2011
6 December 2011, 5 pm, Small Cinema,Jointly with the Graduate Forum: Shostakovich and Weinberg: a Dialogue.
Michelle Assay (Université de Paris Sorbonne) and David Fanning (University of Manchester)
1 December 2011, 6 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Alex McIntyre on ‘Russian Schonberg’ – Nikolai Roslavets, on Boleslav Yavorsky’s system of ‘modal rhythm’ and on Sergei Protopopov’s music, as well on his recent trip to Moscow/ discoveries at Russian archives
24 November 2011, 6 pm, Great Hall, Goldsmiths
Irina Tutt (soprano) and Irina Nikitina (piano) The Hidden Treasures of the Twentieth-century Russian Song
Irina Tutt and Nina Nikitina present and perform a unique selection of songs which explore the development of Russian song in 20th century: Sergei Rakhmaninov, Sergei Vasilenko, Vladimir Shcherbachev, Yuri Shaporin, Georgy Sviridov & Sergei Slonimsky.
24 October 2011, 6 pm, David Josefowitz Recital Hall, the Royal Academy of Music.
Sergei Vasilenko. Complete Works for viola and piano. With Elena Artamonova, viola (Goldsmiths) and Nicholas Walker (RAM).
The launch of new CD released by the Toccata Classics; presentation and performance
20 October 2011, 7 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Celebrating the arrival of new Steinway-D at Goldsmiths - Alissa Firsova presents and performs Russian and Post-Soviet piano music.
Anatoly Liadov: Variations on a Polish Folk Theme op.51; Peter Il’yich Tschaikovsky: Dumka op.59
Elena Firsova: ‘Hymn to Spring’ op.64; Alexander Scriabin: Poems Op. 32, No. 1 & 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata op.12; Dmitri Smirnov: ‘Blake-Sonata’ op.157
Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 (original version) op.36
7 October 2011, 7.30pm, Great Hall, Goldsmiths
As part of the Department of Music’s “Music Week” of intensive rehearsals, the Sinfonia and Chorus present an evening concert of Russian music.
Conductor: Alexander Ivashkin, Chorus master: Tom Hooper
Programme:
Rossini: William Tell Overture; Shostakovich: Symphony No 6; Gretchaninov: Otche Nash
Rakhmaninov: V molitvakh Neusypayushchuyu; Mussorgsky: Angel Vopiyashe; Glazunov: Stikhira Paskhi
Edison Denisov: Clarinet Concerto, with Tim Phillips (clarinet soloist). UK PREMIERE
Prokofiev: Prosper, Our Mighty Land. UK PREMIERE
16 June 2011, 6 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Talk/Recital: Polina Proutskova sings and talks about traditional music from Russian villages.
14 June 2011, 6 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Talk/Recital: Elena Artamonova (viola) ‘Who was Sergei Vasilenko: new discoveries in Russian archives’
Elena Artamonova presents a programme which will include some of
Vasilenko's published and unpublished works for viola and piano, including
a sonata, pieces of the early 1950's and 'Four Pieces on the Themes of Lute
Players'.
With Nicholas Walker (piano)
Michael Young talks about Goldsmiths EMS
Alexander Ivashkin conducts a chamber music masterclass
19 April 2011, Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia.
Roger Redgate talks about British Music
18 April 2011, The Rakhmaninov Hall, Moscow Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia.
Michael Young talks about his music and ideas
Performance - Rodger Redate: Black Icons, for cello and ensemble, World Premiere. Performed by Alexander Ivashkin and The Studio for New Music Ensemble (Moscow) conducted by Igor Dronov
16 April 2011, The Conference Hall, Moscow Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia
Festival 'Europe as seen by Russians, Russia as seen by Europeans' (sponsored by the European Commission)
Roger Redgate talks about his music and ideas.
15 March 2011, 4.30 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Swiss Composer Francesco Hoch on Swiss music, his own compositions and his love for Russia.
The Nyx Ensemble and Rebecca Wiles (piano) perform works by Francesco Hoch
3 March 2011, 6 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Guest Professor Tatiana Tsaregradskaya (Russian Academy of Music, Moscow) talks about recent developments in Russian classical and popular music
10 February 2011, 7 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
The Ligeti Quartet performs string quartets by Sergei Prokofiev (No.1),
Gabriel Prokofiev (No. 1) and Sofia Gubaidulina (No. 3)
Pre-concert talk by Alexander Ivashkin
3 February 2011, 6 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Talk: Alexander Ivashkin: Understanding Shostakovich
Concert: The Allegri Quartet performs string quartets by Shostakovich and Beethoven
1 February 2011, 4.30 pm, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Gabriel Prokofiev in conversation/concert
21 January 2011, 7.30 pm, Great Hall, Goldsmiths
The Goldsmiths Sinfonia, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin perform an evening of Russian music, entitled 'Between Modernism and Socialist Realism'.
Mossolov: Iron Foundry; Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (with Magdalena Krzyzanowska, piano solo); Shostakovich: Symphony No 9
<p><strong>Friday, 21 January</strong>, Great Hall, Main Building 7:30 pm:<br /> The Goldsmiths Sinfonia, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin perform an evening of Russian music, entitled 'Between Modernism and Socialist Realism'.<br /> Mossolov: Iron Foundry<br /> Khachaturian: Piano Concerto (with Magdalena Krzyzanowska, piano solo)<br /> Shostakovich: Symphony No 9<br /> Cost: £7 / £4 concs / £3 to Goldsmiths students and free to Goldsmiths Music Students<br /> <br /> <strong>Tuesday, 1 February 2011</strong>, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall, 4:30 pm: <br /> Gabriel Prokofiev in conversation/concert<br /> Admission Free<br /> <br /> <strong>Thursday, 3 February 2011</strong>, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall <br />6pm: Talk - Alexander Ivashkin: Understanding Shostakovich,<br /> 7pm: Concert. The Allegri Quartet performs string quartets by Shostakovich and Beethoven<br /> Admission Free</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, 10 February 2011</strong>, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall, 7 pm:<br /> The Ligeti Quartet performs string quartets by Sergei Prokofiev (No.1), <br /> Gabriel Prokofiev (No. 1) and Sofia Gubaidulina (No. 3)<br /> Pre-concert talk by Alexander Ivashkin<br /> Admission free<br /> <br /> <strong>Thursday, 3 March 2011</strong>, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall<br /> 6pm: Guest Professor Tatiana Tsaregradskaya ( Russian Academy of Music, Moscow) talks about recent developments in Russian classical and popular music<br /> Admission Free<br /> <br /> <strong>Tuesday, 15 March 2011</strong>, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall, 4:30pm:<br /> Swiss Composer Francesco Hoch on Swiss music, his own compositions and his love for Russia...<br /> The Nyx Ensemble and Rebecca Wiles ( piano) perform works by Francesco Hoch<br /> Admission Free</p>
2010
9 December, 6pm Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Remembering Noëlle Mann
With Serge Prokofiev, Jr, Fiona MacKinight, David Nice and Alexander Ivashkin.
8 December, 7.45pm Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Concert in memory of Noëlle Mann
Included the performance of Prokofiev's Cantata Seven, They Are Seven, Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No 6, Prokofiev's Cello Sonata and Russian Orthodox Church Music.
Performed by Barbara Nissman (piano), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Dmitri Alexeyev (piano), Goldsmiths Chamber Choir and Goldsmiths Sinfonia. Conducted by Alexander Ivashkin and Tim Hooper.
(The manuscript of Prokofiev's Seven, They Are Seven was recently acquired by the Prokofiev Archive at Goldsmiths).
16 November, 4.30pm Small Hall, Goldsmiths
Music Graduate Forum: Talk by Tara Wilson: Russia will Rock You! - The Influence of British Seventies 'Prog' Rock on the Post-Minimalist Aesthetic and Practice of Vladimir Martynov.
4 November, 6pm The Great Hall
Lecture/Recital: Mily Balakirev (1836 -1910) A Celebration. Talk and Recital by Nicholas Walker (as part of London Balakirev Festival).
4 November, 2pm Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Afternoon Performance: Elena Nalimova and Chetham's School Students play works by Galina Ustvolskaya, Alexander Knaifel, Alyosha Nikolaev and Dmitri Shostakovich.
28 October, 6pm RHB 167, Goldsmiths
Lecture/Recital: Rex Lawson talks and plays Russian Music on Pianola
10 June Research Seminar by Professor Ilya Levinson (Chicago, USA)
George Gershwin and Joseph Schillinger. The Schillinger's System of Music Composition as found in Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' with Goldsmiths students performing Levinson's own compositions influenced by Schillinger.
3 June Elena Firsova at 60
Composer Elena Firsova in conversation with Alexander Ivashkin, followed by a concert featuring new works by Elena Firsova, with Karine Georgian (cello) and Goldsmiths Strings, with Alexander Ivashkin (conductor)
9 February Research Forum with CRM Research students:
Elena Artamonova: Nikolay Roslavets: Violinist and his Dream of “New Unheard Worlds of Sound”
Roslavets was one of the most intriguing representatives of the group of composers later called Russian Avant-Garde Composers or Modernists. Roslavets invented what he called “The New System of Organised Sounds” which received special attention among his contemporaries. This paper analyses the factors that made a successful amateur violinist from a village band become an authority in the field of composition and music theory.
Cameron Pyke: Researching Britten and Shostakovich
Cameron will examine the creative relationship between Britten and Shostakovich from 1960 to 1975. His paper explores the sources that he is using, which include interviews and archival materials (from Britten-Pears Library and the Shostakovich Archive in Moscow) and the wider problems of identifying musical influence. He will review the crossover between Britten's and Shostakovich's Rostropovich-inspired works for the cello from 1960 onwards, and possible areas of creative exchange between the composers.
Tara Wilson: More hated than Philip Glass? The Rise and Fall of Vladimir Martynov and his Response to (Just?) Criticism over 'Vita Nuova'.
Tara will discuss recent London/New York premieres of Martynov's opera Vita Nuova and his new book 'The Case of Martynov', just published in Moscow.
2009
3 December Performers of Russian Diasporas in the twentieth and twenty-first century
Dmitri Smirnov in conversation with Anatole Liebermann (Paris) and Alissa Firsova (London), followed by a recital by Anatole Liebermann (cello) and Alissa Firsova (piano)
Bach: Solo Cello Suite BWV 1008
Shostakovich: Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40
Elena Firsova: Per Slava, for solo cello (2007)
Rakhmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 19 (1901)
21 November - 22 November Schnittke: Between Two Worlds
International symposium, recitals, discussions and exhibition of archival materials, jointly presented by CRM, RMA, Schnittke Archive, LPO, Southbank Centre, Alfred Schnittke Akademie Hamburg, Schnittke Centre, Moscow and Schnittke Gesellschaft, Germany.
Including the CD Schnittke Discoveries, presentations based on the materials from Schnittke archive and world premiere of Schnittke's Concerto for electric instruments (in association with EMS); Mariano Nunez West, sound designer and producer.
Between Two Worlds gets good reviews
17 November Research Forum presented by:
Alexander Ivashkin talks about the Centre for Russian Music, its collections and activities.
Ekaterina Mordasova (The Rakhmaninov State Institute, Tambov, Russia) talks about unknown documents and sources in Rakhmaninov's museum and archive in Ivanovka, Russia. Mordasova will also perform Rakhmaninov’s Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, and his Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33.
[Ekaterina Mordasova's visit is a part of exchange programme between CRM and The Rakhmaninov Institute, Russia]
CRM research performance students presentations:
Magdalini Nikolaidou presents her research and creative work: Rakhmaninov’s Piano Style
Elena Artamonova presents her research and creative work: Nikolai Roslavets and new music for viola
22 October World as a large symphony. Composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1975 – 1911).
In association with the Embassy of Lithuania.
Talk by George Kennaway, University of Leeds, followed by a recital of piano works by Čiurlionis
Rebecca Wiles (piano). Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Programme:
Nocturne in F# minor VL 178 (1900)
Nocturne in C# minor VL 183 (1901)
Prelude in B minor VL 182a (1900-1902)
Prelude in F major VL 188 (1901)
Cycle of Small Landscapes, 'The Sea', 2nd movement VL 317b (1908)
Preludes VL 300 (1906) & VL 302 (1906)
18 June The lady with the hammer - Music and ideas of Galina Ustvolskaya (1919 - 2006)
Rachel Foulds (speaker), Elena Nalimova (piano) and Alexander Ivashkin (cello)
11 June (as part of the PureGold Festival) The Music of the 'Northern Venice' - new music from St Petersburg, Russia. Two visiting composers from St Petersburg - Alexander Radvilovich (b. 1955) and Nastasia Khruscheva (b. 1987) - in conversation with Roger Redgate and Alexander Ivashkin followed by Victoria Soames-Samek (clarinet) and Stephen Bingham (violin) join Alexander Radvilovich in performance of his work 1,2,3 for violin, clarinet and piano and Nastasia Khrushcheva performs her Two Preludes and Fuges for Well Prepared Klavier.
7 May Piano Recital by Alissa Firsova
Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Dmitri Smirnov: Sonata No. 6, "Blake"
Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 (original version 1913)
2 May VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists, Finals at The Wigmore Hall as part of the Rostropovich Remembered Festival <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} h4 {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-outline-level:4; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times; font-weight:bold;} p {margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} -->
The VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists
The VTB Capital Prize Gold went to 18 year-old French cellist Yan Levionnois, the shared VTB Capital Silver Prize went to Misha Nemtsov ( Russia) and to Polish cellist Adam Krzeszowiec. The VTB Capital Bronze Prize went to Croatian cellist Stjepan Hauser.
Yan Levionnois also received a performance contract with the London Philharmonic orchestra, as well as a contract with the Janacek Philharmonia Orchestra in Czech Republic. Stjepan Hauser won a performance contract with Cape Philharmonic, Cape Town, South Africa.
1 May Galina Ustvolskaya in memoriam (1919-2006)
Rachel Foulds on Ustvolskaya, followed by a recital by Elena Nalimova (piano)
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op.87
Shostakovich: Ten Aphorisms, op.13
Alexey Nikolayev: Sonata N2
Galina Ustvolskaya: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1952) with Anna Cashell (violin)
Both Rachel Foulds and Elena Naimova conducted extensive research at the Galina Ustvolskaya's Archive (the Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel, Switzerland), as well as in the composer's native city of St Petersburg.
25 April VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists, Round 1
5 March Russia As Seen By Britten, Britain As Seen By Russians
Cameron Pyke: Britten’s creative response to Russia (based on materials from Britten’ s diaries at Britten - Pears Library) followed by a recital by Richard Black, performing the monumental Passacaglia on DSCH by Ronald Stevenson (the piece Shostakovich was inspired by while composing his Sonata for Violin and piano)
14 February (M)other Russia: A Study Day - Researching and Performing Russian Music
with special guest Vladimir Martynov (Moscow) in conversation with Roger Redgate and Alexander Ivashkin
Tara Wilson: Vladimir Martynov and the "Rebirth' of (Russian) Music: Space, Time, Ritual and Performance
Vladimir Martynov: performs his piano work Bricolage
Anna Kounadi: What did Scriabin actually play? followed by her performance of Scriabin Piano Sonata No.2
Elena Artamonova: Russian viola as a reflection of traditional and modern. From Roslavets to our days, including performances of works by Vasilenko, Kovalev and Schnittke. (with Rebecca Wiles, piano)
Rachel Foulds: An Equivocal Relationship and Acrimonious Split: A Chronicle of Influence in the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and Galina Ustvolskaya.
Elena Nalimova (piano) and Pavlos Carvalho (cello) perform Galina Ustvolskaya Six Piano Preludes (1953) and Grand Duet for Violoncello and Piano (1959)
Drosostalitsa Moraiti: Pleasant against irritating: evolution of Schnittke's Piano style followed by a piano recital by Drosostalitsa Moraiti
Schnittke: Piano Preludes, 1953-55 (world premiere)
Korndorf: Yarilo (1981), for piano and tape
22 January CRM / Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures presents: Armenia: First Christian Ex-Soviet Country
Culture, Composition, Politics – Series One, with special guest leading Armenian composer Ashot Zohrabyan in conversation with Alexander Ivashkin, followed by music by Ashot Zohrabyan played by Goldsmiths students
2008
4 December CRM / Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures presents: Culture, Composition, Politics – Series One, with special guest composer Vladimir Tarnopolski, Professor of Composition, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, in conversation with Alexander Ivashkin. Followed by a screening of Tarnopolski’s multimedia-opera Beyond the Shadow (after Plato and Plinius).Vladimir Tarnololski will also speak about his music and current cultural situation in Russia for Goldsmiths students on Friday 5 December.
20 November CRM / Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures presents: Culture, Composition, Politics – Series One
Dmitri Smirnov at 60! Composer Dmitri Smirnov in conversation with Alexander Ivashkin followed by a recital of music by Dmitri Smirnov, with Alissa Firsova (piano), Harriet Mackenzie (violin), Philippa Mo (violin), Alexander Ivashkin (cello) and Goldsmiths Strings.
1 May Galina Ustvolskaya (1919 – 2006) in memoriam: Galina Ustvolskaya, the Znamenny Raspev and the Greek Connection
Talk by Rachel Foulds, followed by Elena Nalimova (piano) performing works by Galina Ustvolskaya.
Both Rachel Foulds and Elena Naimova conducted extensive research at the Galina Ustvolskaya’s Archive (the Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel, Switzerland) as well as in the composer’s native city of St Petersburg.
24 April East meets West Paradox of Logic and Logic of Paradox
Faradzh Karaev, Russian - Azeri composer and Professor of composition (Moscow State Conservatoire) will talk about his music and Eastern elements in it, followed by a recital of music by Faradzh Karaev. Played by the composer, in collaboration with Goldsmiths students.
13 March Alfred Schnittke in memoriam (10th Anniversary of his death) Beyond Good and Evil? Discourses on Morality in Schnittke's 3rd Symphony given by Dr Gavin Dixon (The Horniman Museum), whose PhD thesis on Schnittke was based on his extensive research work at the Schnittke Archive at Goldsmiths as well as in Moscow. Followed by a recital by Drosostalitsa Moraiti (piano), performing
J.S.Bach: Fantasia and Fuga in A minor
Berg: Sonata Op.1
Rachmaninov: Etude Tableaux Op. 39 in A minor & Eb minor
Schnittke: Sonata No. 3
21 February Remembering Slava: Mstislav Rostropovich in memoriam
[part of the concert series given by Irina Schnittke and Alexander Ivashkin in London, Paris, St Petersburg and Moscow - Rostropovich’s four major home cities]
Larissa Chirkova (Curator, Mstislav Rostropovich Archive in St Petersburg), Lilian and Victor Hochhauser (Rostropovich’s impresarios in London since 1970s) and Irina Schnittke (pianist, Rostropovich’s friend and colleague, the widow of the composer) in conversation with Alexander Ivashkin.
Followed by a recital by Irina Schnittke (piano) and Alexander Ivashkin (cello), performing
Prokofiev: Sonata for cello and piano (1949), premiered by M. Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Moderato (1934)
Shostakovich: Sonata for cello and piano Op. 40
Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5
Schnittke: Sonata for cello and piano No 2, 1992 (dedicated to M.Rostropovich)
Schnittke: Epilogue from ‘Peer Gynt’, 1991 (dedicated to M. Rostropovich)
31 January Post-Soviet Music: Stylistic Plurality and Gnosticism, Unity of Style and Orthodoxy: the Dialectics of Spirituality in Late Soviet/Early Post-Soviet Music
Talk by Dr Levon Hakobian (Moscow Institute of Arts Studies), author of the books Shostakovich and Music of the Soviet Age followed by a recital with Stjepan Hauser (cello) and Anton Lyakhovsky (piano)
Rakhmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano
Shostakovich: Sonata for cello and piano
24 January Russian composers today: Professor Leonid Bobylyov (Moscow State Conservatoire) will talk about his own music and music by new generation of Russian composers, followed by Lenid Bobylyov playing his own piano compositions.
2007
6 December Rakhmaninov and the traditions of Russian musical education by Professor Alexander Bazikov, Director of the Rakhmaninov State Conservatoire, Tambov, Russia, followed by a piano recital by Rebecca Wiles
Beethoven: 32 Variations
Rakhmaninov: Four Preludes
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus (Nos.13 and 11)
1 November Anzel Gerber on Russian Cello Performance School Traditions followed by her performance of
Rubinstein: Sonata No. 2
Chudova: new piece for solo cello
Shostakovich: Sonata Op. 40
25 October Russian Piano traditions
Manolis Neophytou (piano) performs:
Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Etude Op.12 No.12
Schuman: Kreisleriana
Tchaikovsky: Russian dance, Razmichlenie
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op.2 No.1, Elegie Op.2 No.2
Rimsky-Korsakoff/ Rachmaninov: The flight of the Bumblebee
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op.32 No.5
Albeniz: Prelude in g minor
5 October Evening Concert: Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Chorus, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin, with a pre-concert talk by Noelle Mann
Ives: Washington's Birthday
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Prokofiev: Songs of our days, Cantata (1937) UK premiere of the Prokofiev's Cantata written at the time of Stalin's terror. Later, during the so-called 'Khrushchev thaw' all references to Stalin had been removed from the text. The Cantata will be performed with its original text.
Jennifer Hunt (mezzo soprano), Hamish Gallie (baritone).
Centre for Russian Music: 2000- 2010
Major Public Events
2000
Unknown, Forgotten and Remembered. A Russian Easter Weekend in London. Festival and Symposium. In association with the Purcell School .
Southbank Centre, London
Mstislav Rostropovich Masterclass
Deptford Town Hall, London
Shostakovcich : 25 Years On. International Festival and Symposium. In association with RSNO.
Glasgow Concert Hall, Glasgow
2001
A Day of Sofia Gubaidulina. In association with Hans Sikorski Publishers, Hamburg
Southbank Centre, London
2002
Rodion Shchedrin at 70. Festival/Discovery Day . In the presence and with the participation of the composer.
Wigmore Hall, London
2003
Festival: 50 Years After Stalin
The Southbank Centre, London
The Prokofievs – Three Generations
Festival, Exhibition, Symposium. In collaboration with the Prokofiev Foundation.
Blackheath Halls, London
Prokofiev – Celebration ( 50 years since his death). Jointly with The Prokofiev Foundation
St John, Smiths Square, London
2004
Soviet Avant-garde: yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Festival/Symposium
Southbank Centre, London
Shostakovich Discovery Day
in collaboration with the Shostakovich Society UK)
Deptford Town Hall, London
2005
The Rakhmaninov Weekend ( in collaboration with Sergei Rakhmaninov Society, The Netherlands).
Deptford Town Hall, London
Prokofiev Study Day – jointly with the Prokofiev Foundation and RMA
Deptford Town Hall, London
Schnittke in memoriam. Discovery Day.
Wigmore Hall, London
Russian Performance Traditions Today. Summer School
Deptford Town Hall
2006
Shostakovich- 100
Festival/Symposium, in association with M-me Irina Shostakovich, Centre Chostakovitch, Paris, Shostakovich Archive, Moscow, Shostakovich Society, UK, Rutgers University, USA.
Southbank Centre, London
2007
Prokofiev - 'Songs of our days', Cantata (1937)
UK premiere of the Prokofiev's Cantata written at the time of Stalin's terror.
Goldsmiths Great Hall, London
2008
Remembering Slava
Mstislav Rostropovich in memoriam, in association with Hans Sikorski Publishers, Hamburg, The Rostropovich Archive, St Petersburg. With Sofia Gubaidulina ( speaker)
Deptford Town Hall, London
2009
Performing new Russian music. Discovery Day, in association with LPO and Russian Composers Union
Goldsmiths Great Hall, London
A Rostropovich Day, incorporating the inaugural VTB International competition
Wigmore Hall, London
Between Two worlds ( Music by Alfred Schnittke) , Festival/Symposium, jointly with LPO, Southbank Centre, RMA, including the world premieres performed by Goldsmiths students.
Southbank Centre, London
2010
Elena Firsova at 60
including a talk with the composer and the world premiere of her work written for Goldsmiths students.
Karine Georgian, solo cello, Goldsmiths students, Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
Deptford Town Hall, London