Nikifor Yakovlev Mono-opera in the Yakut language “Olonkhosut” Studio for New Music Theatre company “NMKhT” Composer: Nikifor Yakovlev Conductor: Andrey Serov World premiere of the director’s version by Alexander Shumilin Libretto: Darina Chirkova Media director: Nastya Koroleva Producer: Daria Lutsenko Performers: Sergey Malinin, soloist Anna Syrovatskaya, performer Studio for New Music: Maria Koryakina, flute, bass flute, piccolo Ignat Krasikov, clarinet, bass clarinet Natalia Cherkasova, piano Varvara Kosova, violin Daria Lutsenko, cello, kyryympa Askar Mikhailov, percussion Director of the Studio for…
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Programme: Philip Glass In Again Out Again for two pianos (1967), Russian premiere Lera Auerbach 24 Preludes for cello and piano, Op. 69 (2002) Selected preludes: 7. Vivo ma non troppo e poco agitato 16. Tempo di valzer 14. Allegretto scherzando 12. Adagio 18. Andantino David Lang Undanceable (2010) for cello and piano Louis Andriessen Hague Hacking for two pianos (2003/2008), Russian premiere Leonid Polovinkin Ski, foxtrot for piano (1925, Op. 9) Alfred Schnittke Four Preludes for piano (1953–1954) Igor…
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Studio for New Music ensemble Conductors: Andrei Serov Azamat Khasanshin, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Bashkortostan Soloists: Marina Rubinstein, flute Ignat Krasikov, clarinet Marina Katarzhnova, violin Program: Alexander Mosolov “The Iron Foundry. Music of Machines” Charles Ives “The Unanswered Question” Pierre Boulez “Domains” Giacinto Scelsi “Ko-Lho” Gérard Grisey “Partiels” Danya Fisko “Dreams of a Drowned Man” for violin and video The piece was written as part of a residency of the MIRA creative community and the Anton Rubinstein…
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Olivier Messiaen Visions de l’Amen, Parts I and II Pierre Boulez Domains for solo clarinet Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstück IX Tristan Murail Le fou à pattes bleues Iannis Xenakis Paille in the Wind György Kurtág Ligatura – Message to Frances-Marie Performers: Marina Rubinstein, flute Ignat Krasikov, clarinet Natalia Cherkasova, piano Mona Khaba, piano Olga Galochkina, cello
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Hanna Mesgari (b. 1998) For the Cypress That Wanted to Become a Song for solo cello (2026) Nastaran Yazdani (b. 1982) From the Distant Sky / The Sun Poured for clarinet and cello (2025) Mehdi Setoudeh (b. 1991) Saba for clarinet, violin and cello (2025) Ehsan Khatibi (b. 1979) Stitching II for flute/bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and audio recording (2017) Alireza Farhang (b. 1976) Anagran for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2017) Mehdi Hosseini (b. 1979)…
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Concert-lecture as part of the series “The Gaze of Our Hearing” Moderators: art historian Natalia Vikhreva and musicologist Fyodor Sofronov Program: Darius Milhaud Brazilian Dances (1. Corcovado; 2. Tijuca) Erwin Schulhoff Five Sketches (No. 5, Maxixe) Jailton de Oliveira Epígeno No. 4 Dinorá de Carvalho The Popcorn Vendor Claudio Santoro Fantasia sul America Paulo Costa Lima Divertimento Minerale Zequinha de Abreu Tico-Tico Performers: Soloists of the Studio for New Music ensemble
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Talk I. Music Today: Sound Recording, Electronics, AI. A conversation between Fyodor Sofronov and Yuri Vinogradov What happens to art when distance disappears? The first public talk of the project “New Music: A Listener’s Guide II”, timed to the publication of Theodor Adorno’s books on music Walter Benjamin wrote about the “aura” of a work — that special distance separating it from everyday life, tied to the remnants of its cult function. Technical reproducibility shortens this distance, and today’s streaming…
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Concert-lecture as part of the “Space Tuning Fork” subscription series Moderators: photographer and artist Yuri Palmin, musicologist Fyodor Sofronov Program: Joseph Matthias Hauer Quintet for clarinet and strings Paul Hindemith String Quartet No. 3 (movements II and III) Nikolai Roslavets Piano Trio No. 33 24 Preludes for violin and piano: pieces from the cycle Performers: Soloists of the Studio for New Music ensemble
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The second public talk of the project “New Music: A Listener’s Guide II” Why is contemporary academic music so often perceived as an art “not for everyone”? Who is addressed by a work that deliberately renounces the usual means of expression and demands that the listener know the context and be able to hold attention where the musical language “resists” perception? Entering popular music is much easier: fewer conditions are needed for perception, less prior knowledge is required, and there…
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Concert for the 90th birthday of Steve Reich Studio for New Music ensemble and the Hauntology project Steve Reich Violin Phase for four violins (1967) Clapping Music for performers (1972) Nagoya Marimbas for two marimbas (1994) Morton Feldman Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety for ensemble (1970) Aphex Twin On, in a version for chamber ensemble by Dmitry Mazurov (1993/2026) Coldcut Timber, in a version for chamber ensemble by Dmitry Mazurov (1997/2026) Nico Muhly Viola and Drones for viola,…
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