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Sergej Tchirkov Concert, St Petersburg – Russiaby Rob Howard |
Accordionist Sergej Tchirkov (picture right) joined by viola player Marina Kuperman will perform chamber music concert at the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, St Petersburg, on January 22nd. Performed on contemporary instruments, the concert nevertheless places particular emphasis on the Historically Informed Performance (H.I.P.) of baroque music based on research and performance history. The program will feature ‘Passacaglia’, by H.I.F. Biber, Concerto for keyboard (after A. Vivaldi) by J.S. Bach, Concerto for keyboard (after G.F. Telemann) by J.S. Bach, Two sonatas for viola da gamba and keyboard (?1 ,? 3) by J.S. Bach, and ‘Fratres’, by A. Pärt. A new work ‘Deystviya’ for accordion and string quartet by well known Italian composer Ivan Fedele was premiered by Sergej Tchirkov (accordion) and Studio for New Music string quartet at the Moscow Forum contemporary music festival on December 14th. Ivan Fedele (b. 1953), one of the most important names in the world of new music, is also engaged in an intense academic activity, which has involved his collaboration with important institutions, such as Harvard University, University of Barcelona, Sorbonne and IRCAM in Paris, Sibelius Academy of Helsinki, Chopin Academy of Warsaw, Centre Acanthes in Avignon, CNSM in Lyon, and CNR of Strasbourg, as well as Italian conservatories, namely Milan, Bologna and Turin. In 2000 he has been awarded the title of ‘Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ by the French Ministry of Culture. He is Accademico Effettivo and since 2007 he has been teacher of the specialization course in composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. For further information email: tchirkov@inkin.de |