Conductor:
Abdurakhmanov
Soloist:
Pietrodarchi bandoneon
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Bandoneon and the Classic Masters
Russian conductor Adik Abdurakhmanov returns for the last of his two concerts with the South-Ural Symphony Orchestra at the Symphonic Middle East Festival, which is being presented by CMDI Group and SAMIT Event Group, with the support of the European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC). For their final evening together, Abdurakhmanov and the orchestra will welcome the renowned bandoneon specialist Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi for a special evening featuring historical favourites alongside exciting contemporary works. The performance kicks off with contemporary composer Alexey Shor’s Bandoneon Concerto, a work which was written for Pietrodarchi himself, a man who is on a self-ascribed mission to revitalise the instrument’s fortunes in the 21st century. Next, the orchestra travels to more familiar ground, with a presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, the composer’s penultimate symphony, which marked the second of a set of three symphonies that Mozart composed in the summer of 1788 and has remained one of his most popular symphonic compositions ever since. After a short intermission, the orchestra shall then return to wrap up the concert with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, written while the composer was vacationing at the sap town of Teplitz in order to improve his health. Hailed by Beethoven himself as one of his most accomplished works, the 7th Symphony was premiered in Vienna on the 8th December 1813 with Beethoven occupying the role of conductor. Opening to a raucous reception, the work has remained ever-popular among audiences,and continues to occupy a prominent place within the composer’s considerable oeuvre.
Programme:
A. Shor
Bandoneon Concerto
W. Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
-- Intermission --
L. Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Adik Abdurakhmanov
The Artistic director and Chief conductor of the South-Ural Symphonic Orchestra of the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic
Adik Abdurakhmanov, the Honoured Artist of Russia, the holder of the state award - Order of Merit for Country of the II Degree, a graduate of the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory and the Ural State Conservatory, is a founder , artistic director and chief conductor of the Klassika Chamber Orchestra (1994-2019) and the South-Ural Symphonic Orchestra (since 2019).
As a soloist and a conductor he has toured in Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania. He has become the first in the country to play some pieces of contemporary composers including ones composed specially for the Klassika Chamber orchestra created by Adik Abdurakhmanov. The conductor collaborates with Hibla Gerzmava, Denis Matsuev, Boris Berezovsky, Nikolay Lugansky, Dmitry Shishkin, Miroslav Kultyshev, Pavel Milyukov, Philipp Kopachevskiy, Alexander Ramm, Graf Murzha, Borislav Strulev, Aidar Gaynullin, Alyona Baeva, as well as musicians from Austria, the USA, France, Germany, South Korea and many others.
Adik Abdurakhmanov is the artistic director of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Noviye Imena International Charity Foundation. The Foundation supports talented young musicians. Being a conductor, Adik Abdurakhmanov contributes a lot to making the South-Ural Symphonic Orchestra one of the main symbols of the region. In order to achieve this goal he has initiated and headed a series of social and educational projects aimed at making the public familiar with the masterpieces of the world symphonic music. Among them are ’20 Music Masterpieces that Have Changed the World’, ‘Days of Austria in South Ural’, ‘The Triumph of the Classical Music’, ‘Fairy-tales with the Great Orchestra’ and many others. The South Ural Symphonic Orchestra headed by Adik Abdurakhmanov participates in many significant musical events and festivals; has elaborated several concert series. Thanks to the culture of the sound, masterly harmony in playing, rich musical palette, the Orchestra has always been in the centre of the cultural life of the region.
Apart from all these activities Adik Abdurakhmanov is the Head of the Chair of String, Wind and Percussion instruments of the Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture, professor. Adik Abdurakhmanov’s artistic and teaching work has deserved wide public recognition and respect of the professional community, helped to form new generation of professional musicians of South Ural. He has won the gratitude of V. Spivakov’s International Charity Foundation, the Noviye Imena International Charity Program, the Union of the Russian Composers. In 2017 Adik Abdurakhmanov was named “The Honourable Citizen of Chelyabinsk’.
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
Bandoneon
Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi was born in Atessa on December 26th 1980. He began studying the accordion at the age of nine and, later on, he took on the bandoneon. From 1993 to 2001 he studied at the “F. Fenaroli” Civic Music school in Lanciano (CH, Italy) with M° C. Calista and with M° Cesare Chiacchiaretta. In 2007 he graduated with a first-class degree at the “S.Cecilia” Academy of Music in Rome, Italy.
He has attended specialization courses in Italy and abroad with J. Mornet, W. Zubitsky, A. L. Castaño, C. Rossi, Y. Shishkin.
Brilliant performer with refined musicality, he has won many national and international competitions such as:
- 1st Prize at the National Competition "Città di Latina" (1996, 1997);
- 1st Prize at the National Competition "Città di Montese" (MO) (1997);
- 1st Prize at the International Competition "S. Bizzarri di Morro D 'Oro " (TE) cat. Junior (1997);
- 1st Prize at the National Competition "Città di Rieti" (1999);
- 1st Prize "Adamo Volpi" at the Competition “Città di Loreto” (AN) (2000);
In July 1998 he was selected to represent Italy at the World Trophy C.M.A. (Junior) in Recoaro Terme, Italy;
In 2001 he won the World Trophy C.M.A. (Senior) in Lorient, France (21st-24th September)
In June 2002 he was a guest at the "Premio Barocco" - broadcast live from Gallipoli on Rai1 – and performed with the famous singer Antonella Ruggiero.
In October 2003-2004-2005 he took concerts as a soloist with the International Orchestra of Italy in China and Korea.Weill, under the direction of J. Webb.
In 2005 he collaborated with the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and the Symphony Foundation "Petruzzelli" of Bari to produce the Opera "Ascesa e Caduta della Città di Mahagonny" by Kurt Weill directed by M° J. Webb.
In 2006 he guested with Gabriele Mirabassi and Pietro Tonolo at the Montreal Jazz Festival - “I colori del mare” - thanks to a project of the EGEA record company.
He has guested several times at the programme Domenica In (RAI 1) and played with the RAI Orchestra conducted by Pippo Caruso.
In 2008 he performed with his bandoneon at the 58th edition of the Festival di San Remo, Italy.
In 2008 he recorded the soundtrack for the film “Caos Calmo” by Nanni Moretti and in 2009 the soundtrack for the film “Italians” by Giovanni Veronesi – among the actors: C. Verdone, R. Scamarcio and S. Castellitto -. Both the soundtracks are by Paolo Buonvino.
On 25th May 2009 he played at the Colosseo (Rome) with M° Andrea Bocelli, Angela Gheorghiu and Andrea Griminelli together with the Abruzzo Symphony Orchestra. The event “L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra” was in aid of the earthquake victims of Abruzzo. It was unique and worldwide broadcast on RAI 1 and RAI SAT.
On December 25th 2010 he performed with the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana in Concerto per la Vita e per la Pace (Concert for Life and Peace), worldwide broadcast by RAI in Bethlehem.
On January 1st 2010 he played as a soloist in the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana for the Newyear Concert at Teatro Comunale in Florence.
In January 2011 he performed for the Fondazione Arena di Verona at the Teatro Filarmonico with the Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona.
On June 1st 2011 he performes at the Arena of Verona together with Erwin Schrott during the festivities for the 150th anniversary of rhe Italian unification. The show is broadcasted live by Rai 1.
On August 1st 2011, supported by the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia directed by M. Omer Wellber, he plays as a soloist in the first ever performance for Accordion-Mandolin-Mag Tape and Orchestra of “The retourn of the Jackals”, by the Israeli composer Michael Wolpe.
Together with Erwin Schrott and Anna Netrebeko he performed in the most important cities in Germany, England and Denmark in 2012.
In the same year he recordedthe DVD "Live in Portofino" on a guest appearance with Andrea Bocelli. In 2013 he performed on a guest appearance with Andrea Bocelli, Riccardo Cocciante, Pino Daniele and Simona Molinari at the event "Teatro del Silenzio". On February 22 2014 he performed as soloist at the Ulker Sports Arena in Istanbul together with Andrea Bocelli.
From 15 to 19 April 2014 he was protagonist in the production of the "Verdi Dance" choreographed by Misha van Hoecke at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.
Besides performing in Italy, he has been taking concerts in England, France, Belgium, Croatia, Serbia, Germany, the U.S.A., Poland, Portugal, Finland, Switzerland, Hungary, Canada, Armenia, Russia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Turkia, Libano, Belarus and China.
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