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Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist (1842–1912)
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- conductor, classical composer, pianist, music teacher, ethnomusicologist, composer
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2023-09-23 09:31:00
The juxtaposition of extreme eras of music makes people think about what is fascinating in the music: Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko on his London Piano Festival programme
Vadym Kholodenko at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in 2022The Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko gives a recital at the London Piano Festival at Kings Place on Friday 6 October 2023 playing a programme that moves from Handel's Suite in Bb HWV 440 and Haydn's Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob XVI No. 36 to Beethoven's Sonata No. 27, Op. 90 to Silvestrov's Bagatelles Op. 1 and Adès' Traced Overhead, ending with Liszt's Après une lecture de Dante and Tarantella in G minor from Années de pèlerinage II (Italy). And Vadym returns to the UK in December for Bartók's Piano Concerto No.3 with the Ulster Orchestra, conductor Elena Schwarz. Vadym Kholodenko (Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot)Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Vadym took his first piano lessons at the age of six and began touring internationally at thirteen years old. Educated at the Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, he studied […]
2022-07-30 06:07:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 30, 2022
Don Carlos & Vienna Summer Night Concert on PBSNext month, “Great Performances at the Met: Don Carlos” premieres beginning Sunday, August 7 on PBS (check local listings). For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition.With new staging by David McVicar, conductor Patrick Furrer leads a starry cast including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as Eboli. Bass-baritones Eric Owens and John Relyea are Philippe II and the Grand Inquisitor with baritone Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigue. Soprano Ailyn Pérez hosts. The broadcast is part of season 16 of “Great Performances at the Met” that includes 10 new operas premiering monthly through November on PBS (check local listings).Also next month, “Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert […]
2022-07-23 05:36:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 23, 2022
Teatro Real Orchestra in US Debut at Carnegie HallThe Orchestra of Teatro Real (the Royal Opera of Madrid), Spain’s national opera house and winner of “Best Opera Company” at the 2021 International Opera Awards, makes its U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall in “A Celebration of Spanish Music” on September 15, 2022 at 8:30 pm.The concert celebrates the music of Spain, with the first half devoted to piano and orchestral music by Falla and Albéniz. After intermission, the program turns to a selection of pieces from zarzuela (a form of Spanish opera) by Manuel de Falla, Amadeo Vives, Pablo Sorozábal, Gerónimo Giménez and Manuel Nieto, as well as orchestral works by Federico Chueca, Falla and Albéniz. Three internationally renowned Spanish artists join the Teatro Real orchestra for this all-Spanish program: guest conductor Juanjo Mena, pianist Javier Perianes, and soprano Sabina Puértolas.The historic U.S. debut of the Orchestra of Teatro Real also […]
2021-10-25 14:57:34
Anna Fedorova was born in Kiev, Ukraine on February 27, 1990. Her parents were both concert musicians. She started piano lessons at five with her parents, and gave her first recital just a year later. At seven, she performed with the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine. Fedorova won several prizes as a youngster, including the International Frederick Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, and began to land concert bookings. She enrolled at Kiev’s Lysenko Musical College for Gifted Children, studying for five years under a scholarship donated by the president of Ukraine, graduating in 2008. Fedorova went on to the Royal
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