Wednesday 7 July 2010, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Lefkosia, 20:30
Thursday 8 July 2010, Larnaka Medieval Fort, 21:00
Friday 9 July 2010, Markideion Theatre, Pafos, 20:30
Soloist: Evgeni Mikhailov (piano)
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
Programme:
N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 28 (1880 version)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
M. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky- Korsakov)
I. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1945 version)
€12 and pensioners €7
Free entrance for students, soldiers and EURO<26 card holders
Tickets available at the Theatres’ box office
Conductor Daniel Raiskin was born in St. Petersburg and studied viola at St. Petersburg, Amsterdam and Freiburg. He has also studied orchestral conducting with Lev Savich at St. Petersburg and at various master classes with Neeme Järvi, Mariss Jansons, Milan Horvat and Jorma Panula amongst others. Since 2005 when he was appointed Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskin ranks among the most versatile musicians of his generation. His international career brought him to such major venues as Musikverein Vienna, Berlin Philharmonics, Berlin Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zürich, Cologne Philharmonics, Munich Philharmonics, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Victoria Hall Geneva, Sala Verdi del Concervatorio Milano, Mozarteum Salzburg as well as Lincoln Center, New York. Daniel Raiskin has frequently performed with a great number of leading orchestras, including: Wiener Symphoniker, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Orchestre National de Lille, Staatskapelle Weimar, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Athens State Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Israel Sinfonietta, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and Prague Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Raiskin has toured extensively in Germany and the Netherlands with Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and in Europe with Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, where he has served as Principal Guest Conductor since 2002. He has also toured with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Evgeni Mikhailov is a Russian pianist of outstanding personality. He is first prizewinner of many international competitions including Scriabin International Piano Competition (Moscow, Russia), Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, USA), Eriksson International Piano Competition (Sweden) and prizewinner of Pozzoli International Piano Competition (Milan, Italy), among others. Hailed by critics for his “incontestable musical talent and musicality” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany), “refinement of his sound” (Piano, Great Britain) as well as “passion, sincerity and lyricism” (Culture, Russia), Evgeni Mikhailov has performed over four hundred concerts around the world – from South America and USA to China. He has appeared at such prestigious venues as Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, Steinway Hall in New York, St.Martin-in-the-fields in London, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, “G.Verdi” Concert Hall in Milan, Salle Cortot in Paris, City Hall in Hong Kong and CRR Concert Hall in Istanbul. He is also a regular guest at many international festivals in Germany (“Berlin – Moskau”), Switzerland (Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern), Norway (Bergen International Festival), Russia (“Kremlin Musical”/N.Petrov), Austria, Sweden, and USA. Mr. Mikhailov became professor of Kazan State Conservatoire in 1996. He has been on the jury of many national and international piano competitions. He has also conducted seminars and master classes in many cities of Russia, USA, South Korea, Sweden and Switzerland. In 2006 he was invited to give master class and lectures at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in USA. Many of his students are laureates of Russian national and international competitions. In 2004 he was honoured with the titles of ”People’s Αrtist of Tatarstan Republic” and ”Honoured Αrtist of Udmurt Republic”.
