N e w s   A r c h i v e   February   2001

• Petri Makkonen in St.Petersburg (report) - Finland/St.Petersburg
• Sergej Voitenko and "Non Stop" quartet perform at the festival - Russia
• Word Champion recital - St.Petersburg
• Petri Makkonen in St.Petersburg - Finland
• Vyacheslav Semionov in concert in Greece - Greece
• Recital of Vitali Dmitriev - St.Petersburg

Petri Makkonen in St.Petersburg (report)

Dear Reader, we have already written about the concerts of Petri Makkonen in St.Petersburg, (look here). Now, we would like to offer you a very brief report about the tour.

The very next day after the arrival, Mr.Makkonen gave his first concert in the region of St.Petersburg, a little town named Tchudovo. The successful concert was followed by the meeting with the composer, which took place in the Cultural Centre of St.Petersburg the next day. At the meeting, Petri Makkonen presented a lecture on his own music, showing some pieces of his works. Most of this music, has been composed for children, and i do believe that working on Makkonen’s Children Suites and other works is a real pleasure for every child - so far is the music from the traditional so called "children music".

Besides, all the titles are just wonderful! Listen how marvellous does it sound:
"Tango of the Skeleton in Love"... So romantic!..
The final recital of Petri Makkonen, which attracted more then 300 listeners took place at the Chamber Hall of Glinka Capella in St.Petersburg, and was so well received by the audience that Mr. Makkonen had to give three encores!

The program included following works:

• J.S. Bach Toccata and Fuga in D minor
• D. Scarlatti Sonata in D major
• A. Kusyakov Sonata Nr. 2 (in three movements)
• P. Makkonen "The flight beyond the time" (selected as a test piece for 1997 Coupe Mondiale)
• P. Makkonen "Disco - Toccata"
• P. Makkonen "Space Music" (in four parts)
• P. Makkonen "Children Suite"
• P. Makkonen "Red Bike"
• P. Makkonen "...like a swans.."
• P. Makkonen "Waltsing emotions"
• P. Makkonen "Polka Furioso"
• S. Rachmaninov -I. Jashkevitch "Italian Polka"

Sergej Voitenko and "Non Stop" quartet perform at Grushin Festival

Sergej Voitenko and quartet "Non Stop" performed at the Winter Grushin Festival, which was held in Samara from February 22nd to 26th. They performed a variety of popular pieces which were well received by the audience.

From March, 14th to 16th, the musicians will represent their native town Samara in Moscow, at the "Days of Samara Culture".

For more information: servoit@hippo.ru

Word Champion recital

World Champion Konstantin Ischenko (who also won Citta di Castelfidardo' 2000 international competition and "Citta di Lanciano" '2000 prize) will perform in St.Petersburg on March 24th. The performance will be given as part of the set of recitals given by the recent competition prizewinners of St.Petersburg. The project was set up in December with the concert of Sergej Tchirkov and Artem Kuznetsov, followed by the recitals given by Vitali Dmitriev and our guest performer Petri Makkonen from Kuopio (Finland). All the concerts will take place in the Chamber Hall of the State Glinka Capella.

For further details of Konstantin's program; keep watching this space.

Petri Makkonen in concert in St.Petersburg

Finnish composer and accordionist Petri Makkonen, who has composed numerous works for accordion, including "The Flight Beyond The Time" (selected as a test piece for the 1997 Coupe Mondiale) and the famous "Disco -Toccata" will tour St. Petersburg from February 20 - 25, 2001. His program consists of works of different styles, including classical, jazz, folk music and, of course his own compositions.

The concerts will take place in Music School of Tchudovo, on February 22nd and in the Chamber Hall of the State Glinka Capella, on the 24th.

In addition, Petri Makkonen will present a lecture on his music, including a performance of his most recent works. The lecture will take place in St. Petersburg at the National Rimski-Korsakov Conservatoire on February 23d and will be open for everyone to attend.

Vyacheslav Semionov in concert in Athens

Internationally known musician, Professor Vyatcheslav Semionov from Moscow, Russia will perform a recital in Athens, the capital of Greece. His program will include a variety of works by classical composers as well as contemporary and folk music.

The concert will be held in Philipos Nakos Concervatoire on February 2nd 2001. In addition, master classes will be held on February, 3rd and 4th.

Also, several students of Professor V.Semionov performed at the concert "The teacher and his students" which was held in Moscow recently and was organized by the International Charity Fund "New Names". Performers included A. Poeluev, S. Malishev, A. Selivanov , Ju. Medyanik and V. Semionov.

Recital of Vitali Dmitriev

World Champion Vitali Dmitriev (who has been awarded first prizes at seven international competition, including Klingenthal, Citta di Castelfidardo, Azzola-Zolotariov) will give a recital on February 3rd, 2001. The concert will be held in the Chamber Hall of the State Glinka Capella in St. Petersburg.

His program will include works by Bach, Zolotariov, Rameaux, Couperin, Venawski, Scarlatti, Pretcz, Gridin, Novikov.