Concert of Valery Gergiev. ORCHESTRA OF THE RUSSIAN-GERMAN MUSICAL ACADEMY

June 9, 2016, Thursday
Moscow, Big Hall of the Conservatory, 19:00

The concert program of the Russian-German Academy of Music’s orchestra in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory is dedicated to the Russian-German Year of Youth Exchanges. The motto of the concert is to LISTEN - TO UNDERSTAND - to UNITE!

The best young musicians of Russia and Germany - soloists of the orchestras of the Mariinsky Theater, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio and the Hamburg Opera - are preparing an exciting program with which they will perform in the largest halls of Moscow and Berlin.

The concert will open with the Russian premiere of Tabula Russia by Vladimir Tarnopolsky, professor at the Moscow Conservatory, one of the most famous contemporary Russian composers. The performance of new works is an important area of the Academy’s activities: for example, last year the orchestra for the first time in Russia played the Con Brio overture by German composer Jörg Widmann.

The twentieth century will be presented in the program by the music of Sergei Prokofiev, whose 125th anniversary this year marks the entire musical world. The third piano concert of the composer will be performed by a young pianist, laureate of international competitions Behzod Abduraimov.

The concert will be completed by one of the largest orchestral canvases of the late 19th century - the symphonic poem by Richard Strauss “Hero’s Life”, in the performance of which more than a hundred musicians will take part.

The concerts of the youth orchestra are preceded by a week of joint work at the Mariinsky Theater, the Academy’s rehearsal base. Working on the program, musicians have a unique opportunity to exchange experiences, compare and develop the traditions of Russian and German performing schools.

Program

Vladimir Tarnopolsky
Tabula Russia (2015), Russian Premiere
Sergey Prokofiev
Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra in C major, Op. 26 (1921)
Richard Strauss
Hero’s Life, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Op. 40 (1898)