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Russian Masterpieces - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Stravinsky

Part of the Southbank Classical Season 2019 - 2020

Add to my Calendar 01-10-2019 19:45 01-10-2019 21:45 36 Russian Masterpieces - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Stravinsky The ‘quintessentially Russian’ (International Piano Magazine) pianist Yulia Chaplina curates a programme of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Stravinsky to celebrate International Music Day. In a concert dedicated to the cultural exchange between Russia and the UK, the programme is performed by artists from the UK, Russia, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Dubbed ‘impressively virtuosic with terrific control and powerful playing’ by The Classical Reviewer, Russian-British pianist Chaplina is the winner of seven international piano competitions. This concert is kindly supported by the Rossotrudnichestvo, Russian Culture House in the UK. Artists include Russian violinist Igor Yuzefovich, the new joint leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He is joined by Russian violinist Yuri Kalnits is the two-time recipient of the prestigious Diapason d’Or award and British violist Roger Chase, has been praised by the Sunday Times for ‘outstanding expressive eloquence’. Timothée Botbol, a Park Lane Group Young Artist and Concordia Artist from Switzerland, plays the cello, as does German musician Julia Morneweg, who has ‘striking communication of emotion and expressive fluidity’ according to MusicWeb International. On wind, British clarinettist Peter Cigleris is the winner of the John Ireland Chamber music award, Welsh bassoonist Angharad Thomas is the winner of the John Fussell Award for Welsh Postgraduate Musicians, and British hornist Mark Smith is the winner of the Douglas Moore Horn Prize. The piano is played by Simone Tavoni, Italian winner of the BBC pathway scheme 2016.   Purcell Room, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Purcell Room
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd

London
SE1 8XX
England


Programme

Sergei RachmaninovElegie, Op.3 no.1
Pyotr TchaikovskyThe Seasons: October
Pyotr TchaikovskyValse-Scherzo, Op.34
Pyotr TchaikovskyValse sentimentale, Op.51 no.6
Pyotr TchaikovskyMelody, Op.42 no.3
Aleksandr ScriabinEtude in D sharp minor, Op.8 no.12
Aleksandr ScriabinFantasie in B minor, Op.28
Igor StravinskySeptet
Sergei RachmaninovEtude-tableau in E flat minor, Op.39 no.5
Sergei RachmaninovVocalise, Op.34 no.14
Sergei RachmaninovTrio élégiaque no.1 in G minor

Performers

Yulia Chaplina – piano / Artistic Director
Yuri Kalnits – Violin
Igor Yuzefovich – Violin
Mark Smith – Horn
Julia Morneweg – Cello
Timotheé Botbol – Cello
Peter Cigleris – C clarinet
Simone Tavoni – piano

Programme Note

The ‘quintessentially Russian’ (International Piano Magazine) pianist Yulia Chaplina curates a programme of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Stravinsky to celebrate International Music Day.

In a concert dedicated to the cultural exchange between Russia and the UK, the programme is performed by artists from the UK, Russia, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

Dubbed ‘impressively virtuosic with terrific control and powerful playing’ by The Classical Reviewer, Russian-British pianist Chaplina is the winner of seven international piano competitions.

This concert is kindly supported by the Rossotrudnichestvo, Russian Culture House in the UK.

Artists include Russian violinist Igor Yuzefovich, the new joint leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

He is joined by Russian violinist Yuri Kalnits is the two-time recipient of the prestigious Diapason d’Or award and British violist Roger Chase, has been praised by the Sunday Times for ‘outstanding expressive eloquence’.

Timothée Botbol, a Park Lane Group Young Artist and Concordia Artist from Switzerland, plays the cello, as does German musician Julia Morneweg, who has ‘striking communication of emotion and expressive fluidity’ according to MusicWeb International.

On wind, British clarinettist Peter Cigleris is the winner of the John Ireland Chamber music award, Welsh bassoonist Angharad Thomas is the winner of the John Fussell Award for Welsh Postgraduate Musicians, and British hornist Mark Smith is the winner of the Douglas Moore Horn Prize.

The piano is played by Simone Tavoni, Italian winner of the BBC pathway scheme 2016.

 

Yulia Chaplina

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