Novosibirsk Philharmonic dedicates a series of concerts to the 110th birth anniversary of Shostakovich
Novosibirsk Philharmonic devotes a series of concerts to the 110th anniversary of the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich. Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra will open the subscription season on 17th and 18th September with the composer's music program; on 21st September Ensemble of soloists “Novosibirsk Kamerata” will present the composer’s music. 110th anniversary of the birth of the greatest composers of the XX century the world will celebrate on 25th September.
On 17th and 18th September Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist, laureate of the XV International Competition named Tchaikovsky Lucas Geniušas present to listeners of Novosibirsk and Akademgorodok Dmitri Shostakovich's music program. The concert will feature the Eighth Symphony and Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra, orchestra’s soloist Ivan Koroban will perform solo trumpet. Conductor is Gintaras Rinkevicius, artistic director and chief conductor of the collective. The first subscription concerts Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra dedicates to the birthday of Arnold Katz - legendary conductor, its creator and permanent leader for fifty years. On 18th of September it is 92nd anniversary of Maestro’s birth.
On 21st September Ensemble of soloists "Novosibirsk Kamerata" will devote its concert program to the 110th anniversary of Shostakovich. Concert "Born in St. Petersburg" will introduce to listeners the music by Dmitri Shostakovich and his teacher Alexander Glazunov. Popular and light compositions by Shostakovich will sound: Chamber Symphony, Polka-hurdy-gurdy for Violin and String Orchestra, Elegy, Prelude and Scherzo. Artistic director of the Ensemble "Novosibirsk Kamerata" is Fabio Mastrangelo. For its creation the collective is obliged to Arnold Katz: by his decision Ensemble was created in 1995 from the musicians of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra.
Novosibirsk appears all along Shostakovich's biography. During The Second World War Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra headed by Yevgeny Mravinsky, the collective highly regarded by the composer, was evacuated right here; Shostakovich's friend Ivan Sollertinsky - brilliant musicologist, artistic director of the Leningrad Philharmonic – was working here and passed away in 1944. On 9th of July, 1942 in Novosibirsk Leningrad orchestra in the presence of the author performed his Seventh Symphony. According to historians, the activity of Mravinsky’s orchestra in Novosibirsk during the war formed a listener of classical music, who ten years later formed the basis of the public of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, established in 1956 and headed by young Arnold Kats.
Creative work of Shostakovich always played big role in the repertoire of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Arnold Kats the collective performed all fifteen symphonies of the composer. In 1965 the author attended Novosibirsk’s performance of Symphony №13 “Babi Yar” based on the poems of Yevgeny Yevtushenko. After the world premiere, which took place in 1962, this music was banned for performing. In Novosibirsk it was performed contrary to the prohibition, and unpleasant consequences, which could be triggered by a concert, did not stop Arnold Kats.