The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will complete its sixth season in the coming months. Over the past years, the ensemble has mastered a significant repertoire, a significant addition to which will be Shostakovich&rsquo;s &ldquo;1905&rdquo; symphony. On April 20, the orchestra will perform it at the Tchaikovsky Hall under the baton of Alexander Lazarev. The program also includes Brahms&rsquo;s Second Piano Concerto, soloist &ndash; Vadim Rudenko.
Many masters of the older generation performed at the RNYSO console. The collaboration of the ensemble with Alexander Lazarev can be called especially happy and long-lasting: from the very first joint concert, a special mutual understanding arose between the conductor and the orchestra members, which intensifies with each performance. Last season, the RNMSO held the first subscription in its creative biography for one conductor - Alexander Lazarev. The concerts of the cycle featured works by Sibelius and Rachmaninov, as well as Shostakovich&rsquo;s Symphony No. 10; its second part was the permanent finale of the group&rsquo;s concerts in the first year of its existence.
Now Lazarev again turns to Shostakovich, whose work occupies a central place in his repertoire: under the direction of the maestro, the young orchestra will master Shostakovich&rsquo;s Symphony No. 11 (&ldquo;1905&rdquo;), written for the fortieth anniversary of the October Revolution and built on the themes of revolutionary songs of 1905. The content of the symphony was often perceived by listeners as broader than the announced program, or even contrary to it. Nevertheless, for &ldquo;1905&rdquo; Shostakovich was awarded the Lenin Prize.
The symphonies and concertos of Brahms, whose name gives the name to the current subscription, have long been present in the repertoire of the RNYSO; The first joint program of the orchestra and Alexander Lazarev featured a Double Concerto. Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is considered one of the most labor-intensive works of its genre for a performer. The majestic lyrical-epic opus amazed contemporaries with its extraordinary beauty and complexity at all levels. The solo part will be performed by the laureate of international competitions, world-famous pianist Vadim Rudenko, who also performed with the orchestra conducted by Lazarev with great success.

Alexander Lazarev presents Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 at the RNYSO

The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will take part in a gala concert in the Great Hall of the Sirius Science and Art Park on March 5 as part of the World Youth Festival. This is the largest youth event in the world, in which during the first week of March 20 thousand Russian and foreign young leaders in the field of business, media, international cooperation, culture, science, education, volunteering and charity, sports, various spheres of public life, will take part. as well as teenagers representing various children's organizations and associations.
The gala concert, which received the symbolic name &ldquo;Russian Symphony Team,&rdquo; will open with a performance by the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yuri Bashmet. In the second part, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will offer listeners a wide panorama of musical genres and styles - from symphonic miniatures to operatic arias, from virtuoso concert pieces to Neapolitan songs. Among the authors performed are Russian and Italian composers: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Cilea, Curtis. This evening the RNMSO and the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform in the same program for the first time.
The prima donna of the Russian opera stage Khibla Gerzmava (soprano) and the winners of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition Sergei Davydchenko (piano) and Kim Ke Hee (violin) will shine as soloists with the RNYSO. Dmitry Yurovsky, artistic director and chief conductor of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NOVAT), and chief conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater named after Dmitry Hvorostovsky, was invited to conduct the orchestra.
The orchestra to perform at the World Youth Festival will also include young musicians (aged 16 to 19 years) - participants in the summer sessions of the Symphony Academy, which the RNMSO has already held three times at the Sirius educational center in Sochi. These are trumpeter Georgy Kobyshev, clarinetist Igor Smaliy, violinists Grigory Miroshnik and Veronika Vyatkina, flutist Elena Bakhanek.

RNYSO will perform at the World Youth Festival in Sirius

From February 26 to 29, 2024, a competition will be held for the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra - Symphony Academy. Young musicians of the following orchestral specialties are invited to participate: violin, viola, double bass, percussion instruments.
Nonresident participants of the full-time rounds of the Competition and their accompanists are provided with hotel accommodation.
To participate in the competition, you must download and fill out an application and send it to apply@rnmso.ru
Applications are accepted until February 21 inclusive.
You can view the Regulations on the Competition here.
If you have any questions, write to us: apply@rnmso.ru

Competition for RNYSO

The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra is completing its philharmonic subscription, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the ensemble. On February 17, in the Tchaikovsky Hall, Philip Chizhevsky will take the helm of the RNYSO; the Borodin State Quartet will also take part in the concert. The program includes Mahler's Seventh Symphony and Schoenberg's Concerto for Quartet and Orchestra (free arrangement of Handel's Concerto grosso No. 7).
This season, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrated its first anniversary - 5 years. Continuing to celebrate its fifth anniversary, the orchestra, under the direction of Philip Chizhevsky, is preparing an extraordinary program, where there are neither symphonic hits nor virtuoso concerts for soloists and orchestra. True, soloists will still appear on stage - members of the legendary Borodin Quartet. A concerto for quartet and orchestra is a huge rarity, and Schoenberg's work in this genre is a rarity of rarities. But audiences expecting atonality or dodecaphony from Schoenberg need not worry: his Concerto for Quartet and Orchestra is an arrangement of one of Handel's Concerto grossos.
The central work of the evening is Mahler's Seventh Symphony, also rarely performed; perhaps this is explained by the atypical structure - connoisseurs still wonder why between the extreme movements of the Seventh Symphony there is placed, as if another one, composed of two mysterious Nocturnes and a central mysterious Scherzo. At the same time, the Seventh is a real celebration of music, leaving no one indifferent. A program like this would brighten the season of any eminent orchestra; Philip Chizhevsky performs it with RNYSO - a group that can handle programs of any complexity.

RNYSO and Philipp Chizhevsky will perform Schoenberg and Mahler

January 27 is one of the days of military glory of Russia; On this day in 1944, Leningrad was completely liberated from the fascist blockade. The performance of Verdi's Requiem in the Tchaikovsky Hall is dedicated to the defenders of the hero city. The music, which the composer&rsquo;s contemporaries compared with Dante&rsquo;s &ldquo;Divine Comedy&rdquo; and Michelangelo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Last Judgment,&rdquo; will remind listeners of one of the most tragic pages of Russian history of the 20th century.
Verdi's Funeral Mass, along with Mozart's Requiem, has become one of the most beloved and frequently performed works of its genre. Its story began in 1868 after the death of Rossini, when Verdi invited several composers to jointly write a funeral mass for the memory of their great compatriot. The plan remained unrealized, and only a new tragedy prompted Verdi to return to work: he dedicated his grandiose Requiem to the memory of Alessandro Manzoni, a poet and writer, one of the spiritual leaders of the movement for the unification of Italy, who became a national hero.
Verdi's Requiem is called "opera in church robes." The luxury of a romantic orchestra, the power of a large choir, the brilliant parts of soloists - all this takes you away from the intimate atmosphere of a funeral service into the space of theatrical performance. It is not surprising that from the very first steps the Requiem was a triumphant success, and the power of its influence on listeners has not weakened over the years. The performers will help you feel this again - the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, the A. A. Yurlov Choir of Russia, soloists Valentina Fedeneva, Agunda Kulaeva, Alexey Tatarintsev and Alexey Tikhomirov. At the controls is maestro Dmitry Yurovsky.

Verdi's Requiem will be performed on the 80th anniversary of the end of the siege

On January 11, Dmitry Sinkovsky, the chief conductor of the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. S. Pushkin, will make his debut at the helm of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra in the Tchaikovsky Hall. The maestro&rsquo;s repertoire is dominated by the music of Baroque and Classicism, and the more interesting is the program that he will present at the helm of the RNMSO: works by Jean Sibelius and Edvard Grieg will be performed.
Dmitry Sinkovsky's performances at the Moscow Philharmonic are a constant success with the public; As a rule, the conductor goes on stage with the groups he leads - the La voce strumentale orchestra and the choir of the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. S. Pushkin. Dmitry Sinkovsky's first performance at the helm of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will be a completely natural event: many of the La voce strumentale artists are graduates of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Dmitry Sinkovsky will perform for the first time with RNYSO

On December 25, a solo concert by Ramon Vargas, a world-famous singer from the top ten outstanding contemporary tenors, will take place in the Tchaikovsky Hall. For the Mexican artist, who settled in Vienna many years ago, it has long become a kind of tradition to perform in Russia on the eve of the New Year. The long-awaited singer will appear in all the splendor of his skill and multifaceted repertoire: Ramon Vargas sings in many languages and in particular in Russian, certainly including works of Russian classics in concert programs in Moscow.
A new meeting between Ramon Vargas and Russian music lovers will coincide with Christmas celebrations in the Western world. This time he will delight listeners with a wide stylistic scope - he will perform arias from operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and, of course, he will not forget about his signature Russian aria - Lensky from the opera &ldquo;Eugene Onegin&rdquo; by Tchaikovsky. The famous artist will be accompanied by the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by the Italian maestro Federico Santi.
A conductor and composer in demand in Europe, professor at the Maastricht Conservatory, Federico Santi worked for several years as a tutor-consultant on working with the Italian repertoire at the Academy of Young Opera Singers of the Mariinsky Theater and conducted many performances at the theater as a guest conductor, preparing the premiere of a new production of the opera &ldquo;Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti. In 2021, he acted as musical director of the production of Donizetti&rsquo;s opera &ldquo;Elisir of Love&rdquo; at the Moscow Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Ramon Vargas will celebrate Christmas with a solo concert in Moscow

The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrated its first anniversary - 5 years. In two chamber concerts, the orchestra's artists will perform in unusual roles - with works for a string quartet and for a wind quintet. Friends of the ensemble will be able to get to know the musicians better, and they will have the opportunity to address the public not as part of a large orchestra, but personally on their own behalf. The concerts will take place on December 18 and 19 in the Small Hall of the Philharmonic-2.
Both programs were compiled by the performers themselves from masterpieces of Russian classics: the first, along with Borodin&rsquo;s textbook Quartet No. 2, included Prokofiev&rsquo;s rarely heard Quartet No. 2. The second will surprise listeners with &ldquo;Scheherazade&rdquo; by Rimsky-Korsakov and &ldquo;Pictures at an Exhibition&rdquo; by Mussorgsky in an unusual guise - arranged for wind quintet. &ldquo;Eight Russian Folk Songs&rdquo; by Lyadov and another rarity will also be performed: the suite &ldquo;Village Day&rdquo; by Evgeny Svetlanov, not only a great interpreter of Russian music, but also a wonderful composer.
The host of the concerts is the artistic director of the RNMSO Ilya Repenak. &ldquo;Anyone who has ever worked with the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra will look elsewhere for precisely those feelings and meanings that live and multiply in this group,&rdquo; Repenak reflects. &ldquo;It is impossible to describe the meeting with every soloist, teacher, conductor: any person who comes to work with us leaves here a piece of himself and his experience, and we carefully keep this in our hands, minds and hearts.&rdquo;

Concerts for friends of the orchestra

The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrates its first anniversary - 5 years. On the festive evening of November 28, musicians who have played a special role in the life of the RNMSO from the first days of its existence - pianist Denis Matsuev and maestro Valery Gergiev - will appear on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Hall with the artists of the Youth Orchestra.
The program of the anniversary concert included a suite from the ballet &ldquo;Romeo and Juliet&rdquo; by Prokofiev and &ldquo;Prometheus&rdquo; by Scriabin: symphonic masterpieces that allow the ensemble to demonstrate mastery and mastery of different orchestral styles. This music comes into emotional resonance with the unique atmosphere of the group, reflecting the sincerity of the young musicians and the burning of their hearts. Scriabin&rsquo;s grandiose score will allow almost all members of the current RNMSO lineup to appear on stage at the same time &ndash; and there are more than 100 of them.
Valery Gergiev: &ldquo;Of course, we have many famous orchestras, but the five-year history of this ensemble already deserves both respect and great attention. For me, working with RNMSO is a joy, because we also have friendly relations.&rdquo;
Denis Matsuev: &ldquo;We went through these five years together, about which we can shoot a separate series. In the last season alone we played 16 different piano concertos. I love this team very much, I feel the atmosphere of a big family in it. Playing in &ldquo;Molodezhka&rdquo; is not only musical skill, but also a school of life for an orchestra player.&rdquo;

RNYSO is 5 years

The Moscow Philharmonic's &ldquo;The Whole Stravinsky&rdquo; subscription, designed for several years, started last season and keeps going on. Having completed the first year of the cycle with &ldquo;Petrushka&rdquo;, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philipp Chizhevsky open the second season of the subscription with another of Stravinsky&rsquo;s famous Russian ballets, &ldquo;The Rite of Spring&rdquo;. Its premiere 110 years ago was accompanied by a huge scandal, which did not stop this music from conquering the whole world. The miniature Three Poems from Japanese lyric poetry for soprano and chamber orchestra and the opera &ldquo;The Nightingale&rdquo; based on Andersen&rsquo;s fairy tale will also be performed: Stravinsky began it even before working on &ldquo;The Firebird&rdquo;, and finished it after &ldquo;The Rite of Spring&rdquo;. The concert is attended by the Yurlov State Choir of Russia and soloists of Russian opera houses.
In the second season of &ldquo;The Whole Stravinsky&rdquo; series, listeners will trace the composer&rsquo;s path from &ldquo;The Rite of Spring&rdquo; (1913), the sensational premiere of which became the symbolic beginning of the 20th century in music, to &ldquo;Pulcinella&rdquo; (1920), which marked Stravinsky&rsquo;s turn to neoclassicism. Surrounded by six concert compositions for different casts, five major theatrical opuses will be performed, including &ldquo;The Tale of a Soldier&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Tale of the Fox, the Rooster, the Cat and the Ram&rdquo;.
&ldquo;The Whole Stravinsky&rdquo; cycle involves the performance in chronological order of all the works of Igor Stravinsky, including those that are practically not heard in Russia. For the first time in history, Stravinsky's legacy is performed in its entirety in one concert cycle, and this happens in his homeland. The author and presenter of the project, Yaroslav Timofeev, is a guide into the world of Stravinsky.

RNYSO opens the second season of “The Whole Stravinsky” subscription

The new subscription of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra features brilliant performers &mdash; conductors Dmitry Sinkovsky and Philipp Chizhevsky, pianist Konstantin Emelyanov, violinist Vadim Repin, and the Borodin Quartet. The first concert of the cycle on October 21 in the Tchaikovsky Hall is presented by Alexander Lazarev, a master of the Russian conducting school.&nbsp;
Alexander Lazarev&rsquo;s collaboration with the RNYSO began in 2019, and since then the orchestra has established a very special connection with the conductor along with fruitful cooperation. Under the direction of the maestro, the orchestra performed the music of Brahms and Respighi, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Terterian, celebrated Rachmaninov&rsquo;s anniversary, and now for the first time will perform Richard Strauss&rsquo;s &ldquo;Symphonia Domestica&rdquo; and Mozart&rsquo;s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with Konstantin Emelyanov as a soloist.
&nbsp;The concert is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elena Gnessina.

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