New York Festival Orchestra
Presents
NEW LIVE VIDEO RECORDING
Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 5, op. 73, "Emperor"
Ivan Donchev, piano
Hideaki Hirai, Music Director & Conductor
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On June 30th, Ivan Donchev performed Rachmaninov's the 3rd Piano Concerto with USC Mussorgsky Symphony Orchestra in Ekaterinburg, Russia with guest conductor Piero Romano
Ivan Donchev had very busy schedule in 2016! Highlights of his recent activities include a piano duo concert in Bologna with his partner and student pianist Elena Nefedova (
www.circolodellamusica.it
), a solo recital at the prestigious Festival in Italy (
Il Suono di Liszt a Villa d'Este | Colle Ionci
) in Tivoli. The program, titled "Annees de pelerinage" featured the entire 1st volume of Liszt's monumental cycle and concluded the complete performance of all three volumes in three years, which Ivan Donchev performed at the Villa d'Este where Liszt himself had lived.
In May Ivan played a solo recital program at the well-known May Music Days Festival in Bulgaria
- including some jazz encores performed with his father Vasil Donchev - in addition to a piano masterclass in his native Burgas at the Pancho Vladigerov State School of Music.
On June 30th, Ivan Donchev performed Rachmaninov 3rd Concerto with USC Mussorgsky Symphony Orchestra in Ekaterinburg, Russia with guest conductor Piero Romano. On July 9th Mr. Donchev played in Italy the Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninov at Ostuni Piano Festival with Magna Grecia State Orchestra directed by the brilliant Russian conductor Anton Shaburov.
Future engagements will take place in Russia, US and Italy, where in August Ivan will give a 5 day masterclass at the San Gemini Music Festival
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Diane Wittry, Conductor
Performance and activities schedule from January - August 2016
January 14-17
CODA conference - Guest Master Class Teacher
January 27
Guest speaker at Juilliard School
Feb 13-14
concerts Allentown Symphony - Puccini's Greatest hits - All Puccini concert
Feb 18, 20, 22
"Stories in Music" Family concert series - ASO
Feb 27
Ridgewood Symphony (RSO) - All Brahms Concert featuring his seldom performed cantata Rinaldo
March 5
Judge for the Schadt National String competition
March 12-13
Petrushka Concert, with ballet dancers - ASO
April 1-2
Judge for World Strides Music Festivals - New York
April 9-10
Carmina Burana Concert ASO
April 15-16
Judge for World Strides Music Festivals - Virginia
April 27
Guest speaker - PEO Civic club, New Jersey
May 6
Concert - Symphonic Dances - Ridgewood Symphony, NJ
May 14 - Guest Conductor - Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, PA
June 16-18
Guest conducting Teacher - South Carolina Conductor's Institute
June 19
Latin Fiesta Concert - (ASO) Leavitt Pavilion, Bethlehem, PA (ASO)
June 27 - July 2
Faculty - Beyond the Baton International Conducting Seminar - Norwalk, CT
Pizazz Music Ensemble
August 19-29
Coach - Wyoda Chamber Music Festival, Vermont
Recent articles:
Monthly column for the Lehigh Valley Press, by Diane Wittry - The articles are available at: www.thelehighvalleypress.com (please do a search for Wittry)
Recent concert reviews:
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Dimitar Karaminkov, Conductor
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Concert with guitar group "Coda" and Dimitar Karaminkov, Pianist/Conductor
Maestro Karaminkov has an intensive season as the principal conductor of the Sliven Symphony Orchestra, Bulgaria. One of the most interesting concerts with Sliven Philharmonic was the concert with Rock group "Kikimora" with which opened" The May Cultural Holidays" Festival in Sliven, Bulgaria. Beside the regular season concerts with mostly classical music composers, Maestro Dimitar Karaminkov conducted as well as performed as pianist many educational concerts which were very successful as evidenced by standing ovations from the public. These well-received educational concerts included performances by the youth guitar group "CODA" and the young violinist Kremena Nikolova.
Dimitar Karaminkov, Principal Conductor
Performance Highlights with the Sliven Symphony Orchestra:
Britten - Simple Symphony, Mozart - Concert for violin No. 5, Schubert - Symphony No 1, Dvorak ''Legends '', Max Bruh- Kol Nidrei op.47, Prokofiev-Symphony No 1. ''Classical'' and Pergolesi - '' La Serva Padrona'' with soloists from Opera Stara Zagora.
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Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I hope all of you are enjoying a nice relaxing summer. Our roster of outstanding artists have been busy as usual performing throughout the world. Please take a few minutes to read about their impressive accomplishments as well as their future endeavors.
We wish you a happy summer season!
Kalin Ivanov, Artistic Director
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Cristian Sandu,
Conductor
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Maestro Sandu's professional activities include
performances withe several orchestras and opera theaters:
Schedule January-june, 2016
January 21, 22, 28
Bucharest National Opera: DSCH/The Dream Ballet
February 4
Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra: Boccherini - Cello concerto, Berlioz - Simphonie Fantastique
February 19
Bucharest National Opera: Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
February 21
Bucharest National Opera: DSCH/The Dream Ballet
February 28
Galati Musical Theatre: Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
March 5
Bucharest National Opera: Verdi - Aida
March 11
Iasi Philharmonic Orchestra: Mozart - Idomeneo, Gluck - Iphigenie en Aulide, Cherubini - Medea Overtures, Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
March 19
Bucharest National Opera: Puccini - La Boheme
March 30
Cluj Romanian National Opera: Delibes - Coppelia
April 23
Bucharest National Opera: DSCH/The Dream Ballet
April 28
Bucharest National Opera: International Ballet Gala
May 6
Cluj Romanian National Opera: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
May 13
Bucharest National Opera: Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore
May 26
Cluj Napoca Music Academy - Symphonic concert
June 24
Cluj Romanian National Opera, A. Adam - Giselle
Ballet
The
photo bellow is from Opera Promenade, Bucharest National Opera 2015
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Tamara Poddubnaya, Pianist
Tamara Poddubnaya has served as Chairperson, Vice-president, Artistic Director, and Jury Head of several International Festivals and Competitions in Europe and in the U.S.
January 9-15
Tamara served as a vice-chair at Savshinsky International competition in St. Petersburg, Russia
January 20-27
Chairperson at Mozart International competition in Tbilisi, Georgia.
February
Chairperson at the Soloists Annual competition in LIC, NY.
April
Chairperson at the International competition "Way to Mastery" in Rostov on Don, Russia. After the competition there were master classes for 5 days.
May 2-8
Chairperson at the Pera International Piano competition in Istanbul, Turkey, also played the opening ceremony recital there.
May 22-27
Vice-president at the International competition "Musical Fireworks in Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany.
May 29 - June 3
Buzuluk, Russia, Tamara performed a recital, giving master classes and seminars for piano teachers at biennial 5th International Piano Academy together with Professors Vladimir Tropp from Moscow and Willem Brons from Amsterdam.
June 15-19
Chairperson at the Stockholm International Music Competition, Sweden.
June 20-25
Jury Head of Klaipeda International competition "Pearls of Baltiya", Lithuania.
June 30 - July 29
Artistic Director of the 10th International Piano Festival and Competition "Music without Borders", Bethel, Maine.
July 31 - August 14
Faculty member at the 26th Summit Music Festival, in Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, giving master classes, playing a recital and judging the Concerto Competition within the frame of the Festival.
August 18-20
Chairperson at the LISMA Foundation International Scholarship Competition, Long Island Conservatory of Music, Albertson, NY.
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On February 28, HIDEAKI HIRAI conducted a highly successful performance
of his own Opera, "PRINCESS FROM THE MOON" (KAGUYA-HIME), which
has received rave reviews in such cities as Salzburg, Prague, Canberra, Los Angeles
and many cities in Japan, in Urayasu City, Chiba, Japan. MORE
On April 22 and May 8, this Opera was also presented to a great critical acclaim in Shibuya City, Tokyo and Fukui City, Japan, respectively. MORE
On March 12, Maestro Hirai conducted the New York Festival Orchestra
in New York City to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011 where he presented the U. S. premiere of the Cantata, "Japan Tragedy 2011" by Hampson Sisler as well as some of Hirai's own works including Ave Maria. MORE
On March 31, Maestro Hirai made a sensational success in conducting the subscription concert of the Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria.
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FEATURED VIDEO
Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 5, op. 73, "Emperor"
Ivan Donchev, piano
Hideaki Hirai, Music Director & Conductor
NEW YORK FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
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