The Youth Orchestra of the Foundation for the Development of Performing Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan "Sforzando" will perform for the first time on the stage of the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky

January 3, 19:00 The Youth Orchestra of the Foundation for the Development of Performing Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan "Sforzando" ("Sforzando") will perform for the first time on the stage of the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory named after  P.I. Tchaikovsky. The orchestra will present "Evening of the Comic Opera" at the Annual Festival of Classical Music "New Year at the Conservatory".

The II Annual Festival of Classical Music "New Year at the Conservatory" will be held in the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory after  P.I. Tchaikovsky from December 31, 2017 to January 4, 2018. This year's program of the festival will be composed of opera works. The Youth Orchestra of the Foundation for the Development of the Performing Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan "Sforzando" will present on the stage one of the most acoustically perfect sites of the capital a festive program of popular and light opera singspaces: "Bastien and Bastienne" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and "Telephone or the Love of Three" by Giancarlo Menotti.

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor, Germany) is also taking part in the festival "New Year at the Conservatory", accompanied by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and Kang Wang, a tenor from Australia.

About the program "Sforzando"

One-act chamber opera "Bastien and Bastienne" (1768) was written by V.A. Mozart at the age of 12 years, impressed by the "Village sorcerer" Rousseau. The charming story of the love of the young shepherdess Bastienne and the shepherd Bastien is a singspiel - "a play with singing" or "opera with dialogues", extremely popular in the second half of the 18th century. According to the plot, the shepherdess Bastienna is in love with the shepherd Bastien. However, it seems to him that he has an interest in one rich girl. The sorcerer Kolas comes to the rescue. He helps two young lovers to find happiness.

Italian comic opera "Phone, or Love Three" (1947) by Giancarlo Menotti is a half-hour work for two soloists accompanied by an orchestra. The plot is based on a love triangle, one of whose participants is a telephone. Ben comes to Lucy to ask her to become his wife. But every time, as soon as he begins his confession, the damn phone rings, and Lucy deepens into endless conversations with her friends. In despair, Ben jumps out into the street and calls his beloved from the phone booth. Now, fans of telephone conversations no longer stand in the way of two lovers. Ben on the phone says that he is deadly in love with Lucy, can not live without her and asks for her hand.

Director: Honored Artist of Russia Mnir Sokolov

Conductor: Evgueny Sakmarov

Soloists:

Laureates of international competitions

AysyluNurullina (soprano) Kazan

Yana Flaksman (soprano) Kazan

Raushan Shaybekov (tenor) Kazan

Mikhail Golovushkin (bass) Moscow

Artistic Director Daniyar Sokolov

About the festival "New Year at the Conservatory"

The festival "New Year at the Conservatory" is a series of events held annually at the Moscow State Conservatory after  P.I. Tchaikovsky in the holiday period by the company IldarBakeevEntertainment. His goal - to demonstrate clearly that classical music - it's not boring. "The only reason why people might not like classical music, in our opinion - they heard it in an uninteresting interpretation," says Ildar Bakeyev. - For our festival, we are seriously approaching the choice not only of the performer, but also of the program: we have masterpieces of classics performed by outstanding stage masters! "

The first festival "New Year at the Conservatory of 2017" took place from December 29, 2016 to January 5, 2017. During the 5 days of the festival the leading violin of the USA, Sarah Chang, was performing  on the stage of the Grand Hall, accompanied by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the artistic direction of V. Spivakov, a star of Vienna opera  Ramon Vargas accompanied by the symphony orchestra  Helikon Opera Theater, the most popular lyric tenor of modern times Juan Diego Flores, the French intellectual pianist David Fre and the golden oboe of Russia Alexei Utkin and the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia.

About    the Orchestra

The Regional Public Charitable Foundation for the Development of Performing Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan "Sforzando" ("Effort")  has been  established in 2014 to implement charitable projects. The founder of the fund is Sokolov Daniyar Mnirovich - pianist, the laureate of international competitions. The Foundation aims to develop the musical culture of the republic, popularize classical music and support talented young people, search for new young stars of the classical stage, help them realize their talent on the world stage and promote academic music.

The Youth Orchestra of the Fund "Sforzando" these are  young and talented musicians, laureates of international contests and festivals, actively taking part in the events of the regional charitable social foundation for the development of musical performance of the Republic of Tatarstan "Sforzando".