XXXVII International Music Festival "December Evenings of Sviatoslav Richter" Automatic translate

By December 27th (Main Building), White Hall

Concert starts at 20:00

This year, the festival, traditionally combining painting, music, poetry and theater, is dedicated to the exhibition "Picasso & Khokhlova". The music programs of the festival, following the life line of the main characters of the exhibition, include Russian, French and Spanish music. Thirteen programs of the festival represent the main styles and genres that determined the changing musical language of the era, consonant with the search for Picasso from the 1910s to the 1960s.

December 8 - “Red on Black: Flamenco Magic”

In the program: traditional genres of cante flamenco. Performers: Maria Hunkal (dance), Isaac de los Reyes (dance), Juan Carlos Trivigno (cantor), Honatan Reyes Jimenez (cantor)

December 10 - “Pablo Picasso. Ballet Triptych

In the program: music of the one-act ballets Parade (E. Satie), Triangle (M. de Falla), Blue Express (D. Millau). Performers: Ensemble of soloists "Studio of new music." Conductor - Igor Dronov. The musical program is performed against the background of a video projection of three ballets (reconstruction of the performances of the “Russian Seasons”) performed by EUROPA DANSE (2007) and GRAND OPÉRA (1993)

December 14 - “Twists of the twentieth century”

The program: I. Stravinsky, D. Millau, V. Shebalin, M. Weinberg. Artists: "Quatuor Danel" (France)

December 15 - “Fragrances of Alien Flowers”

Performance improvisation by Sergei Jurassic
(in 2 acts)

The program includes: arrangements of popular melodies of the 1930–1940s, piano compositions by E. Satie, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, F. Poulenc and M. de Falli. Performers: Sergey Yursky, Alexei Kudryashov (piano), Jazz Quartet composed of: Alexei Skipin (accordion), Mikhail Khokhlov (double bass), Lev Uspensky (guitar), Pavel Demidov (drums)

December 16 - "Hommage á Maestro Richter". Recital by Mikhail Pletnev

In the program: V.A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven

December 18 - Masterpieces of French violin music

Program: S. Frank, C. Debussy, M. Ravel. Performers: Renault Capuson (violin), Guillaume Bell (piano)

December 21 - "Call to Order." From Claude French to The Six

The program: C. Debussy, M. Ravel, D. Millau, F. Pulenk. Performers: Natalya Gutman (cello), Svyatoslav Moroz (violin), Dmitry Vinnik (piano), Rustam Komachkov (cello), Mikhail Beznosov (clarinet), Olga Dyachkovskaya (soprano), Alexey Konoplyannikov (oboe), Mikhail Urman (bassoon), Alexander Lebedev (trumpet), Alexander Bagirov (drums)

December 22 - “The Music of the Word”. Les Six group and literary avant-garde

In the program: A. Honegger, F. Pulenk, J. Orik, J. Viener. Performers: Adele Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Jean Christophe Lanes (baritone), Lyudmila Berlinskaya (piano)

December 24 - Sati & Stravinsky. Music for theater and cinema

In the program: I. Stravinsky (“Parsley”, “Playing Cards”), E. Sati (“Socrates”, “Intermission”). Performers: Alexey Lyubimov (piano), Alexey Zuev (piano), soloists of the Musical Academic Theater. KS Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko - Natalya Muradymova (soprano), Natalya Petrozhitskaya (soprano), Valeria Zaitseva (soprano), Larisa Andreeva (mezzo-soprano), Puppet Theater “The Wandering Den”

December 26 - "Between love and love…". Musical and poetic evening based on the works of Marina Tsvetaeva

The program includes: Marina Tsvetaeva’s love and civic lyrics; musical works by I. S. Bach, M. Giuliani, E. Villa-Lobos, L. Legnani, E. Stefan.

Performers: Svetlana Kryuchkova, Alexander Kryuchkov (guitar).

December 27 - "De Profundis clamavi". 14th symphony of D. Shostakovich

Performers: Mariinsky Theater soloists Askar Abdrazakov (bass) and Maria Bayankina (soprano), Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble. Chief Conductor - Yuri Bashmet