CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ORCHESTRA ROSTER Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8pm MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Zellerbach Hall Alexei Kornienko, Chief Conductor, Laureate of International Competitions Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra Robert Cole, conductor Robert Cole, conductor Violin I Cello Bassoon with Igor Khvalev, Concertmaster Alexey Shulgin, Principal Evgeny Evstafyev, Principal Alexander Sinchuk, piano Alexader Torsukov Alla Makova Mikhail Velichenko Elena Abdullina Liubov Kotsiubenko and Liudmila Zhukova Alexander Koptsov Horn Julian Schwarz, cello Igor Kiselenko Yulia Tretiakova Nikolay Kumarin, Principal Tatiana Revedinskaya Tatiana Barykina Dmitry Babintsev Julia Maklakova Mikhail Yakovlev Dmitri Kouznetsov PROGRAM Evgeniya Badaeva Lyubov Kozhemiatova Victor Platonov Boris Markosyan Sergey Zheltov Nataliya Mikhalkina Double Bass Vladimir Efimenko Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture Yury Zhogas Evseviy Kirnitskiy, Principal Natalia Alexeeva Andrey Knyazev Trumpet (1869; rev. 1870, 1880) Olena Kostaniants German Chernyavskiy Evgeny Kudryavtsev, Principal Ekaterina Khoroshilova Vladimir Prikhodko Yury Poliakov Alexandr Serdyukov Nikolay Aseev Serge Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Violin II Svetlana Rodionovskaya Nikita Tokarev for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 (1934) Nina Rumyantseva, Principal Alexander Sinchuk, piano Mikhail Karapetyan Flute Trombone Leonid Tobolev Vladimir Maydanovich, Principal Konstantin Baev, Principal Anna Venina Albert Ratsbaum Alexander Novakov INTERMISSION Nadezda Neznanova Maria Grigoryeva Igor Gringauz Vitaliya Chursinova Tamara Vinnikova Oboe Bass Trombone Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Natalia Dolganina Anastasia Zayvyy, Principal Igor Kuklichev for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 (1876) Alexandra Kalinina Linar Zimukov Elena Lomonosova Natalya Bodrova Percussion Julian Schwarz, cello Mikhail Arshinov, Principal Viola English Horn Oleg Vorobiev Lev Rodionov, Principal Linar Zimukov Mikhail Ponkratiev Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) Scheherazade, Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 (1888) Stanislav Koriakin Vladimir Popov The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship Evgeny Rogozinskiy Clarinet The Story of the Kalandar Prince Olga Kozhurina Arseniy Stavtsev, Principal Harp The Young Prince and the Young Princess Elena Fedotova Vladislav Petlevannyy Olga Selezneva Elvira Popova Festival at Baghdad — The Sea — Shipwreck Viktoriya Shlyukova Yury Ilyukhin Join us for a pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist William Quillen, on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 7pm in Zellerbach Hall. This Sightlines event is free to all concert ticket holders. Cal Performances’ 2009–2010 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. 12 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 13 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS In addition to the Orchestra’s extensive work Swarowsky in Europe. He served as associate con- had begun to participate in regional competitions for television, radio and film soundtracks, the ductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and of young musicians, and several times became the Orchestra has performed at the Kremlin Palace has appeared as a guest conductor with the Florida winner in these competitions. with the Moscow Classical Ballet in performance Philharmonic, Sacramento Symphony, Pasadena In 2000, Mr. Sinchuk began his studies with of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella Symphony, Hartford Ballet and Chautauqua Izolda Zemskova, Honored Artist of Russia and and Firebird. The Orchestra was featured in a con- Symphony. Mr. Cole was the executive director Professor of the Far East Academy of Arts in Russia. cert on the Sobor Square in the Kremlin in 1998 and music director of the Ballet Society of Los Under Professor Zemskova’s tutelage, Mr. Sinchuk with Monserrat Coballiet. Angeles, and has conducted and produced ballet, trained for his first significant piano competition At the present the Moscow State Radio opera and musical theater in California and New and in March 2002 entered and won First Prize Symphony Orchestra is one of the best Moscow or- York. in the International Competition for Pianists in chestras. The Orchestra gives subscription concerts Mr. Cole has garnered accolades for perfor- Vladivostok. “Young Stars of Russia” at Tchaikovsky Hall and mances in the United States, Russia and the United In August 2002, Mr. Sinchuk participated at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. These Kingdom. He appeared as conductor with the in master-classes of the 10th International “New concerts are broadcast by radio stations: Orphey, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the State Ballet Names” School in Suzdal, where he received train- TheMoscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra Voice of Russia, Mayak, Radio of Russia, Yunost of Georgia at the 2008 Edinburgh International ing from Naum Shtarkman, People’s Artist of was founded in 1978 as an outgrowth of the need and Cultura and TV Center channels. “Music has Festival and conducted the Orchestra of the Russia and Distinguished Professor at the Moscow for the symphonic repertoire of the 18th, 19th and no borders” concerts with the participation of for- Mariinsky Theatre with the Perm Ballet at the State Conservatory of Music. In September 2002, 20th centuries to be broadcast throughout Russia eign musicians and conductors have started at the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. Mr. Cole Mr. Sinchuk entered the Central Music School for the benefit of its citizens. It was decided that Moscow House of Radio. has conducted Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut at of the State Conservatory in the studio of Nina the Orchestra should broadcast performances on The Orchestra has given performances Sadler’s Wells in London, the Brooklyn Academy Makarova, Honored Worker of Culture of the a weekly basis. in: Munich, Stuttgart, Rome, Naples, Milan, of Music in New York and at Cal Performances Russian Federation. The Orchestra expanded its activities into Florence, Madrid, Barcelona, Saragossa, Seoul, in Berkeley. In June 2010, he will conduct Giselle In January 2003, Mr. Sinchuk won First Prize Russian television, including projects with Korean Pussan, Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, for Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of at the fifth international competition named after KBC and German ZDF. In 1980, the Orchestra Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles and others. In Georgia at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, pianist Maria Yudina in St. Petersburg. In January created a major subscription series in Moscow’s 2004, Columbia Artist Management organized South Carolina. 2004, Mr. Sinchuk won First Prize at the Second Tchaikovsky Hall and Great Hall of the Moscow the Orchestra’s tour of the United States. The From 1986 to 2009, Mr. Cole was director of All-Russia Open Competition for Young Musicians Conservatory. The Orchestra’s first music director Orchestra gave 42 concerts in 22 states. Programs Cal Performances on the campus of the University in Hanty-Mansijsk, and in April 2004 went on was Alexander Mikhailov, who received his edu- including Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and of California, Berkeley. He was also general di- to win First Prize (Grand-Prix) of the “Art of the cation under Evgeny Mravinsky and Ilia Musin. Rimsky-Korsakov were presented. rector of the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition, an 21st Century” international competition in Kiev, He led the Orchestra until 1996, when Anatoli The Orchestra records the Golden collection international festival of early music he founded in Ukraine. In November 2005, Mr. Sinchuk won Nemudrov (a disciple of Danila Tulin) assumed of classic music (Russian and European) together June 1990. In 1995, Mr. Cole was made a Chevalier First Prize (Grand Prix) at the Sixth International the music directorship. with the State Television and Radio Foundation. of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government Piano Competition named after K. N. Igumnov. Today, the Orchestra follows the European From 1995 to 2006, the Orchestra issued 32 of France. He received the Berkeley Citation for During his training in Vladivostok, music tradition and does not have a permanent CDs with Mediafon Hänssler, Santec Music and Distinguished Achievement in 1997 and was Mr. Sinchuk performed solo concerts in the cities chief conductor. Maestro Nemudrov invites con- other labels. awarded, the Berkeley Medal, the University of of the Far East, including in Japan and Korea, and ductors from Russia and abroad in order to facili- California’s highest honor in 2009. performed Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 tate the continuing development and mastery of Robert Cole (conductor) with the Pacific Orchestra at the Chamber Theatre the musicians. Among the conductors who have received his M.A. in mu- Alexander Sinchuk of Vladivostok in May 2002. worked with the Orchestra are Fyodor Glutchenko, sic from the University (piano) was born in While finishing his studied at the Central Eduard Serov, Fuat Mansurov, Vladimir Verbitsky, of Southern California 1988 in Nakhodka, Music School Mr. Sinchuk regularly performed in Nikolai Alekseev, Vladimir Ponkin, Pavel Sorokin, School of Music and stud- Russia, a city in the the concert halls of the Moscow State Conservatory Vladimir Ivanov, Felix Korobov, Dmitry Tarasov, ied conducting with Ingolf Primorsky region. and in the Moscow International House of Music. Sergey Kondrashev, Alexei Kornienko (Russian Dahl and Richard Lert He began his study In 2004–2005, Mr. Sinchuk performed solo con- Federation); Klaus Peter Khan, Werner Stiefel in Los Angeles, Leonard of the