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Pavel Kachnov
Ukrainisches Nationalorchester

Victoria Poleva 'Langsam'
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2, G minor, Op. 22
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Symphony No. 3 'Scottish' A minor, Op. 56

Camille Saint-Saëns' 2nd Piano Concerto is one of the most distinctive testimonies of French piano art. It was created at the request of his friend, Anton Rubinstein, within two weeks for a concert where the Russian pianist was to perform in Paris as conductor. Despite the short time and the circumstances, Saint-Saëns achieved a masterpiece: Original and completely new was the movement sequence slow-fast-even faster. Felix Mendelssohn had embarked on a journey to the Scottish Highlands in 1829. The visit to the crumbling chapel of the Edinburgh Stuart Palace inspired him to his 3rd Symphony: "It is all broken, rotten there, and the cheerful sky seems to shine in. I believe I have found the beginning of my Scottish Symphony there today," he wrote in a letter to his parents. That same evening, he had written the first sketch for the A minor symphony, which he would only complete twelve years later in Leipzig and Berlin.

The Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva was born in 1962 in Kyiv. Her symphonic, chamber music, and choral works have been performed at contemporary music festivals worldwide.

The Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is regarded as one of the best orchestras in Eastern Europe. Many well-known soloists, such as Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Jose Carreras, have performed with the National Orchestra; famous composers such as Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Aram Khachaturian entrusted the orchestra with the premiere of their works.

Pianist Pavel Kachnov initially studied at the University of Kyiv and continued his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. As a prizewinner of numerous international music competitions, he has performed at several European music festivals.

Volodymyr Sirenko has been the artistic director and chief conductor of the symphony orchestra since April 1999. Born in Ukraine in 1960, he graduated from the conservatory in Kyiv. In 2001, he was awarded the 'Shevchenko National Prize' - the highest musical award in Ukraine.

"The strings conjure a buoyant lyricism, the woodwinds have a fruity, penetrating maturity, and the brass could endanger the walls of Jericho, the percussion could awaken the dead..."
Sydney Morning Herald

Master Concert Great Cycle

Pavel Kachnov
Piano

Volodymyr Sirenko
Conductor

Concert introduction at 7:15 PM in the 'Aktionen 1' room

7:00

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