September 30, 2023 | Zaryadye Concert Hall
Soloist – Angel Wong, piano
Conductor – Ivan Nikiforchin
Tchaikovsky. Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Sibelius. Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia is opening its new concert season with a program compiled of seminal works by composers of the Romanticism era. On the conductor podium there will be young and charismatic maestro Ivan Nikiforchin who made his successful debut with the collective last year. The student and assistant to Valery Polyansky, conductor of the Russian State Academic Symphonic Capella, teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, Ivan Nikiforchin has won awards at several important contests including the Second Prize and Silver Medal at the first edition of the S.V. Rachmaninoff International Competition for pianists, composers and conductors (2022).
The program will start with the super popular First Piano Concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, which is an indelible part of the classical world repertoire and a musical symbol of Russia.
The solo part will be played by Angel Wong, winner of such international contests as the S.V. Rachmaninoff Competition (Moscow), Compositores de España International Piano Competition (2021) and Premio Jaen Competition in Jaen (Spain, 2022), Silver Medal winner at the 17th edition of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow (2023).
The second part will feature the First Symphony by Finnish classic Jean Sibelius, which reminded the audience of Tchaikovsky at its premiere but was nevertheless greatly appreciated as the composer's first oeuvre in symphony with national melodies and breathing the severity of the North.