Five Evenings: Elements

The Five Evenings chamber festival is being held in Moscow for the seventh time. This year, the festival will feature new works by contemporary Russian composers from across the country.

The "Elements" concert is a meeting of diverse musical worlds and instruments, united by the spirit of folk traditions and contemporary sounds. Balalaika, domra, kantele, mandolin, and string quartet—each instrument reveals its own element in new and unexpected ways. The concert will feature works by Grigory Zaitsev, Daria Maraeva, Olesya Evstratova, Anastasia Salo, Sergey Popov, Elmir Nizamov, and Andrey Byzov.

PROGRAM:

Grigory Zaitsev (Moscow Region). Parks of Moscow (2023) for small domra and piano:

- First Park – Nona. Spring. Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo. Spring

- Second Park – Decima. Summer. Tsaritsyno. Fountain

Interlude. Autumn. Lefortovo. Krestovy Pond

- Tretya Parka - Morta. Winter. Kolomenskoye. Golosov Ravine;

Daria Mamaeva (Novosibirsk). Two Microchromatic Pieces (2025) for domra quartet:

- Wind Chimes

- Microchromatic Toccata;

Olesya Evstratova (Moscow). Russian Diptych (2023) for domra and balalaika:

- Origins

- The Road Home;

Anastasia Salo (Petrozavodsk). Song of the Wind (2019) for flute and kantele;

Sergey Popov (Nizhny Novgorod). Russian Presto (2023) for prima balalaika and piano;

Andrey Byzov (Ekaterinburg). Chamber Suite (2014) for mandolin and cello;

Elmir Nizamov (Kazan). Lament of the Earth and Dance of Fire from the cycle "Elements" (2023) for mandolin and string quartet.

PERFORMERS:

Kristina Fish, small domra;

Daria Zolotovskaya, piano;

Soloists of the Lyudmila Zykina "Russia" Ensemble:

- Luiza Nuriyeva, small domra;

- Anastasia Zakharova, alto domra;

- Vladimir Dunayev, prima balalaika, Honored Artist of Russia;

- Efnan Ibadlaev, bass balalaika;

Leivo Duet:

- Denis Kozlov, flute;

- Elena Magnitskaya, kantele;

Alexander Nikolaychuk, balalaika;

Mikhail Turpanov, piano;

Ekaterina Mochalova, mandolin;

String Quartet of the Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble:

- Kirill Kravtsov, first violin,

- Mikhail Feiman, second violin,

- Andrei Usov, viola,

- Alexey Naydenov, cello.

Concert host: Alexandra Nagornova.

Zaryadye Concert Hall, Small Hall, Moscow, October 27