Symphony Orchestra of India Alexander Lazarev, conductor > Nurit Stark, violin > Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Bloch: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 Alexander Lazarev, one of Russia’s foremost conductors, leads the opening concert which opens with the prelude to Richard Wagner’s great comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wagner voiced that it was the splendid sunset spectacle of “golden Mayence (Mainz) with the majestic Rhine flooding its outskirts in a glory of light” that caused […]

Nurit Stark, violin > Cédric Pescia, piano > Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K 303 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 Schubert: Fantasy in C major, D 934 Israeli violinist and violist Nurit Stark studied in the Rubin Academy Tel Aviv, Juilliard School New York, Musikhochschule Cologne, and Universität der Künste Berlin. A prize winner at the G. Enescu Competition Bucharest, Chamber Music Competition “Premio Trio di Trieste”, and L. Mozart Violin Competition Augsburg, Stark has made solo appearances with such […]

Alexander Lazarev, conductor > Katherine Bicknell, flute > Daniela Iolkicheva, harp > Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 This concert, conducted by Alexander Lazarev, opens with the orchestral prelude to Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina, left unfinished at his death in 1881, and subsequently revised and completed by Rimsky-Korsakoff. The prelude is an exquisite little tone poem that he titled Dawn on the Moscow River. It is not a sunburst, but the […]

Symphony Orchestra of India Marat Bisengaliev, violin > Sevak Avanesyan, cello > Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 Music Director Marat Bisengaliev leads this concert featuring the works of Dvořák and Prokofiev. Winner of multiple international competitions, Armenian cellist Sevak Avanesyanopens the concert with Dvořák’s cello concerto,  one of the greatest and most popular works in the genre. Despite serious reservations as to the suitability of the cello as a solo instrument, […]

Alexei Volodin, piano > Schumann / Liszt: Widmung Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: Concert Suite from The Sleeping Beauty Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18 Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, pianist Alexei Volodinis in demand by orchestras at the highest level. Recording for Challenge Classics, Volodin’s disc of solo Rachmaninoff works was released in 2013 to critical acclaim. Recent highlights include his debut at the BBC Proms with the London Symphony Orchestra, and concerts with Orquestra del Teatro di San Carlo, […]

Zane Dalal, conductor > Alexei Volodin, piano > Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird The final concert, conducted by Associate Music Director Zane Dalal, opens with Mozart’s overture to the opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, a story about a Spanish nobleman Belmonte trying to rescue his lover Constanze and servants who were kidnapped by Turkish pirates. Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, […]