October 17, 2026 | Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Symphonic Kind of Blue. Dedicated to the Centenary of Miles Davis
Vadim Eilenkrig, trumpet
Konstantin Safyanov, saxophone
Dmitry Mospan, saxophone
Dmitry Ilugdin, piano
Alexander Rodovsky, guitar
Armen Mkrtychyan, bass guitar
Vitaly Epov, drus
Conductor – Arsenty Tkachenko
Symphonic Kind of Blue
Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Suite from "The Sea Hawk"
Miles Davis. Nardis
Vadim Eilenkrig. Two : Two
The large-scale joint project by Vadim Eilenkrig and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the unique program Symphonic Kind of Blue in which legendary jazz masterworks take on a symphonic form, was premiered within the Vladimir Spivakov Invites… Festival edition in October 2019 in the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center. It’s coming performance at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on October 17 is dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue is the ever best-sold jazz album among jazz recordings, the work that opened the door into a new music era, a Bible for every jazz musician. All the participants of the recording, which took only two days to be made in the spring of 1959, turned out to become legends of world jazz, and for many of them the disc release was the start of a brilliant career. The jazz community immediately accepted the recording as an outstanding achievement.
Sixty years later Vadim Eilenkrig decided to send a musical offering to his great predecessor and presented the Kind of Blue composition in a symphonic setting. Vladimir Spivakov enthusiastically supported the idea, and now the baton has been passed on to Arsenty Tkachenko, the NPR’s deputy artistic director. Vadim Eilenkrig and the NPR under Arsenty Tkachenko will be joined by saxophonists Konstantin Safyanov and Dmitry Mospan, pianist Dmitry Ildugin, guitarist Alexander Rodovsky, bassist Armen Mkrtychyan and drummer Vitaly Epov.
“I tried to think through everything to the tiniest detail: from general dramaturgy to climaxes, - says Vadim Eilenkrig. - After all, Kind of Blue is chamber music, for a very personal perception. And now it was reworked to acquire the features of a Concerto, preserving at the same time the spirit of the Album! Miles is an iconic musician, a guidance in elaborating a new style, a new sound. He would use in his projects all musical innovations that appeared in the twentieth century, brought his own vision into them. I set to myself the task of telling my story with his language.”