The State Hermitage
Producer Center DOMUS
present
the 4th International Festival
DEDICATION TO MAESTRO
Saint-Petersburg, the State Hermitage
12 - 20 March, 2010
Head of the Arts Council and Organizing Committee of the Festival - Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage.
General Partner of the Festival – Promsvyazbank, OJSC.

Program of the Festival Dedication to Maestro-2010

12 March, Friday, 7 p.m.
Official opening of the festival
the State Hermitage, the Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace
Dedication to P.I. Tchaikovsky
Orchestra of the State Hermitage
Conductor – Vladimir Ziva, Distinguished Artist of Russia
In the program:
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from opera Eugene Onegin
Suite from ballet Nutcracker
Suite from ballet Swan Lake

13 March, Saturday, 7 p.m.
the State Hermitage, the Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace
Dedication to Chopin
Piano party
Solo – Vladimir Mishchuk, Distinguished Artist of Russia
In the program: Frederic Chopin
Polonaise C-sharp minor
Impromptu No 1 and No 2
Ballade No 4
Two nocturnes comp.48, No 1 and No 2
Polonaise A-flat major

15 March, Monday, 7 p.m.
The State Hermitage, the Hermitage Theater
Dedication to Handel
"Handel Jazz"
Rolf Zeilke - piano (Germany), Ulrich Moritz - contrabass (Germany),
Guillermo Da Silva Castro  - percussive (Brazil)
In the program: Classic in jazz adaptation. Jazz impromptu for music of George Frederic Handel

17 March, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
The State Hermitage, the Hermitage Theater
Dedication to Jazz
Conductor:
Vytautas Sondeckis, soloist of the Symphony Orchestra of television and radio broadcasting station NDR (Germany)
Soloists:
Lars Danielsson - contrabass (Sweden)
Bugge Wesseltoft - piano, keyboard (Norway)
Accompanied by the State Hermitage Orchestra

18 March, Thursday, 7 p.m.
The State Hermitage, the Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace
Dedication to the Hermitage
State Hermitage Orchestra
Conductor – Felix Korobov, Distinguished Artist of Russia
Soloist – Oleg Vaynshtein, prize winner of International contests (piano)
In the program:
Frederic Chopin piano concert with orchestra No 1
Jean Sibelius symphonic poem Storm (first performance in Russia)
Robert Schumann Overture to dramatic poem by Byron Manfred