All Shostakovich Symphonies at “Zaraydye” Hall

All Shostakovich Symphonies at “Zaraydye” Hall

9 February 2021

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Large-scale project to commemorate
the composer’s birthday

All Shostakovich Symphonies to be performed at “Zaraydye” Hall

This year marks the 115^th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich. In this connection, we are glad to offer you the unique opportunity to listen to all the symphonies of the great composer performed live at the “Zaryadye” Hall, throughout the year: from the 17^th of February to the 24^th of December 2021.

ATTENTION! THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE CYCLE IS IN A FEW DAYS!

Orchestras from Moscow and other cities, outstanding conductors and soloists – they all take part in the project conceived by “Zaryadye” Hall.

Arguably, Dmitry Shostakovich is one of the greatest composers of the 20^th century. He redefined all the genres he ever touched on. But first and foremost, he’s a great symphonist. The 15 symphonies written by Shostakovich is a subtle chronicle of the controversial 20^th century, the vile, vicious, and victorious one.

The farther we are from the composer’s time, the clearer we see the magnitude of is oeuvre. But, at the same time, the more explanations are required, for social context is of great importance in this case. For this purpose, journalists, and musicologists would speak to the audience on a certain symphony. Lectures “Talk about Shostakovich” will take place an hour before each concert (to visit a lecture, register at our website).

The hashtag #шостакович leads to all concert of the cycle:

17 February 2021, 20.00 | 9^th Symphony
National Philharmonic of Russia
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov

26 February 2021, 20.00 | 12^th Symphony
National Philharmonic of Russia
Conductor – Mikhail Pletnev 

11 March 2021, 20.00 | Symphony №15
National Philharmonic of Russia
Conductor – Pierre Bleuse

18 March 2021, 20.00 | Symphony № 11
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Thomas Sanderling

8 April 2021, 20.00 | Symphony №10
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra | Conductor – Dmitry Liss |
Barry Douglas, piano

18 April 2021, 20.00 | Symphony №4
NFOR | Conductor – Andrey Boreyko

20 May Thursday, 20.00 | Symphony № 14
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone | Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra |
Art director and chief conductor Yuri Bashmet 

2 June 2021, 20.00 | Symphony № 3
Alexei Volodin, piano | Russian National Orchestra |
Conductor – Daniel Raiskin

20 September 2021, 20.00 | Symphony №8
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra | Conductor – Vladimir Fedoseyev

22 October 2021, 19.00 Symphony №6
Chelyabinsk Symphony Orchestra |
Art director and chief conductor Adik Abdurakhmanov | Dmitry Shishkin, piano

4 November 2021, 20.00 | Symphonies №№ 1 & 2
Persymphans | INTRADA vocal ensemble

28 November 2021, 20.00 Symphony № 13
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone | The State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Evgeny Svetlanov” |
Conductor – Dmitry Korchak |Moscow Synodal Choir

1 December 2021, 20.00 | 5^th Symphony
Krasnoyarsk Academy Symphony Orchestra |
Conductor – Vladimir Lande

24 December 2021, 20.00 | 7^th Symphony
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Evgeny Svetlanov” |
Conductor – Vasily Petrenko