Closing of the Rimsky-Korsakov – 180 Wind Music Festival

From September 20 to October 20, 2024, Moscow hosted the First Open Moscow Wind Music Festival dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The closing ceremony of the festival was held at the Central House of the Russian Army named after M.V. Frunze. The Central Concert Exemplary Navy Orchestra of the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov performed under the baton of the orchestra's chief conductor Valentin Lyashchenko. The final concert of the festival was the final chord of the celebration of the 180th anniversary of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia.

The rich creative heritage of the master of orchestral color N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, the outstanding achievements of the Russian performing school on wind instruments, as well as various types of wind instruments, without the sound of which it is impossible to imagine the composition of a modern symphony orchestra, were presented at a series of thematic concerts by the leading creative collectives of the country, soloists and teachers: concertmaster of the trombone group of the Bolshoi Orchestra Professor Erkin Yusupov, Head of the Department of Brass Instruments at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State University; laureate of the XVII P.I. Competition. Tchaikovsky's Fyodor Osver (oboe); winner of the Golden Nutcracker 2023 Elizabeth Gamaris (clarinet) and others. .

The organizer of the festival is the Center for Cultural Initiatives of Nikolai Popov, soloist of the orchestra and wind quintet of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Association "Valery Khalilov Spiritual Society".

Performers:

The Central Concert Orchestra of the Naval Fleet

named after N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov

The conductor is the Head of the orchestra, Captain 2nd rank Valentin Lyashchenko

Soloists:

Soloist of the GABT Orchestra of Russia Nikolai Popov (flute)

(trombone)

Winner of the II Prize of the International Tchaikovsky Competition

Fyodor Osver (oboe)

Winner of the Golden Nutcracker 2024 Elizaveta Gamaris (clarinet)

Alena Markelova (saxophone-viola)

Program:

M.Glinka Overture to the opera "Life for the Tsar" 9 min.

N.Rimsky-Korsakov Clarinet Concerto (soloist Elizaveta Gamaris)

N.Rimsky-Korsakov Variations for oboe on the theme of a romance by M.Glinka

"That the beauty is young" (soloist Fedor Osver)

N.Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto for Trombone (soloist)

G.Kalinkovich "Pavana and Tarantella" (soloist Alena Markelova)

N.Popov (orchestration by A.Karabanov) Fantasy for flute

on themes from the opera by N.Rimsky-Korsakov "The Snow Maiden" (soloist Nikolai Popov)

N.Rimsky-Korsakov Procession of Princes from the ballet "Mlada" (costume show)

The Red Banner Hall of the Central House of the Russian Army. October 20, 2024.