Top Russian Conductor for Sydney Concerts

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RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN UKRAINE Events rbth.com/36183 Acclaimed pianist to perform Rach 3 OTHER EVENTS Top Russian Matters of the conductor heart museum for Sydney concerts PRESS PHOTO The Russian Society of Car- Celebrated Russian conductor it’s among my favourite piano diology (RSC) will be tak- Alexander Lazarev will lead concertos.” ing part in the World Con- the Sydney Symphony Acclaimed by the German gress of Cardiology 2014, Orchestra (SSO) this month, newspaper Stuttgarter Zei- LERNE KIM which is running in Mel- playing works by Rach- tung as one of the “greatest Pianist Lukas Vondracek made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic when he was just 14. bourne from May 4 to 7. maninoff and Shostakovich. pianistic talents of our times,” Russian cardiologists will 27-year-old Vondracek made Vondracek last played in es from the 18th century to ed the St Petersburg Philhar- introduce a joint social pro- KATHERINE TERS his debut at just 14, when he Sydney in 2007, when he per- avant-garde. In Soviet times, monic, the BBC Symphony ject of the RSC and the RBTH played with the Czech Phil- formed Rachmaninoff’s Pa- he was well-known for his Orchestra and the Royal Scot- World Heart Federation Under Lazarev’s direction, harmonic. ganini Rhapsody, also with efforts in disseminating and tish National Orchestra. (WHF) called the Heart Mu- from May 8 to 10 the SSO Born to pianist parents, the SSO. promoting the work of con- Symphony No. 15, Shosta- seum. Through a series of will perform Shostakovich’s Vondracek comes from a temporary Soviet and foreign kovich’s last, is considered to interactive displays, this ed- Symphony No. 15 in A major small town in the north-east composers. be a semi-autobiographical ucational project for chil- and the Rach 3 – Rachmani- of the Czech Republic. He is "I've been lucky A graduate of both St Pe- work. Written in the summer dren demonstrates the noff’s Third Piano Concerto also a protege of Vladimir enough to perform tersburg and Moscow con- of 1971 in Repino, it is fa- heart’s structure and func- in D minor. The Rach 3 will Ashkenazy, pianist and the with Ashkenazy since servatories and a prize-win- mous for its quotations, tions and provides advice be played by visiting Czech SSO’s Russian-born princi- ning conductor during which include an outburst of on how to maintain cardi- pianist Lukas Vondracek. pal conductor until last year. I was a teenager," Soviet times, Lazarev is ac- Rossini’s William Tell Over- ovascular health. One dis- In an interview with RBTH, “I’ve been lucky enough to Vondracek said. claimed in Russia and known ture, use of Wagner's Fate leit- play consists of costumes Vondracek said that “as far perform regularly with for his longstanding associa- motif from the Ring Cycle which let the wearers feel as piano literature goes, it Ashkenazy since I was a teen- He said he had never tions with Moscow’s Bolshoi and allusions to Glinka and what it is like to be five, doesn’t get much more chal- ager,” Vondracek said. “He worked with Lazarev before Theatre. From 1987 to 1995, Mahler. eight or 15 kilograms heav- lenging than the Rach 3. taught me how to discover and was very much looking he was the theatre’s chief con- Shostakovich said in con- ier. The RSC also joined the ...when you look beyond the the nuances and colour in forward to it. ductor and artistic director, versation with his friend international initiative “Red sheer number of notes, you’ll music; and just watching and Lazarev is a prolifi c per- and more recently (2009 to Isaak Glikman: “I don't quite dress”, a project which aims fi nd incredible passion and listening to his playing has former and recording artist, 2010) he was the conductor know why the quotations are to increase awareness about complex musical structures always been educational and known for the broad scope in residence there. there, but I could not, could the prevention of cardiovas- in this work. Without a doubt, inspiring for me.” of his repertoire, which rang- Lazarev has also conduct- not, not include them.” cular diseases in women. In the steps of Live capture of the Marco Spada will show in cinemas across Australia in May Ghenghis Khan formances live in high defi - Bolshoi ballet to screen in Australia nition for cinema screenings,” Australian adventurer, au- Sharmill Films’ Kate Mc- thor and film-maker Tim Curdy told RBTH. Cope will be talking about Live captures of Marco Spada, also known The live capture will be After that, Great Britain’s his new book On the Trail performances at the world's as The Bandit's Daughter, screened at Melbourne’s Cin- National Theatre and the of Genghis Khan at the Syd- best theatres are broadening was created at the Paris ema Nova, Village Cinemas Bolshoi Ballet followed their ney Writers Festival on May access to companies like the Opera in 1857. It is a three- Rivoli and Palace Dendy example, she said. Other bal- 23. Released by Bloomsbury Bolshoi Ballet. act ballet-pantomime, with Brighton; and at Sydney's lets by the Russian company last year, the book describes choreography from Joseph Cremorne Orpheum, Dendy Sharmill has distributed in Cope’s journey across the KATHERINE TERS Mazilier and music adapted Opera Quays and the Australia include The Nut- Eurasian steppe from Mon- RBTH from Daniel Auber's comic Palace Chauvel, among cracker, Sleeping Beauty and, golia through Kazakhstan, From May 10, Australia’s opera of the same name. The other cinemas. more recently, a new produc- Russia and Ukraine. Sharmill Films will be pre- Bolshoi has revived Pierre Established in 1967 by Na- tion of Jewels by George Bal- Cope, who speaks Russian senting cinema screenings of Lacotte's 1981 production of talie Miller, Sharmill Films anchine. from his days studying to the live capture of the the ballet, which was per- specialises in distributing Eu- “We’ve had very positive be a wilderness guide, is Bolshoi's performance of formed at the Rome Opera ropean films and alternate reactions from Australian au- passionate about the tradi- Marco Spada. The ballet, and in which Rudolf Nureyev content captured live. To date, diences to screenings of titles tional cultures of Russia and which premiered in Moscow played the lead. that alternate content has in- from the Bolshoi,” McCurdy Central Asia. at the end of last year, was The new production stars cluded theatre, opera and said, adding that the quality In response to recent fi lmed at the Bolshoi Theatre American David Hallberg ballet. of the captures was so high events in Ukraine, Cope is on March 30. It will be and St Petersburg-born danc- YUSUPOV DAMIR “The Met Opera in New that audiences had views keen to talk about his ex- screened in cities and region- ers Evgenia Obraztsova and A scene from Marco Spada, York was the fi rst company equivalent to the best seats periences with the Crimean al centres across Australia. Olga Smirnova. courtesy of the Bolshoi. to start capturing their per- in the house. Tatars. 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