A MUSICAL JOURNEY AROUND VEINNA

THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL SILK ROAD FESTIVAL

“A MUSICAL JOURNEY AROUND VEINNA”

On October 8, as part of the 3rd International Silk Road Festival, “A Musical Journey around Vienna” concert will take place.

The Astana Opera and guest artists will lift the veil of musical life of the Austrian capital for the Astana audiences. The history of Vienna gives this city its special charm; there are cafes, apartments and streets that have still been keeping the atmosphere in which great composers who gave the world masterpieces of world classics lived and worked. The city views of the period when Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Richard Strauss (music director of the famous Vienna State Opera) lived will appear before the audience.

Some works will be performed on the Kazakhstani stage for the first time. At the invitation of the Astana Opera, the famous Europian pianist from Vienna, Stephan Matthias Lademann who specializes in German chamber music, will give a concert. In a duet with the Astana Opera soprano soloist Madina Islamova, a graduate of the Vienna Conservatory, they will perform arias and romantic songs by well-known Viennese composers.

“A Musical Journey around Vienna” will continue the project implemented in 2013 in the Austrian capital. Then the concert was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Austria and Kazakhstan, and was conducted with the support of the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Pianist Matthias Lademann and students of the prestigious Austrian Music Universities - soprano Madina Islamova and pianist Yernar Nurtazin (Music University of Linz) have won great acclaim for performing Viennese composers’s works. After that, the idea to present this programme in Kazakhstan came to their mind.

The Astana Opera soloist, People's Artist of Armenia Barseg Tumanyan (bass), as well as winners of international competitions Lyubov Tkachenko (harp) and Alexandr Taraskin (flute) will take part in the concert.

In Astana, Stephan Matthias Lademann will also give a master class on German opera and chamber music for the Astana Opera soloists and accompanists.

The concert will feature:

Stephan Matthias Lademann (piano, Austria)

Madina Islamova (soprano)

Yernar Nurtazin (piano)

Barseg Tumanyan, People's Artist of Armenia (bass)

Lyubov Tkachenko (harp)

Alexandr Taraskin (flute)

 

On the programme:

Works by J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, F. Schubert, G. Mahler, L. van Beethoven, R. Strauss.

 

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes

 

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed