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“The Quartet’s immaculate musicianship shines like an illuminated manuscript” - The Independent "Mozart, Chopin and Bizet as you’ve never heard them before – classical music become theatre." - The Scotsman "Unveiling all the potential of their instruments, using their innate musical instincts, these Musicians perform in such a way that the heavens seem to open up before you." - Leidsch Dagblad "Love, hatred, irony, more philosophical feelings, all of these are mixed in Russian music, it’s very spiritual!" - The Independent All these quotes from the Russian and foreign press are dedicated to a single ensemble – St.Petersburg’s Terem Quartet. A pioneer ensemble, a trailblazer, the world’s first composer- ensemble, the Terem Quartet will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2016! Much of what the Terem Quartet has accomplished over its 30-year history was never done before. The Terem Quartet was the first Russian ensemble, together with the PoKrovsKy Ensemble, to perform for a foreign audience at Peter Gabriel’s world-famous WOMAD festival. The Terem Quartet was the first Russian folK instrument ensemble to win the hearts of Russian Philharmonic halls. [email protected] The Terem Quartet was the first ensemble bacK in the 1980s that tried to combine what seemed at that time unimaginable – academic music, folK and rocK, thus creating its own “Folk-RocK-Fantasy”. The Terem Quartet became the first ensemble to combine music on folK instruments with symphonic music through its ambitious “MasKed Ball” program with a symphonic orchestra. Artists Management The Terem Quartet was a pioneer of the Russian crossover-style: a style born at the intersection of unique crossroads of the times. MUSIC - The Terem Quartet was the first ensemble to introduce into their music elements of theatre and mime. “Their music is in their glance, their smile, their cry, the swing of their head or, Group ultimately, in their grimace. Strange as it might seem, Russia also has musicians who see music not only in the score”. NiKolai RussKiy (Vechernaya MosKva, 30 May 2006) Verho 1 Over the 30 years of its musical career, the Terem Quartet has toured over 65 countries and performed in the world’s best concert venues, among them are: Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, UK) John`s Smith Square (London, UK), St. James’ Palace (London, UK), Olympia Hall (Paris, France) Theatre Chatelet (Paris, France), Salle Gaveau (Paris, France), Alte Oper (FranKfurt, Germany), Concertgebow (Amsterdam, Holland), Conservatory G. Verdi (Torino, Italy), Theatre Alterosa (Belohorizonte, Brazil),Savoy Theatre (HelsinKi, Finland),Filharmonia Narodowa (Warsaw, Poland),Opera Theatre (Brugge, Belgium),Opera Theatre (Bombay, India), Latvian National Opera (Riga, Latvia),Adelaide Town Hall (Australia),New Fortune Theatre (Perth, Australia),Moscow Kremlin Palace (Moscow, Russia),TchaiKovsKy Great Hall & Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow Conservatory (Moscow, Russia),The State Hermitage ( Petersburg, Russia),The Great and Small Philharmonic Halls (St.-Petersburg, Russia),The International House of Music (Moscow, Russia). The Terem Quartet has often acted as a cultural ’envoy’ of St. Petersburg and Russia, representing their native country on a global level. Among such significant appearances are the meeting of Pope John Paul II with Families of the World in Vatican (1994), concert in St. James’s Palace in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales (Charles) (1999), 3000th Anniversary of Jerusalem (1996), G8 Summit in St. Petersburg (2006), Eurovision Song Contest (2009), Opening of the Sochi Olympics (2014), FIFA World Championships Draw (2015), and more. The uniqueness of the Terem Quartet has been documented by well-known television networKs and filmmakers over the world, from the BBC to the Japanese NHK, the German- French ARTE, and the German’s ARD, as well as National Geographic. The quartet has collaborated with numerous musicians, ensembles, symphony orchestras, including Bobby McFerrin, Richard Galliano, The Swingle Singers, Yuri Bashmet, Giora Feidman, Roby Lakatos, The Real Group, Alena Baeva, Carel Kraayenhof, Dora Schwarzberg, Igor Butman, ArKady ShilKloper, Daniel Kramer, Tim Kliphuis, Vladimir Chernov, Vassily Gerello, Coba, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunKs (under direction of Maestro Mariss Jansons), Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi and many, many more… Each concert of the Terem Quartet is a musical dialogue between the artists with the audience. The dialogue is sincere and exhilarating, sweeping away the language and cultural barriers. Musicians can help reveal the soul of the listener and turn to the light hidden in every one of us. This is achieved not only by masterly playing the instruments. “We give you bacK now an almost forgotten component of music, when it ceases to be just entertainment, and becomes a magic power, bringing education, Knowledge of the world, hope and joy of life in itself. It may even, perhaps, bring you a new meaning of life, – says the soloist of Terem Quartet Andrei Konstantinov. – We are not playing the music, it seems that it rather plays through us, and we are its agents speaking with the audience in its language”. 2 Orchestral Programs MASKED BALL • Concerto Grosso g-moll. (N. Budashkin — Terem Quartet, orchestration by E. Petrov) • The Little Prince. (M. Tariverdiev, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Preparance. (A. Piazzolla, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Oblivion. (A. Piazzolla, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Just dream. (F. Canaro, adapted by E. Petrov) • El Aeroplano, Creole waltz. (P. Datta, adapted by Terem Quartet) • A Flea Waltz (Shave and a Haircut). (Terem Quartet) • A Stroll with Fellini. (N. Rota, adapted by Terem Quartet, orchestration by E. Petrov) • Waltz, a soundtrack to ‘Beware of the Car’. (A. Petrov, adapted by E. Petrov) • Imitating Albeniz. (R. Shchedrin, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Time To Gather Stones Together. (E. Petrov) • Libertango. (A. Piazzolla, introduction by J. Bosso) • Oh, It's Steppe All Around (Russian folk song, adapted by E. Petrov) • Battle of Kerzhenets, a tone picture. (N. Rimsky-Korsakov, adapted by Terem Quartet and E. Petrov) • La Serenata, a musical tournament for two double basses. (E. Petrov) • Polovets Dances. (A. Borodin, adapted by E. Petrov) • Polonaise Oginski. (Terem Quartet) • Garden Symphony. (A. Tchaikovsky) • Overture to the opera ‘The Mermaid’. (A. Dargomyzhsky) Performed with symphony and chamber orchestras such as: § Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under direction of Maestro Mariss Jansons § Bremen Camerata § Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi" § Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra § Yekaterinburg Symphony Orchestra § State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia" § Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra 3 TEREM-QUARTET & RUSSIAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS ORCHESTRA • Concerto Grosso g-moll. (N. Budashkin, adapted by Terem Quartet, orchestration by E. Petrov) • Scotch Jig (J.S. Bach, adapted by Terem Quartet) • The Little Prince. (M. Tariverdiev, adapted by Terem Quartet) • A Flea Waltz (Shave and a Haircut). (Terem Quartet) • Once Upon a Time. (Terem Quartet) • A Stroll with Fellini. (N. Rota, adapted by Terem Quartet, orchestration by E. Petrov) • Waltz, a soundtrack to ‘Beware of the Car‘. (A. Petrov, adapted by E. Petrov) • Preparance. (A. Piazzolla, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Oblivion. (A. Piazzolla, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Time To Gather Stones Together. (E. Petrov) • Libertango. (A. Piazzolla, introduction by J. Bosso) • Oh, It's Steppe All Around (Step da step krugom). (Russian folk song, adapted by E. Petrov) Vocal Programs with leading voices of the Mariinsky Theatre IN SEARCH OF THE RUSSIAN IMAGE • Aria of Swan Princess from the opera ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’. (N. Rimsky-Korsakov, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Russian folk song ‘ Travushka-muravushka’. (adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘At dawn you do not wake her’. (A. Varlamov, lyrics by A. Fet, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Russian folk song ‘Come Vanechka’ (Vanechka, prikhodi). (adapted by V. Garteveldt) • Russian folk song ‘I was in the garden’ (Ya v sadochke byla). (adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘Chto mne zhit` i tuzhit`’.(A. Varlamov, folk lyrics, adapted by D. Saliman- Vladimirov) • Vocalise. (S. Rachmaninoff, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘How Peaceful’. (S. Rachmaninoff, lyrics by G. Galina, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘I do not want’ (Ne khochu). (P. Bulakhov, lyrics by anonymous author, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘Oh, do not kiss me’. (A. Varlamov, lyrics by anonymous author, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Romance 'Zlota Rybka' (the Goldfish). (S. Moniuszko, lyrics by J. Zachariasiewicz, adapted by Terem Quartet) • ‘Svetlana's Lullaby’ soundtrack to ‘The Hussar Ballad’. (T. Khrennikov, lyrics by A. Gladkov, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Cradle Song ‘Sleep, My Baby Boy’, a soundtrack to ‘The Circus’. (I. Dunayevsky, lyrics by V. Lebedev-Kumatch, adapted by Terem Quartet) • Gipsy romance ‘Hey, once again’. (I. Vassiliev, lyrics by A. Grigoriev, adapted by Terem Quartet) 4 TEREM-QUARTET AND VASSILY GERELLO • Overture to the opera ‘The Barber of Seville’. (G. Rossini — Terem Quartet) • Romance ‘You can listen if you want’ (Slushaite, yesli khotite). (Music and lyrics by N. Shishkin) • Romance ‘Only once in your life could be the meeting’ (Tol’ko raz byvaet v zhizni vstrecha). (B. Fomin, lyrics by P. German) • Romance ‘Oh, If Only I Could Express in Sounds’(O, yesli b mog virazit’ v zvuke). (L. Malashkin, lyrics by G. Lishin) • Romance ‘Yamshik Ne Goni Loshadei’. (Ya. Feldman, lyrics by N. Ritter)