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The State Hermitage Museum The festival "Musical Hermitage", following the development principles of one of the largest museums of the world will yet again unite various musical genres and trends in its programmes. According to the established tradition, the last week of winter is the time when the leading musicians from all over the world will demonstrate their professional skills on the stage of the Hermitage Theatre and in the hall of the Academic Capella. The programme of the concerts within the frames of the festival is a kind of tour to countries and epochs, an insight into various fields of the world musical heritage. The programme will be opened by the famous Italian choir Il Convitto Armonico. On the 14th of February at 19.00 in the Large Italian Skylight Room the choir under the conduction of maestro Stefano Buschini will perform the masterpieces of the Italian composers, such as Palestrina, Monteverdi and Vivaldi, surrounded by the works of art by their compatriots. The programme of the concert by the Norwegian chamber orchestra Bodo Sinfonietta will feature famous pieces of classical music ranging from Vivaldi to their genial compatriot Edward Grieg, as well as music by contemporary Norwegian composers. Original arrangements made especially for this orchestra will be performed on the stage of the Hermitage Theatre on the 15th of February by one of the leading soloists of today, the Swedish cello player Franz Helmersson; the orchestra will be conducted by a talented conductor from Germany, our compatriot Oleg Snetkov. The prestigious Dutch festival Grachtenfestival for the first time in Russia presents its new winner, a talented violin player Lisa Jacobs. On the 18th of February in the Hermitage Theatre, together with the pianist Ksenia Kuzmenko, Lisa will perform works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The interpretation of the German composers by the gifted young violinist has earned the highest appraisal of the musical critics. The concert of the contemporary jazz music will introduce an exotic atmosphere of Latin American rhythms to the programme of the Festival. A permanent participant of the Festival, a famous St. Petersburg pianist and composer Andrey Kondakov once again invites David Sanchez, Grammy winning tenor saxophonist, as well as a hot Brazilian band featuring Sergio Brandau (bass), Edson da Silva (percussion) and Selso Alberti (drums). The concert under the heading Brazil All Stars will take place on the 19th of February in the hall of the Academic Capella named after Mikhail Glinka. The music by Astor Piazzola, which always wakes considerable interest among the public, is performed by one of the leading interpreters of the works by the Argentinean composer, Lothar Hensel. On the 20th of February in the Hermitage Theatre the German musician, accompanied by the State Hermitage Orchestra under the conduction of Anatoly Rybalko, will present the most popular works by Astor Piazzola, as well as an own concert for bandoneon and string orchestra. Many appreciators of the works by this composer are convinced that the interpretations of Lothar Hensel are the most authentic, since Lothar himself comes from Niederheim, a state in Germany where bandoneon was invented. On the 21st of February the ethnic jazz project "Proshche Prostogo"
by Sergey Starostin, the key figure in the world of Russian
ethnical music, and Mario Kaldararu, a drummer from Kishinev,
will appear on the stage of the Hermitage Theatre
for the first time. Sergey Starostin is a whole epoch
in the history of the Russian folk music restored
and arranged according to the modern musical styles It has become a tradition to finish the Festival with the debut performances by young Italian singers, winners of the Spoleto Festival. This year on the 22nd of February the popular arias and duettos from operas by Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Rossini and Puccini will be performed by Desiree Migliaccio (soprano), Piero Pretti (tenor) and Giulio Boschetti (baritone) accompanied by the St. Petersburg Academic Symphonic Orchestra under the conduction of Mats Liljefors from Sweden. Chairman of the Artistic Board of the Festival - Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovskiy Artistic Director of the Festival - composer Sergey Evtushenko General Partner of the Festival - Heineken Company General Information Partners: Partners of the Festival: With the support of : Informational Support: |
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