The NPR’s Russia Tour Continues in Belgorod and Kursk

The NPR and Vladimir Spivakov will continue their Russia tour in the Belgorod and Kursk regions on May 17-20. The tour is supported by the "ArtOkno" Festival by Alisher Usmanov's "Art, Science and Sport" Charity Foundation . The Festival was established in 2017 in order to organize various cultural events in the Belgorod, Kursk and Orenburg regions and assist the regional cultural centers. The NPR's concerts will take place in Belgorod (May 17), Stary Oskol (May 18), Kursk (May 19) and Zheleznogorsk (May 20). The audiences will be offered a program compiled of popular overtures, arias and duets from Italian and French operas (see below). Marika Machitidze (soprano), the star of the "The Grand Opera" TV Project, and Vasily Laduk (baritone), the soloist of the “Novaya Opera” Teater, will sing in the concerts. Major part of the tickets for the NPR's performances there is free of charge. Vladimir Spivakov: "Thanks to the support of Alisher Usmanov's Charity Foundation, it is not our first visit to the Belgorod and Kursk regions. I am very glad to be able to give concerts in the Russian regions, especially in small towns. I like the idea of the "ArtOkno" Festival which provides a free artistic dialogue between the regions and the main cultural centers of Russia. " Fatima Mukhomejan, Deputy Director of the “Art, Science and Sport” Foundation: "We have been cooperating with Maestro Vladimir Spivakov for many years and are glad that he always supports our projects and responds to our offers to perform in the Russian regions despite his very busy schedule. I am sure that the May concerts will be once again successful events and will be warmly received by all admirers of the musical art. " Read more...

The Open Arts Festival “Chereshnevy Les”

May 15, 2017 | The Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center
The Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow Performing Arts Center
The Open Arts Festival "Chereshnevy Les"
Soloists: Alexander MALOFEEV, piano
Daniel LOZAKOVITJ, violin
Conductor – Vladimir SPIVAKOV
Rachmaninoff - Respighi. Four Etudes-Tableaux
Rachmaninoff. Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra in C minor, Op. 18
Bruch. Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra in C minor, Op. 26
Saint-Saëns. Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra in A minor, Op. 28

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“All-Russian Philharmonic Seasons” Program continues in Omsk with NPR

On May 10-11, 2017, the National Philharmoniic Orchestra of Russia will perform at the Concert Hall of the Omsk Philharmonic Society. It will be the 6th Edition of the "Vladimir Spivakov Invites ..." Festival in this town.. Pianists-virtuosi Alexander Malofeev and Andrey Korobeinikov will also take part in the concerts of the Festival whose programs this year are entirely devoted to Sergei Rachmaninoff's works: the Second and Third Piano Concertos, the Second Symphony, the Symphonic Dances and the Etudes-Tableaux orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi.
The "Vladimir Spivakov Invites ..." Festival was first held in 2001 in Moscow. In 2012, Omsk became another city (after Perm), which Maestro Spivakov chose for housing the eponymous regional festival. The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia invariably participates in all Festival concerts. The concerts are held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation as part of the "All-Russian Philharmonic Seasons" Program. This Program is a singular artistic project, which the Ministry of Culture and the Moscow Philharmonic Society have been successfully implementing since 2003. The Program is aimed at reviving concert activities throughout Russia and ensuring equal access to cultural values for inhabitants of various regions of the country. The top symphonic orchestras of Russia are involved into the Project. Read more...

9th Moscow Music Festival «Vladimir Spivakov Invites…»

The 9th Moscow Music Festival «Vladimir Spivakov Invites…»

The Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center
October 1 – December 28, 2017

The “Vladimir Spivakov Invites...” Moscow Music Festival was first held in autumn 2001 and immediately manifested its features of a top-quality remarkable project. With his many years' experience of the Colmar Festival (France), Vladimir Spivakov had long cherished the dream of realizing such an enterprise in his homeland. He conceived a festival which does not follow the whole gamut of the largest music forums in Europe, but matches the best of them in terms of performance level and is aimed at an intelligent and demanding audience.

The Ninth "Vladimir Spivakov Invites ..." Festival will open at the Moscow International Performing Arts Center on October 1 and close on December 28, 2017. It promises again to be a memorable event in the cultural life of the Russian capital, a rendezvous with world-class performers, a multi-faceted mirror reflecting the artistic aspirations of Vladimir Spivakov, an outstanding musician and a public figure. "It's not the number of festival concerts, which is important, but the opportunity to show in Moscow what I love myself: something new, diverse in genres and styles, ingenious, talented," says the Maestro.

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The NPR and Vladimir Spivakov Will Perform in Tashkent

On the 26th of April the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia will appear in Tashkent: the concert will take place at the Palace of International Forums “Uzbekistan”. The NPR will be led by its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Vladimir Spivakov.

The night will be another clear evidence of the effective collaboration of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation:  on the stage there will meet brilliant musicians, the soloists of top Moscow Opera Houses  Anna Aglatova (soprano) and  Vasily Ladyuk (baritone) and a special guest People's Artist of Uzbekistan Ramiz Usmanov (tenor).

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The Second Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition

The Second Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition is coming to its close at the Moscow International Performing Arts Center. The President of the Jury is the Artistic Director of the Competition pianist Alexander Romanovsky. The other Jury members are Thomas Yaksic Beckdorf (Chile), Lilya Zilberstein (Germany – Austria), Boris Bekhterev (Italy), Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Rena Cherechevskaya (France), Stanislav Ioudenitch (the USA), Aleksandre Moutouzkine (the USA), Igor Tchetuyev (Germany) and Mikhail Khokhlov. The Competition Finals will take place on March 30 and 31 at the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow Performing Arts Center. The finalists of the Junior (March 30) and the Senior (March 31) Groups will play Piano Concertos with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the baton of Alexander Soloviev. The Awards Ceremony and the Gala Concert of the Winners will take place on the 1st of April, Vladimir Krainev's birthday, at the Svetlanov Hall with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia with Vladimir Spivakov on the podium. All the performances will be broadcast live at the Competition Site. The detailed program is given below: Read more...

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH Bernard Arnault will play piano with NPR

March 22, 2017 | Svetlanov Hall ic the MIPAC «Masterpieces for All Times» Subscription Series No. 1 Albina SHAGIMURATOVA, soprano Hélène Mercier, Frederic ARNAULT, Bernard ARNAULT, piano (France) Conductor – Vladimir SPIVAKOV Mozart. "La clemenza di Tito": Overture Mozart. Concerto No. 7 for three pianos and orchestra in F Major, KV 242 Bellini. Overture and Norma's Cavatina from the opera “Norma” Bellini. Amina's Aria from the opera "Somnambula" Verdi. Prelude to Act III of the opera "La Traviata" Rossini. Overture and Rosina's Cavatina from the opera "Il barbiere di Siviglia" Puccini. Intermezzo from "Manon Lescaut" Rossini. Semiramide's Cavatina from the opera "Semiramide" Verdi. Overture from "Les vêpres siciliennes" Read more...

«Wolferl’s Airy Hopes»

March 19, 2017 | Svetlanov Hall of the MIPAC 13.00 «Two Centuries. Two Geniuses» Subscription Series «Wolferl's Airy Hopes» Musical and Literary Arrangement based on Mozart's letters The project concept and production by Ludmila and Alexander LEONTYEVS Andrey MEZHULIS, Tatiana RODIONOVA, reciting Alexandra SAULSKAYA-SHULIATYEVA, mezzo Zoya ABOLITZ, piano Fedor STROGANOV, harpsichord/organ Vadim Sudakov Moscow State Capella National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia Artistic Director and Principal Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov Conductor – Vladimir SIMKIN BUY TICKET Read more...