Season 2016/2017
29 September 2016
Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory
3 October 2016
Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory
IV RISE &GO! Charitable Concert for palsy children
Persimfans (First Symphony Ensemble – conductorless orchestra)
Richard Wagner. Overture to Parsifal
Anatoly Lyadov. The enchanted lake
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Romeo and Juliet overture-fantasia
Alexander Scriabin. Rêverie (Dreams)
Alexander Mosolov. Iron Foundry (Factory: machine-music)
Alexander Lebedev. Concert for piano and orchestra, part 2
Sergei Prokofiev. Ode to the end of the war
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29 October 2016
Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Melodiya Apriori series 2nd Recital: QUINTET+
Ludmila Berlinskaya (piano), New Russian Quartet ft. Julia Igonina (1st violin), Elena Kharitonova (2nd violin), Mikhail Rudoy (viola), Alexey Steblev (cello) + Igor Fedorov (clarinet)
Nikolai Medtner. Piano quintet in C major, po.posth
Sergei Prokofiev. Overture on the Hebrew Themes, op.34
Alexey Kurbatov. Sextet (commissioned piece)
Dmitry Shostakovich. Piano quintet in G minor, op.57
29 November 2016
Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Melodiya Apriori series 3rd Recital: 3X3
Lukas Geniušas (piano), Aylen Pritchin (violin), Alexander Buzlov (cello)
Dmitri Shostakovich. Piano trio No.1 in C minor, op.8
Mieczysław Weinberg, Piano trio, ор. 24
Maurice Ravel. Piano trio in A minor, M.67
29 December 2016
Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Melodiya Apriori series 4th Recital: LIEDERABEND
Andrei Jilihovsci (baritone), Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Alban Berg. Sonata for piano, op.1
Paul Hindemith. Einleitung und Lied, op.37/2
Hugo Wolf. 18 Mörike-Lieder from all four songbooks
Richard Strauss. Morgen (recorded encore)
21 March 2017
Yamaha Artists Centre
Yuri Favorin (piano), Serge Poltavsky (viola)
Alexey Sysoev. Present Perfect. World première
In partnership with Yamaha Music Russia
Season 2017/2018
3 October 2017
Niko Art Gallery
V RISE & GO! Charitable concert for palsy children
Natalia Muradymova (soprano), Yury Favorin (piano), Alexey Kurbatov (piano), Aylen Pritchin (violin), Haik Kazazyan (violin), Ilya Gaisin (violin), Sergei Suvorov (cello), Igor Fedorov (clarinet)
Aram Khachaturian. Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
Sergei Prokofiev. Four Etudes for piano
Sergei Prokofiev. Sonata #2 for violin and piano
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Four romances
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Трио "Памяти великого художника"
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27 October 2017
Niko Art Gallery
SOLO CELLO: Boris Andrianov
Giovanni Sollima. Alone
J.S.Bach. Suite #3
Giovanni Sollima. Lame
J.S. Bach. Suite #4
Giovanni Sollima. Lamentatio
Zoltán Kodály. Sonata #8
1 December 2017
Niko Art Gallery
Yury Favorin piano recital
Nikolai Tcherepnin. The Masque of the Red Death, Choreodrama in one act based on Ed.Poe, op.49
Arthur Lurié. Formes en l'air, dedicated to Pablo Picasso
Gavriil Popov. Large Suite, op.6
Alexander Scriabin.Sonata #10, op.70
14 December 2017
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
DIE ÜBERMENSCHLICHE MUSIK. Dedicated to the centennial of Russian Revolution
Persimfans+ Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Ludwig van Beethoven. Egmont Overture
Kurt Schwitters. Die Ursonate
Julius Meitus. At Dneprostroi
Wolfgang A. Mozart. Die Zauberflöte overture in arrangement for the cinema, clubs and schools
Edmund Meisel. Music to The Battleship Potemkin movie (fragment)
Julius Meitus. For Ilich Death (rhythmic declamation)
Joseph Schillinger. October symphonic rhapsody
Supported by Göthe-Institut Moskau, Auswärtiges Amt and North Rhein-Westphalia State Administration in partnership with Helikon Artists and Tonhalle Düsseldorf.
Season 2018/2019
29 November 2018
Yamaha Artists Centre
Yury Favorin (piano), Dmitry Shchyolkin (percussion)
Alexey Sysoev. Present Indefinite. World première
In partnership with Yamaha Music Russia
25 March 2019
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Solo recital: Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Desyatnikov
Season 2020/2021
22 July 2020
NIKO Gallery
LIVE OFFLINE #1
Julia Igonina (violin), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano)
Chamber music: Schumann, Chausson, Brahms, Grieg
5 August 2020
NIKO Gallery
LIVE OFFLINE #2
Natalia Muradymova (soprano), Anton Zaraev (baritone), Irina Orzhekhovskaya (piano)
Russian romances and voice cycles: Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sviridov, Rachmaninoff
11 August 2020
NIKO Gallery
LIVE OFFLINE #3
Alisa Ten (voice), Serge Poltavsky (viola d’amore), Rust Pozyumsky (viola da gamba), Marina Belova (lute)
“Reflection of imaginary beauty”: Baroque music recital
18 August 2020
NIKO Gallery
LIVE OFFLINE #4
Nadezhda Artamonova (violin), Alexey Kurbatov (piano)
Chamber music: Medtner, Schumann, Mahler, Kurbatov, Grieg
21 September 2020
NIKO Gallery
LADIES APRIORI #1
Olga Tolkmit (soprano), Ksenia Bashmet (piano)
Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Puccini
13 October 2020
NIKO Gallery
NOVOSELIE: 4 voices & 4 violas
Chamber recital ft. folk'n'baroque music, Peter cantus, Rust Pozyumsky's compositions
Voices: Alisa Ten, Marfa Semyonova, Evgeny Bargintsev, Dmitry Matvienko
Violas: Serge Poltavsky, Vadim Weinstein, Rust Pozymsky, Anton Izgagin
19 October 2020
NIKO Gallery
Piano duet
Anna Geniushene & Lukas Geniusas
Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky
21 October 2020
NIKO Gallery
MUSIC FOR ARTSAKH
Charitable musical marathon to raise funds for the VIVA Charitable Foundation
25 October 2020
NIKO Gallery
INTRADA APRIORI
Intrada vocal ensemble under Ekaterina Antonenko
Russian baroque music
23 November 2020
NIKO Gallery
LADIES APRIORI #3
Daria Zykova (soprano), Varvara Myagkova (piano)
Bach, Shostakovich, Prokofiev
18 December 2020
NIKO Gallery
MUSIC OF CHAPELLS & SQUARES
QUORI CANTANTI ensemble
Italian Renaissance music
30 January 2021 (shifted from 19 October and 7 December)
LADIES APRIORI #2
Albina Latipova (soprano), Anna Geniushene (piano)
Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff
23 April 2021
St Andrew's Anglican Church
Varvara Myagkova (piano)
"Sacred and profane": Bach, Scarlatti, Messiaen
21 June 2021
NIKO Gallery
SOLSTICE APRIORI mini-fest
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Jacob Katsnelson (piano)
Bach. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No.1 in G major, BWV 1027
Schubert. Arpeggione sonata in A minor, D.821
Prokofiev. 4 pieces from "Romeo and Juliet" ballet (arr. for viola and piano by Borisovsky): Dance of the knights; Juliet as a young girl; Mercutio; Death of Juliet.
22 June 2021
NIKO Gallery
SOLSTICE APRIORI mini-fest
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Beethoven. 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from 'Das Waldmädchen', WoO 71
Rzewski. "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" (36 variations on Ortega/Quilapayun's song)
Season 2021/2022
06 October 2022
Beethoven Hall of the Bolshoi Theatre
Varvara Myagkova (piano)
Solo recital: Schubert, Brahms, Rossini, Glinka, Medtner
15 June 2022
Great Star Hall, Moscow Planetarium
Varvara Myagkova (piano)
"Sacred and profane": Bach, Scarlatti, Messiaen / CD presentation recital
Season 2022/2023
23 October 2022
NIKO Gallery
Yury Favorin's solo piano recital
Charles-Valentin Alkan. The Symphony for Solo Piano, op. 39, Nos. 4–7
Richard Strauss. Stimmungsbilder, op.9
Maurice Ravel. Miroirs, M.43
12 December 2022 TO BE SHIFTED to Zaryadye Hall on 5 March 2023
DK Rassvet / Cancelled
Richard Strauss. Selected works:
Stimmungsbilder, op.9
Die Vier letzten Lieder, op. posth
Piano Quartet in C minor, op.13
Yury Favorin (piano)
Olga Tolkmit (soprano)
Stanislav Malyshev (violin)
Serge Poltavsky (viola)
Olga Kalinova (cello)
6 February 2023
NIKO Gallery
Ladies Apriori reloaded
Darya Zykova (soprano) & Varvara Myagkova (piano)
Vsevolod Zaderatsky. 12 preludes from 24 composed in 1934
Mieczysław Weinberg. “Yiddish (Jewish) Songs”, 1st songbook, op.13 (sung in Russian)
Dmitry Shostakovich. Selected preludes and fugues, op.87
Sergei Prokofiev. Five poems of Anna Akhmatova, op.27
22 February 2023
NIKO Gallery
Mila Frayonova (soprano/violin) & Yury Favorin (piano)
César Franck. Violin sonata in A major; “Le vase brisé”/song for voice & piano, FWV 84
Claude Debussy. Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 for piano solo; two songs for voice & piano “Beau soir”, L. 84, “Clair de lune”
Maurice Ravel. Blues from Violin & Piano Sonata No.2 in G
Season 2023/2024
25 October 2023
NIKO Gallery
Alexander Kashpurin (piano). Solo recital: "Story of one's life"
Anatoly Lyadov "A Musical Snuffbox", Op.32 (1893)
Frédéric Chopin. Waltz in A-flat major, Op.34 No.1 (1834)
Galina Ustvolskaya. Piano Sonata No.6 (1988)
Manuel de Falla. Canción (1915)
Christoph Willibald Gluck/Giovanni Sgambati. "Melody" from the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice", Wq.30 (1762)
Johann Sebastian Bach/Wilhelm Kempff. "Largo" from Harpsichord Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (1738)
Nikolay Medtner. "Canzona Serenata", Op.38 No.6 (1922)
Franz Liszt. "Aprés une lecture du Dante", Fantasia quasi Sonata (1849)
Franz Liszt. Piano sonata in B minor, S. 178 (1853)
30 November 2023
NIKO Gallery
Arina Lazgiian (piano). Solo recital
Benjamin Britten. Five waltzes for piano, op. 3 (1925) / Suite for piano "Holiday diary", op. 5 (1934)
Cyril Meir Scott. Selected piano pieces
Gabriel Fauré. Selected Nocturnes
Maurice Ravel. Sonatine pour piano (1905) /
5 February 2024
NIKO Gallery
Ekaterina Vorontsova (mezzo-soprano), Arina Lazgiian (piano), Serge Poltavsky (viola)
Franz Liszt. Romance oubliée, S.527
Richard Wagner. Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
Felix Mendelssohn. Viola sonata in C minor, MWV Q 14
Johannes Brahms. Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 9
20 February 2024
NIKO Gallery
Alexander Kashpurin (piano). Solo reictal
Franz Liszt. The Transcendental Études S.139
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
17 May 2024
NIKO Gallery
MAY NIGHTS concert series #1
Alisa Ten (vocal, viola da gamba) & Rust Pozyumsky (vocal, viola da gamba)
Rust Pozyumsky. Tiny opera “The Maid of the Sea” (2023) & new Courteous arias (2024)
24 May 2024
NIKO Gallery
MAY NIGHTS concert series #2
Olga Tolkmit (soprano) & Yury Favorin (piano)
Modest Mussorgsky. Pictures at an Exhibition (1874), The Nursery (1868/1872)
Richard Strauss. Stimmungsbulder, op.9 (1884), Vier letzte Lieder, op. posth (1848)
31 May 2024
NIKO Gallery
MAY NIGHTS concert series #3
Yury Martynov (hammerklavier) & Alexander Rudin (cello)
Ludwig van Beethoven. A selection of works for pianoforte with obbligato violoncello
- Two sonatas, op. 5 (1796)
- Twelve variations on the theme "See the Conquering Hero Comes" from Händel's oratorio "Judas Maccabeus", WoO. 45
- Seven variation of the theme "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart’s opera "Die Zauberflöte", WoO. 46
- Twelve variations on the theme "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" Mozart’s opera "Die Zauberflöte", оp. 66
5 June 2024
NIKO Gallery
PUSHKIN-225!
Natalia Petrozhitskaya (soprano) & Pavel Konovalov (piano)
Nikolai Medtner. Five Pushkin poems, op.52 (1928)
Sergei Prokofiev. Two Puskin valses, op.120 (1949)
Benjamin Britten. "The Poet's Echo", op.76 (1965)
Boris Tchaikovsky. "Pushkin's lyrics" (1972)
Georgy Sviridov. Two fragments for piano form "The Blizzard" (1973)
Veniamin Basner. Six poems of Pushkin (1987)
Season 2024/2025
1 October 2024
NIKO Gallery
"Labirints of Beauty"
Alexander Kashpurin (piano). Solo recital
Valentin Silvestrov. "The messenger" (1996)
Nikolai Medtner. "Forgotten Melodies", op.38 (1919/1920)
Nastasia Khrushcheva. "Russian dead-ends" and a selection of piano pieces of varios Russian composers
25 November 2024
NIKO Gallery
"Lullaby": decication to the Mother's Day
Albina Latipova (soprano) & Yury Martynov (piano)
Various pieces for voice and piano by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Grieg, R. Strauss, & Dunaevsky.
13 December 2024
NIKO Gallery
Arina Lazgiian (piano). Solo recital
Claude Debussy. "Children's corner", L.113 (1906/1908) and Piano Suite, L.95 (1894/1901)
Sergei Prokofiev. 10 pieces for piano, ор.12
Dmitry Shostakovich. "Dances of the Dolls", 7 pieces for piano from "The Limpid Stream" ballet, arr. by Levon Avtamian (1950)