corigliano, Joan Tower, and Krzysztof Penderecki. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Michael Tree and Roberto Diaz. In order to deepen her studies, she attended the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana under the tutelage of Bruno Giuranna, with the help of the Canada Council of the Arts and the Eskas Scholarship. #torontoconcerts #torontoclassicalmusic #torontoontario #torontorussian #torontoevent #torontoorchestra #torontocanada #jsbach #bach #brahms #classicalmusic #torontoartscene #torontomusicscene #torontoentertainment #torontogiftideas #torontodowntown #torontomusic #torontoarts #torontolife (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1NKedg538/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vlte8fw0iwy2

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Striking Gigs & Concerts of this Week!

The WhatsOn's writer and editor Tama has compiled a selection of the most intriguing concerts and shows taking place in the UK this week. Prepare to enjoy the shows with your friends and family, music fans. Solem Quartet at The Vera Fletcher Hall On Sunday, October 23, at 7 p.m., the Solem Quartet will perform in Thames Ditton's Vera Fletcher Hall. The Solem Quartet is renowned for its well-chosen programming. The group's current "Solem Lates" project, "Beethoven Bartók Now," pairs the works of these two titans with six significant commissions, giving these classic masterpieces fresh life and relevance. Their upcoming concert is in Vera Fletcher Hall. To learn more, click the link> https://www.eventbrite.com/ LUMAS WINDS> Chamber Ensemble free lunchtime recital On Thursday 20th October 2022 time – 1:05 pm The City Music Society's former vice-chairman Eric Falk is honored with the performance in his honor. Friendships made at Chetham's School of Music and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain led to the creation of Lumas Winds in 2018. They were invited right away to record their debut CD for the Champs Hill Record label after their performance at the coffee concert series in Champs Hill, West Sussex, was so well received. The chamber group Lumas Winds is offering a free performance. Join us for 45 minutes of exquisite music over your lunch break. To learn more, click the link> https://www.eventbrite.ch/ International Concert Series 2022-23: Samuele Telari (accordion) Date 20 Oct 2022, Time 8.00pm - 9.00pm, Category: Music and performance Samuele Telari, an up-and-coming star in the concert world, has performed at Wigmore Hall and the Schlern Music Festival, as well as recitals at the Saffron Hall, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Verbier, Wimbledon, Cheltenham, and Deal Festivals. He has also worked with the Leonkoro, Esmé, Simply, and Ema Nikolovska Quartets. Samuele will perform an evening of accordion music at Royal Holloway, and we can't wait to have him here. To learn more, click the link> https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/ Chopin Festival - Gala Concert The Chopin Festival honors Fryderyk Chopin, a singular musical genius, and will take place throughout the weekend of October 15–16, 18:00 BST, at Polish Social and Cultural Association POSK 238-246 King Street London W6 0RF United Kingdom The Gala Concert will feature performances by Janusz Olejniczak, winner of the International Chopin Competition, and Adam Palma, a superb guitarist who will wow the audience with stunning arrangements from his album Adam Palma meets Chopin. The outstanding voices of Ewa Majcherczyk (soprano) and Marcin Gesla (baritone), along with the beautiful Ewa Osiska on piano, will perform a selection of Chopin songs. The magnificent Romanza: Larghetto from Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, will be performed by the gifted Artur Haftman to kick off the Gala concert. To learn more, click the link> https://www.eventbrite.ch/ The Story of Holborn and its Music Halls in 10 Songs Saturday, 15 October 2022, 8.00 pm, at The Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT United Kingdom Join the Good Companions for a spirited performance of a classic song as they take you on a musical journey through the tumultuous and colorful history of Holborn. Holborn served as the center of London's music scene from 1860 to 1940. The Holborn Empire was one of the city's most well-liked theaters, and its performers were well-known figures. To learn more, click the link> https://www.eventbrite.ch/ Read the full article

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Alexandra Stychkina - 21.00 - Age 17 years

Alexandra Stychkina and Vladimir Spivakov Concert for piano and orchestra Re Majer Joseph Haydn Alexandra Stychkina plays a concert accompanied by the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos". Conductor Popular Artist of the USSR, Man of the World UNESCO, Vladimir Spivakov. Alexandra Stychkina was born in 2003 in Moscow, in a family of famous musicians and filmmakers. Studying at the Central School of Music at the Moscow Conservatory (Mira Marchenko class). Participated in workshops by Andras Schiff at Wigmore Hall and Sergey Babayan at the Verbier festival. In 2014, she became a laureate at the II International Classical Music Festival and the Astana Piano Passion Young Pianist Competition (Kazakhstan), the II Nodar Gabuniya Piano Competition in Tbilisi and the I Moscow International Piano Competition Vladimir Krainev. In 2018, ganhou or 2nd prize in the competition for the Martha Argerich Project in Lugano and the 3rd prize in the Frederic Chopin International Competition in China. Bolsista do Fundo Internacional de Caridade Vladimir Spivakov, project participant of the Novos Nomes program. Alexandra Stychkina plays a concert accompanied by the "Virtuous Moscow State Chamber Orchestra". People's Artist Driver of the USSR, UNESCO World Man, Vladimir Spivakov. Alexandra Stychkina was born in 2003 in Moscow to a family of famous musicians and filmmakers. Study at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory (Mira Marchenko class). She participated in workshops by Andras Schiff at the Wigmore Hall and Sergey Babayan at the Verbier festival. In 2014, She became laureate of the II International Festival of Classical Music and the Astana Piano Passion Young Pianists Competition (Kazakhstan), the II Nodar Gabuniya Piano Competition in Tbilisi and the I Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition. In 2018, she won second prize in the Martha Argerich Project competition in Lugano and third prize in the Frederic Chopin International Competition in China. Fellow of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Fund, participant in projects of the New Names program. Alexandra Stychkina plays a concert accompanied by the State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos". Conductor People's Artist of the USSR, Man of the World UNESCO, Vladimir Spivakov. Alexandra Stychkina was born in 2003 in Moscow in a family of famous musicians and filmmakers.

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438: Leigh Mesh on discipline, fitness, and stories from the pit

It was a pleasure to chat with Leigh Mesh for the podcast!  Leigh is the MET Orchestra Associate Principal Bass and teaches bass at Bard College.  This is a fun and wide-ranging conversation with a ton of great advice throughout.

About Leigh Mesh:

Leigh Mesh, Associate Principal Bass, joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1993. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he has taught master classes at the New World Symphony in Miami, the Cincinnati Conservatory, the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Mesh has performed regularly at the Verbier Music Festival, and with the MET Chamber Ensemble, the Caramoor Virtuosi, and the Brentano and Tokyo String Quartets. He lives with his wife and two children in New York, and pursues cycling and skiing whenever he can. Mr. Mesh is an exclusive artist for Thomastik-Infeld Strings.

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Tsinandali Festival co-Founder Yerkin Tatishev on the unifying power of music

For Yerkin Tatishev, Chairman of Kusto Group and co-founder of the event, the Tsinandali Festival is more than a classical music festival, it represents an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity through the universal language of music.

Georgia’s modern-day renaissance continues with the inaugural Tsinandali Festival which will begin with an opening concert on September 8, 2019. This highly anticipated classical music festival is set to take place in Kakheti, the heart of Georgia’s wine country.

The Tsinandali Festival: From vision to reality

The inspiration for the festival originated between businessmen and friends George Ramishvili, Chairman of the Look at more info Kusto Group Tatishev Silk Road Group, and Yerkin Tatishev, the Chairman and founder of Kusto Group. Their energy and enthusiasm for the event motivated Martin Engstroem and Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who together established the world-renowned Verbier Festival held annually in Verbier, Switzerland to get involved in the project.

According to Daniel Kunin, Managing Director of Kusto Group, "The Tsinandali Festival is a remarkable achievement and having seen firsthand the work that has gone into making it a reality, I know the founders and organizers will be feeling immense pride at the culmination of their hard work is realized at the opening of this inaugural event."

The Tsinandali Festival will bring together award-winning conductors and accomplished musicians from around the world. Talented artists whose resumes include performances with Click for source Kusto Group Tatishev the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and many other prestigious musical ensembles will perform throughout the 15-day festival and mentor young musicians as part of the festival’s educational initiative.

Showcasing and fostering young talent

The classical music festival will feature the first-ever Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PYCO) a unique ensemble of talented musicians from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine. The musicians participating in the PYCO were selected through a rigorous audition process. The orchestra represents the finest talent from across the Caucasus region.

They will participate in a six-week training and performance program led by the top musicians, instructors and conductors from around the world. They will perform a diverse repertoire throughout the Tsinandali Festival which will include the likes of Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Shostakovich and more.

Tsinandali co-founder Martin Engstroem recently said that he hopes that by, “creating a Pan-Caucasian youth orchestra to be our orchestra in residence, the event will become a forum for the young to work together and exchange points Yerkin Tatishev of view and that it will send some good signals to the region.”

In addition to the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, a specially created Tsinandali Festival Academy (TSA) will take place during the festival, providing young musicians with the exceptional opportunity to learn from masters of the arts.

The Verbier Chamber Orchestra will delight audiences with their multiple performances during the Tsinandali Festival. These musicians are alumni of the training program of the world-famous Verbier Festival and now perform as members of some of the most distinguished symphony orchestras around the world.

According to Tsinandali co-founder Yerkin Tatishev, “This continues the Festival’s core themes of promoting and teaching young musicians, opening career paths for musicians to the participants of the PCYO and the Tsinandali Festival Academy.”

In addition to these featured symphony orchestras, the Tsinandali Festival program will include a rich and diverse selection of solo pianists, violists and cellists along with operatic performances, theatre choruses and even a production of the Georgian National Ballet.

Leading the inaugural Tsinandali Festival as its music director will be one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, Gianandrea Noseda. He is a prolific conductor who has performed with some of the world’s most significant orchestras and at noteworthy operas from the Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Noseda is currently the Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. His wealth of knowledge and masterful direction is sure Yerkin Tatishev-Kusto-Group to elevate the experience of the artists performing at the festival.

A celebration of transnational unity in the Caucuses

The backdrop for the Tsinandali Festival will be the picturesque, beautifully restored Tsinandali Estate. Once the home of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, known as the ‘Father of Georgian Romanticism’, the estate represents a marriage between European and Georgian design with its magnificent architecture and romantic gardens.

It was on the historic Tsinandali Estate that Georgian wine was first produced and today, those wines are once again flowing with the full restoration of the estate’s vineyard. A $12m investment in the restoration of the estate was accomplished through a joint project between the Silk Road Group and the Smithsonian Institute.

An outdoor 1200-seat amphitheater and a 600-seat Chamber Music Hall built were built on the grounds to accommodate the festival. The amphitheater boasts modern architecture and acoustics and is fitted with a retractable roof. The complex also included a new festival hotel for the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra and Tsinandali Festival Academy, providing them with accommodations, classrooms and facilities for rehearsal.

The Caucuses region and surrounding countries have for centuries served as a miniature stage for broader regional conflicts with continuous tensions felt between nations and cultures. The founders Kusto Group Tatishev of the Tsinandali Festival hope that the event will “provide a forum for intercultural dialogue, acting as a metaphor for the power of divided communities to work together meaningfully.”

Tatishev, who has watched as his vision for the event will now become a reality, spoke encouragingly about the future of the event saying, “I have no doubt that the festival will grow from strength to strength in the coming years, establishing itself as a 'must-attend' on the classical music calendar.”

At the Tsinandali Festival, music provides a common language bringing people from around the world together. The versatility of music is its power to entertain, to educate and to inspire us to be greater versions of ourselves. The Tsinandali Festival is sure to be a beautiful expression of culture and humanitarianism – delivering hope and optimism while celebrating transnational unity in the Caucasus.

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Tsinandali Festival co-Founder Yerkin Tatishev on the unifying power of music

For Yerkin Tatishev, Chairman of Kusto Group and co-founder of the event, the Tsinandali Festival is more than a classical music festival, it represents an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity through the universal language of music.

Georgia’s modern-day renaissance continues with the inaugural Tsinandali Festival which will begin with an opening concert on September 8, 2019. This highly anticipated classical music festival is set to take place in Kakheti, the heart of Georgia’s wine country.

The Tsinandali Festival: From vision to reality

The inspiration for the festival originated between businessmen and friends George Ramishvili, Chairman of the Silk Road Group, and Yerkin Tatishev, the Chairman and founder of Kusto Group. Their energy and enthusiasm for the event motivated Martin Engstroem and Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who together established the world-renowned Verbier Festival held annually in Verbier, Switzerland to get involved in the project.

According to Daniel Kunin, Managing Director of Kusto Group, "The Tsinandali Festival is a remarkable achievement and having seen firsthand the work that has gone into making it a reality, I know the founders and organizers will be feeling immense pride Kusto Group Tatishev at the culmination of their hard work is realized at the opening of this inaugural event."

The Tsinandali Festival will bring together award-winning conductors and accomplished musicians from around the world. Talented artists whose resumes include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and many other prestigious musical ensembles will perform throughout the 15-day festival and mentor young musicians as part of the festival’s educational initiative.

Showcasing and fostering young talent

The classical music festival will feature the first-ever Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PYCO) a unique ensemble of talented musicians from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine. The musicians participating in the PYCO were selected through a rigorous audition process. The orchestra represents the finest talent from across the Caucasus region.

They will participate in a six-week training and performance program led by the top musicians, instructors and conductors from around the world. They will perform a diverse repertoire throughout the Tsinandali Festival which will include the likes of Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Shostakovich and more.

Tsinandali co-founder Martin Engstroem recently said that he hopes that by, “creating a Pan-Caucasian youth orchestra to be our orchestra in residence, the event will become a forum for the young to work together and exchange points of view and that it Homepage Yerkin Tatishev will send some good signals to the region.”

In addition to the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, a specially created TatishevYerkin Tsinandali Festival Academy (TSA) will take place during the festival, providing young musicians with the exceptional opportunity to learn from masters of the arts.

The Verbier Chamber Orchestra will delight audiences with their multiple performances during the Tsinandali Festival. These musicians are alumni of the training program of the world-famous Verbier Festival and now perform as members of some of the most distinguished symphony orchestras around the world.

According to Tsinandali co-founder Yerkin Tatishev, “This continues the Festival’s core themes of promoting and teaching young musicians, opening career paths for musicians to the participants of the PCYO and the Tsinandali Festival Academy.”

In addition to these featured symphony orchestras, the Tsinandali Festival program will include a rich and diverse selection of solo pianists, violists and cellists along with operatic performances, theatre choruses and even a production of the Georgian National Ballet.

Leading the inaugural Tsinandali Festival as its music director will be one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, Gianandrea Noseda. He is a prolific conductor who has performed with some of the world’s most significant orchestras and at noteworthy operas from the Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Noseda is currently the Music Director of the Yerkin Tatishev National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. His wealth of knowledge and masterful direction is sure to elevate the experience of the artists performing at the festival.

A celebration of transnational unity in the Caucuses

The backdrop for the Tsinandali Festival will be the picturesque, beautifully restored Tsinandali Estate. Once the home of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, known as the ‘Father of Georgian Romanticism’, the estate represents a marriage between European and Georgian design with its magnificent architecture and romantic gardens.

It was on the historic Tsinandali Estate that Georgian wine was first produced and today, those wines are once again flowing with the full restoration of the estate’s vineyard. A $12m investment in the restoration of the estate was accomplished through a joint project between the Silk Road Group and the Smithsonian Institute.

An outdoor 1200-seat amphitheater and a 600-seat Chamber Music Hall built were built on the grounds to accommodate the festival. The amphitheater boasts modern architecture and acoustics and is fitted with a retractable roof. The complex also included a new festival hotel for the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra and Tsinandali Festival Academy, providing them with accommodations, classrooms and facilities for rehearsal.

The Caucuses region and surrounding countries have for centuries served as a miniature stage for broader regional conflicts with continuous tensions felt between nations and cultures. The founders of the Tsinandali Festival hope that the event Visit the website will “provide a forum for intercultural dialogue, acting as a metaphor for the power of divided communities to work together meaningfully.”

Tatishev, who has watched as his vision for the event will now become a reality, spoke encouragingly about the future of the event saying, “I have no doubt that the festival will grow from strength to strength in the coming years, establishing itself as a 'must-attend' on the classical music calendar.”

At the Tsinandali Festival, music provides a common language bringing people from around the world together. The versatility of music is its power to entertain, to educate and to inspire us to be greater versions of ourselves. The Tsinandali Festival is sure to be a beautiful expression of culture and humanitarianism – delivering hope and optimism while celebrating transnational unity in the Caucasus.

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Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Johannes Brahms

In 1878, Johannes Brahms took a well-deserved vacation after the successful premiere of two of his symphonies. It was during this time in the charming town of Pörtschach am Wörthersee that he began composing his Violin Concerto in D major, which he intended to dedicate to his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. However, there was a slight hurdle: while Brahms was an accomplished pianist, his mastery of the violin technique was much more limited.

Nevertheless Brahms composed the work and presented it to Joachim, who deemed certain passages unplayable and requested revisions. Brahms complied with the virtuoso's recommendations and also removed the fourth movement, which he later reused in his second piano concerto. The public warmly received Brahms' Violin Concerto, but its demanding nature made it challenging for it to gain widespread recognition among the great violin works, and some violinists even refused to perform it due to its difficulty. However, today, the piece is regarded as a cornerstone of the violin repertoire, thanks to its melodic richness. In addition to the complex and magnificent violin part, the orchestral introduction is breathtaking.

At this year’s Verbier Festival's 30th anniversary, it was a privilege and a joy to see three-time Grammy-winning American conductor Kent Nagano and Greek violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos together with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra perform a programme of captivating pieces including Brahms’ Violin Concerto, a monument of 19th-century European violin repertoire.

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Tsinandali Festival co-Founder Yerkin Tatishev on the unifying power of music

For Yerkin Tatishev, Chairman of Kusto Group and co-founder of the event, the Tsinandali Festival is more than a classical music festival, it represents an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity through the universal language of music.

Georgia’s modern-day renaissance continues with the inaugural Tsinandali Festival which will begin with an opening concert on September Yerkin Tatishev 8, 2019. This highly anticipated classical music festival is set to take place in Kakheti, the heart of Georgia’s wine country.

The Tsinandali Festival: From vision to reality

The inspiration for the festival originated between businessmen and friends George Ramishvili, Chairman of the Silk Road Group, and Yerkin Tatishev, the Chairman and founder of Kusto Group. Their energy and enthusiasm for the event motivated Martin Engstroem and Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who together established the world-renowned Verbier Festival held annually in Verbier, Switzerland to get involved in the project.

According to Daniel Kunin, Managing Director of Kusto Group, "The Tsinandali Festival is a remarkable achievement and having seen firsthand the work that has gone into making it a reality, I know the founders and organizers will be feeling immense pride at the culmination of their hard work is realized at the opening of this inaugural event."

The Tsinandali Festival will bring together award-winning conductors and accomplished musicians from around the world. Talented artists whose resumes include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and many other prestigious musical ensembles will perform throughout the 15-day festival and mentor young musicians as part of the festival’s educational initiative.

Showcasing and fostering young talent

The classical music festival will feature the first-ever Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PYCO) a unique ensemble of talented musicians from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine. The musicians participating in the PYCO were selected through a rigorous audition process. The orchestra represents the finest talent from across the Caucasus region.

They will participate in a six-week training and performance program led by the top musicians, instructors and conductors from around the world. They will perform a diverse repertoire throughout the Tsinandali Festival which will include the likes of Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Shostakovich and more.

Tsinandali co-founder Martin Engstroem recently said that he hopes that by, “creating a Pan-Caucasian youth orchestra to be our orchestra in residence, the event will become a forum for the young to work together and exchange points of view and that it will send some good signals to the region.”

In addition to the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, a specially created Tsinandali Festival Academy (TSA) will take place during the festival, providing young musicians with the exceptional opportunity to learn from masters of the arts.

The Verbier Chamber Orchestra will delight audiences with their multiple performances during the Tsinandali Festival. These musicians are alumni of the training program of the world-famous Verbier Festival and now perform as members of some of the most distinguished symphony orchestras around the world.

According to Tsinandali co-founder Yerkin Tatishev, Kusto Group Tatishev “This continues the Festival’s core themes of promoting and teaching young musicians, opening career paths for musicians to the participants of the PCYO and the Tsinandali Festival Academy.”

In addition to these featured symphony orchestras, the Tsinandali Festival program will include a rich and diverse selection of solo pianists, violists and cellists along with operatic performances, theatre choruses and even a production of the Georgian National Ballet.

Leading the inaugural Tsinandali Festival as its music director will be one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, Gianandrea Noseda. He is a prolific conductor who has performed with some Kusto-Group-Yerkin of the world’s most significant orchestras and at noteworthy operas from the Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Noseda is currently the Informative post Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. His wealth of knowledge and masterful direction is sure to elevate the experience of the artists performing at the festival.

A celebration of transnational unity in the Caucuses

The backdrop for the Tsinandali Festival will be the picturesque, beautifully restored Tsinandali Estate. Once the home of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, known as the ‘Father of Georgian Romanticism’, the estate represents a marriage between European and Georgian design with its magnificent architecture and romantic gardens.

It was on the historic Tsinandali Estate that Georgian wine was first produced and today, those wines are once again flowing with the full restoration of the estate’s vineyard. A $12m investment in the restoration of the estate was accomplished through a joint project between the Silk Road Group and the Smithsonian Institute.

An outdoor 1200-seat amphitheater and a 600-seat Chamber Music Hall built were built on the grounds to accommodate the festival. The amphitheater boasts modern architecture and acoustics and is fitted with a retractable roof. The complex also included a new festival hotel for the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra and Tsinandali Festival Academy, providing them with accommodations, classrooms and facilities for rehearsal.

The Caucuses region and surrounding countries have for centuries Discover more here served as a miniature stage for broader regional conflicts with continuous tensions felt between nations and cultures. The founders of the Tsinandali Festival hope that the event will “provide a forum for intercultural dialogue, acting as a metaphor for the power of divided communities to work together meaningfully.”

Tatishev, who has watched as his vision for the event will now become a reality, spoke encouragingly about the future of the event saying, “I have no doubt that the festival will grow from strength to strength in the coming years, establishing itself as a 'must-attend' on the classical music calendar.”

At the Tsinandali Festival, music provides a common language bringing people from around the world together. The versatility of music is its power to entertain, to educate and to inspire us to be greater versions of ourselves. The Tsinandali Festival is sure to be a beautiful expression of culture and humanitarianism – delivering hope and optimism while celebrating transnational unity in the Caucasus.

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Tsinandali Festival co-Founder Yerkin Tatishev on the unifying power of music

For Yerkin Tatishev, Chairman of Kusto Group and co-founder of the event, the Tsinandali Festival is more than a classical music festival, it represents an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity through the universal language of music.

Georgia’s modern-day renaissance continues with the inaugural Tsinandali Festival which will begin with an opening concert on September 8, 2019. This highly anticipated classical music festival is set to take place in Kakheti, the heart of Georgia’s wine country.

The Tsinandali Festival: From vision to reality

The inspiration for the festival originated between businessmen and friends George Ramishvili, Chairman of the Silk Road Group, and Yerkin Tatishev, the Chairman and founder of Kusto Group. Their energy and enthusiasm for the event motivated Martin Engstroem and Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who together Have a peek here Yerkin Tatishev established the world-renowned Verbier Festival held annually in Verbier, Switzerland to get involved in the project.

According to Daniel Kunin, Managing Director of Kusto Group, "The Tsinandali Festival is a remarkable achievement and having seen firsthand the work that has gone into making it a reality, I know the founders and organizers will be feeling immense pride at the culmination of their hard work is realized at the opening of this inaugural event."

The Tsinandali Festival will bring together award-winning conductors and accomplished musicians from around the world. Talented artists whose Kusto-Group-Yerkin resumes include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and many other prestigious musical ensembles will perform throughout the 15-day festival and mentor young musicians as part of the festival’s educational initiative.

Showcasing and fostering young talent

The classical music festival will feature the first-ever Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PYCO) a unique ensemble of talented musicians from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine. The musicians participating in the PYCO were selected through a rigorous audition process. The orchestra represents the finest talent from across the Caucasus region.

They will participate in a six-week training and performance program led by the top musicians, instructors and conductors from around the world. They will perform a diverse repertoire throughout the Tsinandali Festival which will include the likes of Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Shostakovich and more.

Tsinandali co-founder Martin Engstroem recently said that he hopes that by, “creating a Pan-Caucasian youth orchestra to be our orchestra in residence, the event will become a forum for the young Click for source to work together and exchange points of view and that it will send some good signals to the region.”

In addition to the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, a specially created Tsinandali Festival Academy (TSA) will take place during the festival, providing young musicians with the exceptional opportunity to learn from masters of the arts.

The Verbier Chamber Orchestra will delight audiences with their multiple performances during the Tsinandali Festival. These musicians are alumni of the training program of the world-famous Verbier Festival and now perform as members of some of the most distinguished symphony orchestras around the world.

According to Tsinandali co-founder Yerkin Tatishev, “This continues the Festival’s core themes of promoting and teaching young musicians, opening career paths for musicians to the participants of the PCYO and the Tsinandali Festival Academy.”

In addition to these featured symphony orchestras, the Tsinandali Festival program will include a rich and diverse selection of solo pianists, violists and cellists along with operatic performances, theatre choruses and even a production of the Georgian National Ballet.

Leading the inaugural Tsinandali Festival as its music director TatishevYerkin will be one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, Gianandrea Noseda. He is a prolific conductor who has performed with some of the world’s most significant orchestras and at noteworthy operas from the Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Noseda is currently the Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. His wealth of knowledge and masterful direction is sure to elevate the experience of the artists performing at the festival.

A celebration of transnational unity in the Caucuses

The backdrop for the Tsinandali Festival will be the picturesque, beautifully restored Tsinandali Estate. Once the home of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, known as the ‘Father of Georgian Romanticism’, the estate represents a marriage between European and Georgian design with its magnificent architecture and romantic gardens.

It was on the historic Tsinandali Estate that Georgian wine was first produced and today, those wines are once again flowing Yerkin Tatishev with the full restoration of the estate’s vineyard. A $12m investment in the restoration of the estate was accomplished through a joint project between the Silk Road Group and the Smithsonian Institute.

An outdoor 1200-seat amphitheater and a 600-seat Chamber Music Hall built were built on the grounds to accommodate the festival. The amphitheater boasts modern architecture and acoustics and is fitted with a retractable roof. The complex also included a new festival hotel for the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra and Tsinandali Festival Academy, providing them with accommodations, classrooms and facilities for rehearsal.

The Caucuses region and surrounding countries have for centuries served as a miniature stage for broader regional conflicts with continuous tensions felt between nations and cultures. The founders of the Tsinandali Festival hope that the event will “provide a forum for intercultural dialogue, acting as a metaphor for the power of divided communities to work together meaningfully.”

Tatishev, who has watched as his vision for the event will now become a reality, spoke encouragingly about the future of the event saying, “I have no doubt that the festival will grow from strength to strength in the coming years, establishing itself as a 'must-attend' on the classical music calendar.”

At the Tsinandali Festival, music provides a common language bringing people from around the world together. The versatility of music is its power to entertain, to educate and to inspire us to be greater versions of ourselves. The Tsinandali Festival is sure to be a beautiful expression of culture and humanitarianism – delivering hope and optimism while celebrating transnational unity in the Caucasus.

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Tsinandali Festival co-Founder Yerkin Tatishev on the unifying power of music

For Yerkin Tatishev, Chairman of Kusto Group and co-founder of Kusto Group Tatishev the event, the Tsinandali Festival is more than a classical music festival, it represents an opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity through the universal language of music.

Georgia’s modern-day renaissance continues with the inaugural Tsinandali Festival which will begin with an opening concert on September 8, 2019. This highly anticipated classical music festival is set to take place in Kakheti, the heart of Georgia’s wine country.

The Tsinandali Festival: From vision to reality

The inspiration for the festival originated between businessmen and friends George Ramishvili, Chairman of the Silk Road Group, and Yerkin Tatishev, the Chairman and founder of Kusto Group. Their energy and enthusiasm for the event motivated Martin Engstroem and Avi Shoshani, Secretary General of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who together established the world-renowned Verbier Festival held annually in Verbier, Switzerland to get involved in the project.

According to Daniel Kunin, Managing Director of Kusto Group, "The Tsinandali Festival is a remarkable achievement and having seen firsthand the work that has gone into making it a reality, I know the founders and organizers will be feeling immense pride at the culmination of their hard work is realized at the opening of this inaugural event."

The Tsinandali Festival will bring together award-winning conductors and accomplished musicians from around the world. Talented artists whose resumes include performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Click to find out more Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and many other prestigious musical ensembles will perform throughout the 15-day festival and mentor young musicians as part Kusto-Group-Yerkin of the festival’s educational initiative.

Showcasing and fostering young talent

The classical music festival will feature the first-ever Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PYCO) a unique ensemble of talented musicians from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Ukraine. The musicians participating in the PYCO were selected through a rigorous audition process. The orchestra represents the finest talent from across the Caucasus region.

They will participate in a six-week training and performance program led by the top musicians, instructors and conductors from around the world. They will perform a diverse repertoire throughout the Tsinandali Festival which will include the likes of Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler, Shostakovich and more.

Tsinandali co-founder Martin Engstroem recently said that he hopes that by, “creating a Pan-Caucasian youth orchestra to be our orchestra in residence, the event will become a forum for the young to work together and exchange points of view and that it will send some good signals to the region.”

In addition to the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra, a specially created Tsinandali Festival Academy (TSA) will take place during the festival, providing young musicians with the exceptional opportunity to learn from masters of the arts.

The Verbier Chamber Orchestra will delight audiences with their multiple performances during the Tsinandali Festival. These musicians are alumni of the training program of the world-famous Verbier Festival and now perform as members of some of the most distinguished symphony orchestras around the world.

According to Tsinandali co-founder Yerkin Tatishev, “This continues the Festival’s core themes of promoting and teaching young musicians, opening career paths for musicians to the participants of the PCYO and the Tsinandali Festival Academy.”

In addition to these featured symphony orchestras, the Tsinandali Festival program will include a rich and diverse selection of solo pianists, violists and cellists along with operatic performances, theatre choruses and even a production of the Georgian National Ballet.

Leading the inaugural Tsinandali Festival as its music director will be one of the world’s most sought-after conductors, Gianandrea Noseda. He is a prolific conductor who has performed with some of the world’s most significant orchestras and at noteworthy operas from the Berlin Additional reading Yerkin Tatishev-Kusto-Group Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House. Noseda is currently the Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. His wealth of knowledge and masterful direction is sure to elevate the experience of the artists performing at the festival.

A celebration of transnational unity in the Caucuses

The backdrop for the Tsinandali Festival will be the picturesque, beautifully restored Tsinandali Estate. Once the home of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, known as the ‘Father of Georgian Romanticism’, the estate represents a marriage between European and Georgian design with its magnificent architecture and here TatishevYerkin romantic gardens.

It was on the historic Tsinandali Estate that Georgian wine was first produced and today, those wines are once again flowing with the full restoration of the estate’s vineyard. A $12m investment in the restoration of the estate was accomplished through a joint project between the Silk Road Group and the Smithsonian Institute.

An outdoor 1200-seat amphitheater and a 600-seat Chamber Music Hall built were built on the grounds to accommodate the festival. The amphitheater boasts modern architecture and acoustics and is fitted with a retractable roof. The complex also included a new festival hotel for the Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra and Tsinandali Festival Academy, providing them with accommodations, classrooms and facilities for rehearsal.

The Caucuses region and surrounding countries have for centuries served as a miniature stage for broader regional conflicts with continuous tensions felt between nations and cultures. The founders of the Tsinandali Festival hope that the event will “provide a forum for intercultural dialogue, acting as a metaphor for the power of divided communities to work together meaningfully.”

Tatishev, who has watched as his vision for the event will now become a reality, spoke encouragingly about the future of the event saying, “I have no doubt that the festival will grow from strength to strength in the coming years, establishing itself as a 'must-attend' on the classical music calendar.”

At the Tsinandali Festival, music provides a common language bringing people from around the world together. The versatility of music is its power to entertain, to educate and to inspire us to be greater versions of ourselves. The Tsinandali Festival is sure to be a beautiful expression of culture and humanitarianism – delivering hope and optimism while celebrating transnational unity in the Caucasus.

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di Antonio De Signoribus

ALTIDONA – Dopo la parentesi al Teatro Comunale di Porto San Giorgio, la grande musica torna a casa alla’ Accademia Malibran con Il grande pianista russo Georgy Tchaidze, un pianista di rara sensibilità e di tecnica impeccabile, raffinata.

“ In questi anni di attività L’Accademia Malibran- ci dice il direttore artistico Rossella Marcantoni, a cui facciamo tutti i nostri elogi-ha ospitato grandi pianisti e bravissimi docenti di pianoforte come Franco Medori,Romano Pallottini, Piero Rattalino, Giovanni Bellucci, tutti eccellenti, con caratteristiche diverse fra loro. Quest’ anno  ho  voluto invitare il giovane e affermato pianista russo Georgy Tchaidze, fuoriclasse del pianismo mondiale dell’ultima generazione, che sta suonando nelle sale e nei festival più importanti del mondo, al quale ho proposto di trascorrere una settimana in Residenza Malibran e di tenere tre concerti in formazioni diverse ed una master class.

Tchaidze domenica 1 dicembre terrà un recital, venerdì 6 suonerà a due pianoforti con la splendida pianista Nadezda Pisareva, sua moglie,  sabato 7 ci sarà il concerto finale dei corsisti della master class di pianoforte e sabato 8, a chiusura della settimana, un concerto di musica da camera con il violinista Aldo Campagnari, membro del quartetto Prometeo; anch’io avrò l’onore  di cantare con TCHAIDZE il famoso ciclo di melodie di Berlioz Les Nuits d’été”.

“Tutti noi in accademia- prosegue la Marcantoni come un fiume in piena- siamo felici del suo arrivo, tanto è stato voluto, atteso e desiderato! Anche gli allievi che si sono iscritti alla sua master class sono ansiosi di conoscerlo e di seguire le sue lezioni”.

Quest’anno l’Accademia Malibran ha realizzato un cartellone ricchissimo, con grandi nomi, che spaziano dalla musica classica al jazz e alla canzone d’autore; la settimana con Georgy Tchaidze vuole essere un momento “speciale” poichè è articolata in concerti diversi che lo vedono comunque sempre protagonista assoluto, senza trascurare la didattica, momento rivolto al perfezionamento di giovani.  E’ davvero un’occasione unica e straordinaria per poter ascoltare dal vivo un grande pianista e uno straordinario interprete della musica classica. Insomma, possiamo dire con sicurezza che una settimana con Tchaidze è un momento di orgoglio non solo per l’Accademia  Malibran  ma anche per il territorio. Ma entriamo nei dettagli.

Sontuoso solista, magnifico camerista dal repertorio sconfinato, Tchaidze si è esibito nelle maggiori sale di Europa, Nord America ed Asia tra cui Konzerthaus di Berlino, Fondazione Luis Vuitton di Parigi, Fondazione Paul Klee di Berna, Glenn Gould Studio di Toronto, Concertgebouw di Amsterdam, National Centre for the Performing Arts di Pechino, Oriental Arts Centre di Shanghai, Carnegie Hall di New York, BOZAR and Flagey Halls di Bruxelles.

Sia come solista che a fianco di svariate formazioni cameristiche ha partecipato a numerosi Festival internazionali tra cui Toronto Summer Music, Ottawa International Chamber Music, Young Euro Classic, Verbier, Septembre Musicale di Lucerna, Lofoten International Piano, Festspiellene in Norvegia, Piano aux Jacobins a Tolosa, La folle Journée di Nantes e di Tokyo. Nell’estate 2019, su invito del Direttore Artistico René Martin, Tchaidze ha debuttato nel Parco del Castello di Florans al Festival de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron con un acclamato recital che la stampa ha salutato come la rivelazione di un grande artista. Allo stesso modo, la sua intrigante interpretazione del secondo Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra di Rachmaninov, con la canadese National Arts Centre Orchestra diretta da Pinchas Zukerman ha raccolto entusiastiche recensioni per la “assoluta chiarezza e la straordinaria potenza comunicativa celata in una performance che nulla lasciava all’ostentazione”.

Nell’estate del 2015 Georgy Tchaidze ha trionfato al Top of the World International Piano Competition a Trømso, in Norvegia, dove in seguito è stato chiamato a sostituire Sir Andras Schiff al Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival, divenendo da quel momento presenza irrinunciabile nelle successive edizioni. Nato nel 1988 a S. Pietroburgo da madre russa e padre georgiano, Georgy Tchaidze ha iniziato a studiare pianoforte e violino all’età di 7 anni.

La sua formazione è avvenuta presso il Conservatorio Tchaikovsky di Mosca, sotto la guida di Sergei Dorensky e, successivamente, a Berlino, nella classe di Klaus Hellwig all’Universität der Kunst. Dal settembre 2016, è artista in residence alla Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgio, sotto la direzione di Louis Lortie. Nella veste di camerista, tra le innumerevoli partnership all’attivo, numerose sono le tournées effettuate con il Cecilia String Quartet e con l’acclamato Borodin Quartet, per il quale il Calgary Tribune ha scritto: “Tchaidze è stato magnifico a combinare, rammendando nota per nota, l’esperienza del grandioso Quartetto Borodin, dando di fatto vita ad una performance di rara bellezza ed autorevolezza interpretativa”.

Le sue ultime collaborazioni includono la Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, la Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra, la Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra ma anche giovani formazioni come il Brentano String Quartet e brillanti strumentisti tra i quali Piotr Anderszewski, Stephen Kovacevich, Jean-Efflame Bavouzet, Marc-André Hamelin, Nikita Boriso Glebsky, Nikolai Lugansky. In Italia si è esibito al Casalmaggiore International Festival e nei cartelloni del Teatro alle Vigne di Lodi – dove è stato protagonista di un successo tale da vedersi richiamare nella stagione successiva – e di “Pianofortissimo”, nel cortile dell’Archiginnasio a Bologna.

Ecco Il Programma dei concerti alla Malibran:

domenica 1 dicembre 2019 ore 17,15 Altidona – Accademia Malibran – Sala Colonna Georgy TCHAIDZE pianoforte Solo Recital Musiche di Bach, Schubert, Schumann Ingresso €10,00

venerdì 6 dicembre 2019 ore 21,15 Altidona – Accademia Malibran
 – Sala Colonna DUO PIANISTICO Georgy TCHAIDZE – Nadezda PISAREVA Musiche di Rachmaninov, Schubert, Chopin Ingresso €10,00

sabato 7 dicembre 2019 ore 21,15 Altidona – Accademia Malibran
 – Sala Colonna CONCERTO DEI CORSISTI Master Class di pianoforte del M° Georgy TCHAIDZE Ingresso libero

domenica 8 dicembre 2019 ore 21,15 Altidona – Accademia Malibran – Sala Colonna BERLIOZ & DINTORNI Omaggio a Hector Berlioz 150° anno dalla morte Rossella MARCANTONI soprano Aldo CAMPAGNARI violino Georgy TCHAIDZE pianoforte Musiche di Liszt, Franck, Berlioz Ingresso €10,00

Info & Prenotazioni: 338.8219079

E’ possibile acquistare il biglietto anche la sera stessa del concerto.I biglietti saranno in vendita a partire da un’ora prima dell’inizio dello spettacolo. Alla fine di ogni spettacolo seguirà un Brindisi con i pregiati vini della Tenuta Cocci Grifoni di Ripatransone.

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“TROIKA À LA RUSSE” PRESENTED BY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019, 6PM, MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

(Great Barrington, MA…) Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks (“adventurous and passionate”— The New Yorker) and Yehuda Hanani present a program rich in Russian lore, Slavic emotionalism, Soviet-era sarcasm, and dazzling virtuosity: the cello/piano sonatas by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Scriabin’s Sonata No. 5, which pianist Sviatoslav Richter considered the most difficult piece in the entire piano repertory. Rachmaninoff’s sonata is passionate and emotionally torrential, a survivor from the 19th century. Prokofiev, on the other hand, dubbed “bad boy of Russian music” by the establishment for his earlier avant-garde style, has written here a work that is mellow and reflective. Faliks will evoke Scriabin the mystic who believed he was the musical Messiah. It is music of ecstasy and visions. Faliks, who has appeared with Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin and many of the world’s greatest orchestras, has been praised as a “high priestess of the piano, pianist of the highest order, as dramatic and subtle as a great stage actor.” The concert is a journey in Russian landscapes and into the Russian soul.

Inna Faliks

Yehuda Hanani

Inna Faliks, piano; Yehuda Hanani, cello

In the Close Encounters With Music tradition, each performance is followed by an AFTERGLOW reception, with hors d’oeuvres and wine provided by local restaurants.

Audiences can savor the music and fun as well as the culinary connections with us at our thematic concerts and post-concert receptions this season!

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets, $50 (Orchestra and Mezzanine), $27 (Balcony) and $15 for students, are available at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center box office, 413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org. Pro-rated subscriptions to the seven concert Close Encounters series are available to purchase on our website, cewm.org or by calling 800-843-0778.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Artistic Director Yehuda Hanani’s charismatic playing and profound interpretations bring him acclaim and re-engagements across the globe. An extraordinary recitalist, he is equally renowned for performances with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, BBC Welsh Symphony, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Honolulu Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti Zagreb, and Taipei and Seoul symphonies, among others. He has been a guest at Aspen, Bowdoin, Chautauqua, Marlboro, Yale at Norfolk, Round Top (TX), Great Lakes, and Grand Canyon festivals, Finland Festival, Great Wall (China), Leicester (England), Ottawa, Prades (France), Oslo, and Australia Chamber Music festivals, and has collaborated in performances with preeminent fellow musicians, including Leon Fleisher, Aaron Copland, Christoph Eschenbach, David Robertson, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Itzhak Perlman, Vadim Repin, Dawn Upshaw, Shlomo Mintz, Yefim Bronfman, the Tokyo, Vermeer, Muir, Lark, Avalon and Manhattan quartets, as well as members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, Borromeo, and Emerson. In New York City, Yehuda Hanani has appeared as soloist at Carnegie Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully, and the Metropolitan Museum’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. In addition to his pioneering recordings of Charles Valentin Alkan (for which he received a Grand Prix du Disque nomination), Nikolai Miaskovsky, Leo Ornstein, and Eduard Franck, he is one of the originators of thematic programming with commentary that engages and illuminates contemporary audiences.

  “Adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) Ukrainian-born American pianist Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most exciting, communicative and poetic artists of her generation through her commanding performances of standard piano repertoire, as well as genre-bending, interdisciplinary projects. Following acclaimed teenage debuts at the Gilmore Festival and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she has performed on many of the world’s great stages, with numerous orchestras, in solo appearances, and with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin and Keith Lockhart. Her 2014 all-Beethoven CD release on MSR Classics drew rave reviews: the disc’s pre-viewer on WTT W Chicago called her “High priestess of the piano…as dramatic and subtle as a great stage actor.” Her MSR Classics CD Sound of Verse featured largely unknown music of Boris Pasternak and works of Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Ms. Faliks’ distinguished career has taken her to thousands of recitals and concerti engagements throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe, performing at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and in the festivals of Verbier, Portland International, Music in the Mountains, Brevard, Taos and Chautauqua. Highlights of recent seasons include a 2016 tour of China, with appearances at the Beijing Center for Performing Arts, Shanghai Oriental Arts Theater and Tianjin Grand Theatre; in the Fazioli Series in Italy and Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum. Faliks is founder and curator of the of the Manhattan Arts Council award-winning poetry-music series “Music/Words,” creating performances in collaboration with distinguished poets. She recently co-starred with Downton Abbey star Lesley Nicol in “Admission—One Shilling,” a play for pianist and actor about the life of Dame Myra Hess, the great British pianist. She went on to create a one-woman show, performing at Baruch Performance Center’s “Solo in the City—Jewish Women, Jewish Stars” Festival in NYC, and at the Ebell of Los Angeles, where she gave the premiere of “Polonaise-Fantaisie, Story of a Pianist,” an autobiographical monologue for pianist and actress. A recent collaboration with WordTheatre features today’s leading screen actors in literary readings. Constantly in dialogue with today’s composers, she is the creator of the “Reimagine: Ravel and Beethoven” project, where composers such as Richard Danielpour, Timo Andres and Paola Prestini are writing works for her in response to Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit and Beethoven’s Bagatelles opus 126. Faliks is currently Professor of Piano and Head of Piano at UCLA.

ABOUT CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC

Close Encounters With Music stands at the intersection of music, art and the vast richness of Western culture. Entertaining, erudite and lively commentary from founder and Artistic Director Yehuda Hanani puts the composers and their times in perspective to enrich and enlighten the concert experience. Since the inception of its Commissioning Project in 2001, CEWM has worked with the most distinguished composers of our time—Joan Tower, Judith Zaimont, Lera Auerbach, Robert Beaser, Kenji Bunch, Osvaldo Golijov, John Musto, and Paul Schoenfield among others—to create important new works that have already taken their place in the chamber music canon and on CD. A core of brilliant performers includes: pianists, Roman Rabinovich, Soyeon Kate Lee, Walter Ponce and Jeffrey Swann; violinists,Shmuel Ashkenasi, Vadim Gluzman, Julian Rachlin, Peter Zazofsky, Itamar Zorman and Erin Keefe; clarinetists Alexander Fiterstein and Charles Neidich; vocalists Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Rivera, Danielle Talamantes and Kelley O’Connor; the Muir, Manhattan, Ariel, Vermeer, Escher, Avalon, Hugo Wolf, Dover string quartets; and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and guitarist Eliot Fisk. Choreographer David Parsons and actors Richard Chamberlain, Jane Alexander and Sigourney Weaver have also appeared as guests, weaving narration and dance into the fabric of the programs. Close Encounters With Music programs have been presented in cities across the U.S. and Canada—Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Omaha, Cincinnati, Calgary, Detroit, at the Frick Collection and Merkin Hall in New York City, at The Clark in Williamstown, at Tanglewood and in Great Barrington, MA, as well as in Scottsdale, AZ. Summer performances have taken place at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. This year, the High Peaks Festival moved to the Berkshires to the Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA, where it has continued as the educational mission of Close Encounters With Music with fifty international students in residence for an immersive course of study and performance.

  Artistic Director Yehuda Hanani has led the series since its founding, providing entertaining, erudite commentary that puts the composers and their times in perspective to enrich and amplify the concert experience. Each concert is framed by an introduction before the music, and is followed by an AFTERGLOW reception with an opportunity to meet the musicians. Venues include the landmark Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center and the newly renovated Saint James Place in Great Barrington. To complement the musical offerings, two guest speakers, Haydn scholar Caryl Clark, and composer Tamar Muskal are featured in the Conversations With…. series at the West Stockbridge Historical Society and Casana T-House in Hillsdale, NY.

2018-2019 CALENDAR

Saturday, February 23, 6 PM, Saint James Place

HAYDN SEEK–DISCOVERING THE HUMOR AND WIT IN PAPA HAYDN

Saturday, March 23, 6 PM, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

RUSSIAN TROIKA–PROKOFIEV, RACHMANINOFF AND STRAVINSKY

Saturday, April 13, 6 PM, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

THE AMERICAN BRASS QUINTET

Saturday, May 18, 6 PM, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

THE ESCHER QUARTET–BARBER, MOZART, SCHUBERT QUINTET

Saturday, June 8, 6 PM, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

GALA: LIKE FATHER-IN-LAW, LIKE SON-IN-LAW–

ANTONIN DVORAK AND JOSEF SUK

Conversations With…

Sunday, April 28, 3 PM, Casana T-House

TAMAR MUSKAL—COMPOSER, SONGWRITER, FASHIONISTA

Close Encounters with Music Presents “Troika a la Russe” at the Mahaiwe “TROIKA À LA RUSSE” PRESENTED BY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019, 6PM, …