Past Events

Lecture-concert marking the 100th anniversary of Luigi Nono Programme: L. Nono Canti per 13 Polifonica – Monodia Ritmica …sofferte onde serene Donde estas hermane G. Kurtág Hommage à L. Nono E. Denisov Italian Songs (Venice) Performers: Studio for New Music soloists ensemble Conductor — Igor Dronov Presenter — Fyodor Sofronov

Opening concert of the “Manifestos” series

Programme: V. Ekimovsky Programme: Detective Film Songs of Fraga Nocturnes Composition 1 *** Graffiti Rafflesia Avicenna’s Mirror Performers: Studio for New Music soloists ensemble Soloists: Dmitry GOLYAKOV (baritone) Mona KHABA (piano) Natalia CHERKASOVA (PIANO) Conductor — Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Igor DRONOV Introductory talk — Rauf FAKHRADOV, Doctor of Art History

Part of the subscription series “Musica Sacra Nova Laboratory” Programme: M. Matyushin, V. Deshevov, A. Lourié, N. Sidelnikov, V. Tarnopolsky, D. Smirnov, O. Bochikhina Programme: M. Matyushin “Victory over the Sun”, a Futurist opera for three readers and piano (including the world premiere of newly found fragments) V. Deshevov “Meditations” for piano, Op. 3 A. Lourié Funeral Games in Honor of Chronos for three flutes, piano and antique cymbals N. Sidelnikov “The Lament of King David” for tenor and organ…

Second concert of the “Manifestos” series Programme: J. Cage, E. Brown, M. Feldman, The manifesto is a form of the otherness of art. Why does an artist need words? Perhaps they are necessary at moments of crisis, when his intention cannot be perceived in any other way. The first manifesto of modern times belongs to the realist painter Gustave Courbet (1855), who broke decisively with the academicians and believed that “painting can consist only in the representation of real and…

A concert by the assistant-trainee of the “Contemporary Music Orchestra” class Programme: N. Medtner, N. Taylor, J. Cage, S. Sciarrino, S. Kobayashi, H. Cowell, G. Crumb, I. Sokolov, E. Denisov Programme: N. Medtner Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 N. Taylor Concert étude for piano Réflexions du Rêve (“Reflections of a Dream”) J. Cage Six Melodies for violin and piano S. Sciarrino Perduto in una città d’acque (“Lost in a City of Waters”) S. Kobayashi Unreal Rain (“An Extraordinary…

As part of the exhibition “From Colour to Light” for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Weisberg Programme: S. Sciarrino, E. Denisov, D. Lang, T. Murail, S. Gubaidulina, O. Messiaen Programme: S. Sciarrino Study of White for ensemble E. Denisov Signs on White D. Lang Vent T. Murail Treize couleurs du soleil couchant S. Gubaidulina Dots, Lines and Zigzags O. Messiaen Le Merle noir Performers: Studio for New Music soloists ensemble

Chamber music by contemporary Chinese composers Programme: Xiaogang Ye Datura for flute, violin, cello and piano Hao Weiya Inspiration for Joy for flute Zhang Zheng Left&Right for clarinet, piano and string quartet Qin Wenchen Sounds, arousing the memories for clarinet, accordion, guitar, harp, cello and percussion Zang Ting Light of the Silk Road for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano Zhou Xianglin MI for violin Xu Shuya The Winter Landscape II for clarinet, piano and string quartet Zuo Chenguan Sonata…