Music Holidays at the Astana Opera

Music Holidays at the Astana Opera

THE CONCERT IS HELD IN KAZAKH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Please note that the age limit is 10+

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed

Performances by talented Kazakhstani students on the stage of the Chamber Hall have become a cherished tradition. These young musicians study at the leading creative universities of the country and prestigious institutions abroad. The aim of such concerts is to support young talent and promote classical music.

The concert “Musical Holidays at the Astana Opera” will feature works by Kazakhstani composers as well as classical masterpieces, performed by students of the Academic Music College at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Gnessin State Musical College of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, the V. Yankovsky Novosibirsk Specialized Music School, the Cologne University of Music and Dance (Germany), the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Purcell School for Young Musicians (United Kingdom), Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania, USA), and others.

All these young performers are exceptional musicians and prize-winners of prestigious international competitions. Performing in their homeland carries double the responsibility – it is both a test and a result of their work, a report to their native audience and to the teachers who gave them a path into the wider world of music.

PERFORMERS

Winners of international competitions:

Alina KULBAYEVA (soprano)

Nuriya Kanifa KADYRZHAN (violin)

Afina MAVIDI (flute)

Abylai ZHUMAKE (bassoon)

Radiya ORAZALINOVA (piano)

Zhuldyz YERZHENIS (piano)

Aidar FAZYLOV (percussion)

Diana MAKAZHAN (violin)

Accompanists: Malika AIMAKOVA

PROGRAMME

F. Schubert. Serenade A. Zhubanov, L. Khamidi. Azhar’s Lament from the opera Abai J. Brahms. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 Kazakh folk song Yapurai (arranged by N.K. Kadyrzhan) A. Scriabin. Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53 S. Rachmaninoff. Étude-Tableau No. 8 in G minor, Op. 33 F. Liszt. Tarantella from Years of Pilgrimage: Venice and Naples

W.A. Mozart. Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, 1st movement O. Gordeli. Concertino

E. Ysaÿe. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Ballade, Op. 27 No. 3 C. Debussy. Arabesque A. Piazzolla. Ave Maria (duet)

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