IX International Musical Olympus Festival
May 28 – June 02, 2004
Saint-Petersburg
May 28, Friday
The Hermitage Theatre
The State Hermitage Orchestra
Conductor Vasily Petrenko (Russia), First Prize, The 6th Cadaques International Conducting Competition, Barcelona (Spain), 2002
A. Petrov “Vivat, Olympus!”, Celebration Ouverture
K. Saint-Saens Concerto №3 for Violin and Orchestra
Soloist Valentina Sviatlovskaya (Russia), First Prize, The Renata Molinari International Violin Competition, 2002
Ian David Munro “Dreams”, for Solo Piano and Orchestra
Soloist Ian David Munro (Canada), Grand Prize for Composition, The Queen Elisabeth International Musical Competition, Brussels, 2003
M.M. Ponce Concierto del Sur
Soloist Flavio Sala (Italy), First Prize, Michaele Pittaluga International Guitar Competition, Alessandria, 2003
F. Liszt Concerto #2 for Piano and Orchestra
Soloist Roberto Giordano (Italy), Special prize of the Seiler Piano Fabric, Kitzingen, Germany, 1996
May 30, Sunday
(the concert is included in the program of the Amber Night Ball)
The Yousoupov’s Palace
Keiko Abe Variations on Japanese Children´s Songs (1982) for Marimba Solo
Neboisa Jovan Zivkovic "Ultimatum Ι" for Marimba Solo
Soloist Theodor Milkov (Greece) Laureate of the International «Evrovision» competition, Berlin, 2003
E. Trostiansky- E. Shabalin Quadrille
V.Andreev Romanian Song and Czardas
L.C. Daquin-V. Zazhigin Cuckoo
U.Yoko-V.Averin Sacura, Theme and Variation on the Japanese folk song for Balalaika Solo
B.Kozlov - E. Shabalin The Small Detective
Soloist Ilia Petrov (Russia), Grand-Prize, The International Moscow Competition for Folk Instruments Performers, 2003
The Russian Performing Arts Foundation Grant-holder Irina Sergeeva
A.Piazzolla Libertango / Meditango
P.de Sarasate “Navarra”
N.Risol - M.Nazarchuk Hungarian Czardas
Soloists Aleksander Orlov and Mikhail Nazarchuk (Ukraine), prize-winners of international Folk Music Competitions
May 31, Monday
Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera music concert “Mikhail Glinka and his Musical World”
Conductor Dmitriy Hokhlov (Russia)
M. Glinka Overture to “Ruslan and Ludmila”
Cavatina of Ludmila from “Ruslan and Ludmila”
Ch.Gounod Valse of Juliette from “Romeo and Juliette” (1865)
Soloist Ju Park Hyun, First Prize, The Shizuoka International Opera Competition, Hamamatsu, 2003
M.Glinka Overture to “Life for the Zsar”
Aria of Ivan Susanin from “Life for the Tzar”
Ch.Grounod Aria of Mephistipheles from “Faust”
G.Rossini Aria of Basilio from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
Soloist Mahera Serhiy, First Prize, The International Voice Competition of Bilbao, 2003
M.Glinka Romance of Antonida from “Life for the Tzar”
G.Meyerbeer Cavatina of the Page from “Les Huguenots”
Soloist Victoria Voitenkova (Russia), Musical Olympus Foundation Award, 2003
W.A.Mozart Aria of Figaro from “Le nozze di Figaro”
P. Tchaikovsky Aria of Onegin from “Eugene Onegin”
Aria of Eletsky from “The Queen of Spades” (1890)
Soloist Papendell Guenter, third prize, The International ARD Music Competition, Munich, 2003
P. Tchaikovsky “Francesca da Rimini”, symphonic fantasia in Уminor, op.32 (1876)
June 1, Tuesday
Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia
The State Hermitage Orchestra
Conductor Andris Nelsons (Latvia)
W.A. Mozart Concerto #5 in A major for Violin and Orchestra, KV219
Soloist Corinne Chapelle (France), Second prize, Liana Issakadze International Violin Competition, St. Petersburg, 2003
P.Tcaikovsky Variations on Rococo Theme in A Major for Cello and Orchestra, op.33
H. Vieuxtemps Concerto №5 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, op.37
Soloist Suyoen Kim (Korea), First Prize, International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition, Augsburg, 2003
C. Saint-Saëns Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso op.28
N. Rimsky- Korsakov "Le coq d'or" (Zimbalist) for Violin and Orchestra
Soloist Nicolas Koeckert (Germany), First Prize, International Violin Competition in Novosibirsk, 2001
A. Glazunov Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra
Soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, First Prize, Credit Suisse Young Artists Award, 2002
June 2, Wednesday
Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Vsevolod Polonsky (Russia), Audience Prize, International Competition for Young Orchestral Conductors, Besancon, 2003
S.Prokofiev Concerto #3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, op.26
Soloist Sergey Kuznetsov (Russia), Second prize, The International Geza Anda Competition, Zuerich, 2003
S. Rachmaninov Concerto #3 in D minor for piano and orchestra, op.30
Soloist Wen-Yu Shen (China), Second prize (piano), The Queen Elisabeth International Competition, Brussels, 2003
W.A. Mozart Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (to be confirmed)
Soloist Rachel Cheung Wai Ching (China), First Prize, Vladimir Horowitz International Competition for young pianists, Kiev, 2003
W. Lutoslawski Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Soloist Bartosz Koziak (Poland), First Prize, The Witold Lutoslawski International Cello competition, Warsaw, 2001