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The XII International winter festival "Arts Square"
14 December 2011 - 25 December 2011

SCHEDULE 14 December 2011 - 25 December 2011

The festival takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the famed Arts Square in the heart of the city. This magnificent square designed by Italian architect Carlo Rossi is home to the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the State Russian Museum, the Mussorgsky Theatre, the Ethnographic Museum and the Grand Hotel Europe. Presiding over it all is the imposing monument of Alexandre Pushkin, Russia’s most famous bard.

The XII International Winter Festival "Arts Square", will be held from December 14 – 25, 2011.
The atmosphere of one of the most European of Russian cities complements this year’s program which represents the European classics.

Traditionally, the festival participants are the star performers of the musical world linked with Maestro Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonia by longtime creative and friendly ties. However, the festival also presents new names: this year’s "Arts Square" will once again see the return of John Lill and Yefim Bronfman, Natalia Gutman and Elisso Virsaladze. On the other hand, for the first time, St. Petersburg will hear Leo Nucci and Roberto Aronika, Giuseppe Albanese and Aimi Kobayashi.

Maestro Yuri TemirkanovDecember 14, 2011 – December 25, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, Artistic Director

This is the twelfth year of “Art’s Square”, our International Winter Festival. I can say with pride that over this entire period the Festival has maintained the highest standards. Our programme, as in previous years, is once again centered on concerts given by outstanding Russian and foreign musicians, in both the Great Hall and the Small Hall of the St.Petersburg Philharmonia.
We have also been careful to preserve the Festival’s special St.Petersburg atmosphere.
Each of our artistic partners – the Russian Museum, the Mikhailovsky Theater, the Grand Hotel Europa and the Theater of Musical Comedy – will bring
their own inimitable colours to the Festival programme.
This year the festival is not devoted to any single theme, even though its most extensive project is assossiated with the year of Italy in Russia – namely, the visit of the Teatro Regio di Parma. As usual, both world-renowned musicians and new talents will be gracing the Festival with their presence. I’m grateful to all our performers, partner organizations, sponsors and audiences. It is thanks to each and every one of you that the Festival has become an important cultural event in St.Petersburg


With all best wishes, Yuri Temirkanov

The XII International winter festival Arts Square


The XII International Winter Festival "Arts Square",  will be held from December 14 – 25, 2011.

The atmosphere of one of the most European of Russian cities complements this year’s program which represents the European classics.

The Year of Italy in Russia will be greatly enhanced by the tour of the Royal Theatre of Parma, which will bring an exclusively Italian quintet of main protagonists, headed by the unsurpassed Leo Nucci from Giuseppe Verdi’s homeland to perform “Rigoletto”, with the exciting young Italian Andrea Battistoni conducting.

The second program presented by the Royal Theatre of Parma is Verdi's “Requiem” - a landmark work, a culmination of the composer’s operatic creative genius – will be performed by international soloists, with Yuri Temirkanov conducting.

The XII International winter festival Arts Square

The representation of Italian musicians will continue in a recital by a baroque ensemble, the "I Solisti Veneti", with soloist Olga Balashova and the debut in the Small Hall of the philharmonia of one of the most promising young pianists - Giuseppe Albanese.

The main events of the festival take place at the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, and the resident orchestra that carries the greatest load during the festival is the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The oldest symphony orchestra of Russia will perform at the festival twice under the baton of its Chief Conductor, Yuri Temirkanov, with programs devoted to Brahms and Beethoven. In the third program, the orchestra celebrates the Year of Spain in Russia, under the well-known Spanish conductor J. Lopez-Cobos, who for many years has headed the Teatro Real, Madrid.

Guests of the festival will be the oldest orchestra in Switzerland - Lucerne Symphony - under its Chief Conductor James Gaffigan, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev and the renowned chamber orchestra "Soloists of Venice." The parade of orchestras will be complemented by the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Dmitriev.

Traditionally, the festival participants are the star performers of the musical world linked with Maestro Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonia by longtime creative and friendly ties. However, the festival also presents new names: this year’s "Arts Square" will once again see the return of John Lill and Yefim Bronfman, Natalia Gutman and Elisso Virsaladze. On the other hand, for the first time, St. Petersburg will hear Leo Nucci and Roberto Aronika, Giuseppe Albanese and Aimi Kobayashi.

Partners of "Arts Square" will enhance the festival with their own respective projects: the Mikhailovsky Theatre is preparing the premiere of the classical "Sleeping Beauty" staged by one of the most interesting choreographers, Nacho Duato; the Russian Museum will open with the new exhibition halls of "Russian art of the 10’s – 40’s", and the Grand-Hotel Europe will extend its traditional hospitality to the guests and participants of the festival.


The XII International winter festival Arts Square The XII International winter festival Arts SquareThe International Winter Festival - "Arts Square" - emerged at the turn of the millennium, on the initiative of Maestro Temirkanov, artistic director of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic, named after D.D. Shostakovich, and Chief Conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The first festival was held in 1999 and since then, every year in December, the Arts Square lights up with “Arts Square", uniting the Philharmonic, Mikhailovsky Theatre, the Operetta Theatre, the Russian Museum and the Grand Hotel Europe in a unique cultural project.

 

As conceived by Maestro Temirkanov, Festival "Arts Square" hearkens back and revives the societal traditions of the winter season in St. Petersburg of the XIX century. In the summer it was customary to leave St. Petersburg, and all cultural and social life in this city occurred precisely in the winter, around the holidays of New Year and Christmas. Society receptions, balls, theaters and concerts, opened their doors to the public who gathered at this time in the city.

 

The XII International Winter Festival "Arts Square", which by now has become a tradition, will be held from December 14 – 25, 2011.
  
 
It will open with a concert of works by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov. The soloist will be the well-known British pianist, John Lill.

 

This time, the festival will be linked thematically to the Year of Italy in Russia. For Y. Temirkanov, artistic director of the festival and Chief Conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the theme of the festival, associated with Italian art, is marked above all by an opportunity to bring the orchestra and chorus of the Opera Theatre of Parma, where Maestro is the musical director from 2008 - 2013, to St. Petersburg. During the festival, the musicians of this theater will perform Verdi's opera “Rigoletto” in concert form. The main role of Rigoletto will be performed by an surpassed Leo Nucci – the best performer of this role today. Another major project of the festival will be Verdi's “Requiem” with the orchestra and chorus of Opera Theatre of Parma and an international array of soloists. In this form, “Requiem” will be performed in October, during the autumn festival of Verdi’s music in Parma.

The XII International winter festival Arts Square

 

The Year of Spain in Russia will be marked by the arrival of renowned Spanish conductor, J. Lopez-Cobos, who for many years headed the Teatro Real Madrid and has performed with many renowned orchestras. Under his baton, on 21 December, the Honored Russian Symphony Orchestra will perform a program of Spanish music. Also the Concerto for Cello by Dvorak, with soloist Natalia Gutman will be performed. The next day, the famous cellist will perform chamber music programs in the ensemble to Eliso Virsaladze.
  
 
In honor of the 65th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Russia and Switzerland, the oldest orchestra in Switzerland – the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra - will arrive in St. Petersburg. Under the direction of its Chief Conductor James Gaffigan, the orchestra will present a program of works by Rihm, Brahms and Liszt. The soloist will be one of the brightest contemporary pianists - Nicholas Angelich.

 
  
The concert will include the Russian premiere of a new work by a contemporary musical classic - Wolfgang Rihm. The Hall will host a conference devoted to the work of the composer and the developmental paths of modern music, which will be attended by a well-known musicologist, Mark Sattler, as well as young St. Petersburg musicologists and composers.

 

A unique musical and artistic project will be presented in the Great Hall by Michael Rudy: a pianist who created an original video-score, based on the watercolors by Kandinsky, on "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky. The project has already been presented in Paris (where the artist’s original watercolors, dedicated to a cycle by Mussorgsky, are stored in the Centre Pompidou) and now it is the turn of the St. Petersburg premiere.
 
The second Philharmonic orchestra – the Academic Symphony Orchestra under the Chief Conductor Alexander Dmitriev, will present a Russian-Italian program of works by Respighi, Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn. The soloist is a young, but already widely acclaimed pianist in the world, currently living in Germany - Igor Tchetuev.
 
 
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra will perform at the festival under the baton of its artistic director, Valery Gergiev, closing the year with a Mahler program.

 

The festival will culminate, on 25 December, with a concert of works by Brahms. With Yuri Temirkanov conducting, the program will consist of the Second Piano Concerto and the Second Symphony. Soloist - Yefim Bronfman.


The D.D.Shostakovich St.Petersburg Academic Philharmonia
The Maestro Temirkanov International Foundation for Cultural Initiatives
Grand Hotel Europe
The Russian Museum
The Mikhailovsky theatre
The Saint-Petersburg theatre of Musical comedy
The Russian Museum of Ethnography

The Festival is supported by
The Ministry of Culture of The Russian Federation
The Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg





SCHEDULE 14 December 2011 - 25 December 2011



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