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LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ARTISTBCGRAPI ES x ST.PETERSBURGPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The St. PetersburgPhilharmonic Orchestra,Russia's oldest symphonicensemble, was founded in 1B82and rapidly becamethe model for the performanceof Tchaikovskyand Shostakovich symphonies.In the early 20'hcentury the orchestrawas permitted to perform at commercial concertsfor the generalpublic. Tchaikovskyconducted the premidreof his Symphony|rlo.6 "Pathetique" with the orchestrashortly before his death. In 1911the orchestrabecame the StateOrchestra and following the Decreeof I92l it was incorporatedinto the newly foundedPetrograd Philharmonic, the first of its kind in the country. On the initiative of foreign conductors,the orchestrabegan to play modern repertoire Stravinsky,Schoenberg, Berg, Hindemith, Honeggerand Poulenc and continuedto premidrethe music of contemporaryRussian composers. Among the conductorswere world renownedmusicians such as Richard Strauss,Arthur Nikisch, Alexander Glazunov and SergeKoussevitsky. In 1988Yuri Temrikanovwas electedby its musiciansto becomethe Principal Conductorof the most famous national orchestra,a position he holds to this day. Yuri TemirkOnOV arfisficdirecfor & principatconducfor A graduatestudent of the Leningrad Conservatory,Yuri Temirkanovbegan his illustrious careerwith his victory atthe 2"dNational Conductors'Competition in 1966.Over the next few decadesMaestro Temirkanovwould lead and conduct orchestrasfrom all over the world, including the Academic Symphony Orchestraof the Philharmonia,Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Dresden Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatreand Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.In 1988 he becamethe artistic director and chief conductorof the St. PetersburgPhilharmonic Orchestra,a position he still holds to this day, and through his great leadershipand artistic vision has toured the Philharmonic throughoutthe world, firmly establishingit as one of the most important orchestrasperforming on the world's greatestconcert stages. in 1998he createdthe TemirkanovAward for talentedyoung musicians,granted annually to outstandingstudents both of the Musical School of the St. PetersburgConservatory, and of the Conservatoryitself. Yuri Temirkanovholds the title of the People'sArtist of the USSR, he has been awardedseveral State Awards and Orders (including the Order of Merit of the 2nd grade),the Presidentof Russiaaward and the Abbiati award (the only Russianconductor to be awardedit twice), the St. PetersburgGovernment Award and the Order of Merit for the Country of the 1" degree. The Maestro was electedHonorary Member of the Academy of SantaCecilia and an honorabledoctor of the Rimsky-Korsakov St. PetersburgState Conservatory and in 2009 Temirkanovbecame an honorary freemanof St. Petersburs. Vilde Frong,viotn Born in 1986 in , Ms. Frang studiedat the Barratt Due Music Institute in with at MusikhochschuleHamburg and Ana Chumachencoat the Kronberg Academy. Noted for her superbmusical expression,as well as her well-developedvirtuosity and musicality,Vilde Frang has establishedherself as one of the leadingyoung violinists of her generation.Highlights among her recent and forthcoming engagementsinclude performances with BayerischerRundfunk Munich, Orchestrede Paris,Philharmonia, Sydney Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra,Toronto Symphony and the Basel Kammerorchester,as well as a major U.S. tour with the St. PetersburgPhilharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov.Ms. Frang was also the recipient of the 2012 Credit Suisse Young Artists Award and made her debut with the Vienna Philharmonicunder at the Lucerne Summer Music Festival in September2012. Sheplays the I709 'Engleman' Stradivari,on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation

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