April 20, 2024 | Zaryadye Concert Hall
Soloist – Alexander Ghindin, piano
Conductor – Arsenty Tkachenko
Rimsky-Korsakov. "The Legend of Invisible City of Kitezh" - Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov. Concerto for piano and orchestra in C-sharp minor, Op. 30
Stravinsky. "L'Oiseau de feu" ("The Firebird")
The Russian tour of Vladimir Spivakov and the NPR will proceed with three April concerts in Samara and Orenburg. The musicians will be hosted by main concert halls of the Regional Philharmonic Societies. The concerts will be part of the All-Russia Philharmonic Seasons program under the auspices of the Moscow Philharmonic Society and the Russian Ministry of Culture. The concerts will feature works by European and Russian classic composers (see Events). Read more...
April 6, 2024 | Svetlanov Hall of the MIPAC
"Russian Classics" Subsctiption series
Soloist – Ekaterina Mechetina, piano
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov
Rachmaninoff. Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra in C minor, Op. 18
Skriabin. Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Le divin poème"), Op. 43
April 2, 2024 | Rachmaninoff Concert Hall (Philharmonia-2)
Soloists: Ekaterina Mechetina, piano
Alexander Ghindin, piano
Ivan Bessonov, piano
Conductor – Arsenty Tkachenko
Rachmaninoff. Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra in D minor, Op. 30
Concrrto No. 1 for piano and orchestra in C-sharp minor, Op. 1 (1st edition)
«Rhapsody in a theme of Paganini» for piano and orchestra, Op. 43
Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Subscription Series «The NPR and Maestro Vladimir Spivakov»
October 19, 2024
Conductor – Arsenty Tkachenko
Tchaikovsky. Fragments from “Swan Lake” ballet
Wagner. Fragments from “Ring of Nibelung” („Der Ring des Nibelungen”)
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On March 18-20, Ryazan will host the “Vladimir Spivakov Invites” Festival for the first time (see Events). The music forum is sponsored by the Ryazan Region's government and is connected with the festivities on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the Ryazan Philharmonic Society. The history of the Russian editions of the Vladimir Spivakov Festival goes back to 2001 when the maestro organized the music feast in Moscow with the participation of world stars and rising artists to take place once in two years. In the course of time, the project has extended its boundaries beyond Moscow and went to many other Russian towns from Murmansk to Omsk. Now Ryazan is continuing this trend.
The official birthday of the Ryazan Philharmonic Society is March 4, 1939. Now it is an actively developing organization with a long history and new daring prospects. Its concert hall in Ryazan has presented best Russian performers and collectives to its audience. The NPR has also played on this stage many a time.
March 16, 2024 | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Subscription series No. 24: «National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia»
Soloists: Ekaterina Mechetina, piano
Konstantin Emelyanov, piano
Conductor – Arsenty Tkachenko
Schubert. Overture in D major, D. 12
Mozart. Concerto No. 10 for two pianos and orchestra in E-flat major, KV 365 (316A)
R. Strauss. Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40
March 10, 2024 | Rachmaninoff Concert Hall («Philharmonia-2»)
Subscription series No. 71: «Vladimir Spivakov presents»
Soloist – Shio Okui, piano
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov
Mozart. "La clemenza di Tito" Overture
Mozart. Concerto No. 21 for piano and orchestra in C major, KV 467
Tchaikovsky. Serenade for strings, Op. 48
March 3, 2024 | Svetlanov Hall of the MIPAC
Subscription series «The NPR and Maestro Vladimir Spivakov. Russian Classic»
Soloist – Kirill Rogovoy, piano
Conductor – Ivan Nikiforchin
P. Tchaikovsky. Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 75
B. Tchaikovsky. Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes
P. Tchaikovsky. Suite No. 3 for orchestra in G major, Op. 56
February 29, 2024 | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Subscription series No. 24: «National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia»
Soloist – Alexander Ramm, cello
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov
Bellini. “Norma” Overture
Saint-Saëns. Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra in A minor, Op. 33
Tchaikovsky. Nocturne for cello and orchestra
Rossini. "l Barbiere di Siviglia" Overture
Mendelssohn. Symphony No. 4 («Italian») in A major, Op. 90
This year's 29th of February is the 232th birth anniversary of composer Gioachino Rossini, the author of world-known opera masterpieces such as Il barbiere di Siviglia, La gazza ladra, Il viaggio a Reims, La Cenerentola, Semiramide, Guillaume Telle. Heinrich Heine nicknamed him as “The sun of Italy”, Pushkin called him “Europe's darling Orpheus”, while Verdi wrote 'A great name, the most popular one in our times'. Many his contemporaries used similar rhapsodic expressions when speaking of Rossini, while Stendhal compared his fame ('having reached every place touched by civilization') with that of Napoleon's.
However, fed up with this splendor, Rossini totally discouraged the world of music when at the apogee of adoration and mastership, being only 37 years old, he broke his breathtaking career. He lived for more 40 years without composing any other opera. However, sporadically, just for himself, he wrote music in other genres.
Remembering Rossini's birthday (which may be celebrated only once in four years), Vladimir Spivakov designed a program which compiles works by the “man of the day” and his younger contemporaries. These are the composers, whom Rossini sincerely liked (not without reciprocity), with whom he met and whom he could help anyhow.