Running time:
2 parts by 40 minutes
2 parts by 40 minutes
6+
Рrogramme:
I part
Rachmaninoff
Suit No.1 for 2 Pianos, Op.5
Suit No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op.17
II part
Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op.45
The programme is subject to change
15 September 2022 Thursday
19.00
Chamber hall
19.00 Chamber hall
Piano duo
Aleksey Melnikov &
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolayev
Date of concert changed to May 3, 2023 >>
Tickets for 15 September 2022 are valid.
Alexei Melnikov graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied under Sergei Dorensky and his assistants – Nikolai Lugansky, Pavel Nersessian and Andrei Pisarev. In 2010 he won 2nd prize at the International Piano Competition in memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Novosibirsk, in 2014 he took 1st prize and several special prizes at the San Marino International Piano Competition, and in 2015 he won 3rd prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Japan). In 2017 he was a prize-winner at the Manhattan International Music Competition and gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2018 he received a prize from the Neva Foundation at the Verbier Music Academy and Festival. In 2019 he took 3rd prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow – St Petersburg). He has given recitals at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Bunka Kaikan concert hall in Tokyo, the Žofín Palace in Prague, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory as well as at other venues throughout Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Poland, the USA, Spain, Belgium and Vietnam. Has taken part in the International Chamber Music Festival in Cervo (Italy), the Animato music festival in Paris and the Moscow International H. Neuhaus Festival of Young Pianists.
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, born in Moscow on February 21, 1993. In his early childhood, he already performed a lot on stage, starting from the age of 4. Arseny has won 5 international youth piano competitions, including the New Names Competition in Moscow. In 2016 he graduated Moscow Conservatory as a student and then completed his post-graduate course in 2018. During his studies, being the student of the 1st course, Arseny marked 2012 by an outstanding victory in the V International Scriabin Piano Competition. During the next few years, he became laureate of other international piano competitions. Signing a five-year international recording contract with Decca Classics and Universal Music followed this success. In 2017 Arseny was awarded prestigious “Premio Chigiana” as one of the most brilliant musicians of his generation.Arseny performs with orchestras, such as “Evgeny Svetlanov” Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, LPO, Cleveland Orchestra, Bergen Philarmonic Orchestra, Orchestro della Toscana and many others. He plays in Moscow – the Great, Small, and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatoire, Tchaikovsky Hall etc. Tours in Europe, Asia, Northern America and Australia.
Alexei Melnikov graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied under Sergei Dorensky and his assistants – Nikolai Lugansky, Pavel Nersessian and Andrei Pisarev. In 2010 he won 2nd prize at the International Piano Competition in memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Novosibirsk, in 2014 he took 1st prize and several special prizes at the San Marino International Piano Competition, and in 2015 he won 3rd prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Japan). In 2017 he was a prize-winner at the Manhattan International Music Competition and gave a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2018 he received a prize from the Neva Foundation at the Verbier Music Academy and Festival. In 2019 he took 3rd prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow – St Petersburg). He has given recitals at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Bunka Kaikan concert hall in Tokyo, the Žofín Palace in Prague, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory as well as at other venues throughout Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Poland, the USA, Spain, Belgium and Vietnam. Has taken part in the International Chamber Music Festival in Cervo (Italy), the Animato music festival in Paris and the Moscow International H. Neuhaus Festival of Young Pianists.
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, born in Moscow on February 21, 1993. In his early childhood, he already performed a lot on stage, starting from the age of 4. Arseny has won 5 international youth piano competitions, including the New Names Competition in Moscow. In 2016 he graduated Moscow Conservatory as a student and then completed his post-graduate course in 2018. During his studies, being the student of the 1st course, Arseny marked 2012 by an outstanding victory in the V International Scriabin Piano Competition. During the next few years, he became laureate of other international piano competitions. Signing a five-year international recording contract with Decca Classics and Universal Music followed this success. In 2017 Arseny was awarded prestigious “Premio Chigiana” as one of the most brilliant musicians of his generation.Arseny performs with orchestras, such as “Evgeny Svetlanov” Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, LPO, Cleveland Orchestra, Bergen Philarmonic Orchestra, Orchestro della Toscana and many others. He plays in Moscow – the Great, Small, and Rachmaninoff Halls of the Moscow Conservatoire, Tchaikovsky Hall etc. Tours in Europe, Asia, Northern America and Australia.