This year, the entire music world is celebrating the 175th anniversary of the great composer P. Tchaikovsky. On June 7, the sounds of his undying music will fill the Astana Opera Main Hall at the concert «The Founder of Timeless Values» from the series «Symphonica».

P. Tchaikovsky is described as the most performed classical composer. He is the author of more than 80 works, including ten operas and three ballets. All the world orchestras play his music; his symphonies are featured in the repertoire of the best concert halls in the world. All young pianists learn their art by playing his piano pieces for children. Singers of different nationalities perform his romances. Pyotr Ilyich worked in all existing genres of his time, creating true masterpieces in each.

Astana Opera could not overlook this important date. The opera house will celebrate this momentous event in musical life with a grand concert. The first part will feature arias, duets and scenes from the composer’s popular operas «Eugene Onegin», «Queen of Spades», «Iolanta» performed by soloists Barseg Tumanyan, Dina Khamzina, Aigul Niyazova, Sundet Baigozhin, Talgat Musabayev, Baigali Mombekov, Zhan Tapin, Zhamilya Jarkimbayeva, Bibigul Zhanuzak, Talgat Galeyev, Beimbet Tanarykov, Saltanat Muratbekova, Gulzhanat Sapakova, Tatyana Vitsinskaya, Elena Ganzha, Narul Toykenov, Bolat Yesimkhanov, Yeskendr Abzhanov. The artists of Astana Opera Choir will also perform in the first part.

- P. Tchaikovsky’s dream was for his music to spread, for people to find solace and comfort in it. I believe that his dream came true, because his music brings those very feelings of comfort and reassurance as well as faith and hope. We invite all listeners to this concert to enjoy greatest music masterpieces, – said musicologist Marzhan Zhakenova.

We would like to emphasize that the great composer was one of the conductors to open Carnegie Hall in 1891.

In the second part, the orchestra will perform an unsurpassed masterpiece of symphonic music – Symphony № 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, «Pathétique». It was his last symphony and, according to the composer, «the best and most sincere». The author himself conducted its premiere. Nine days later P. Tchaikovsky died… The next time the symphony was played with great success at a concert dedicated to the composer, starting its triumphal march around the world.

- P. Tchaikovsky could paint canvases comparable in scale and depth to the paintings of Rembrandt and Raphael by instrumental means alone. His symphony «Pathétique» is a sincere, deeply personal story about the life and death of a naked, wounded soul of the composer, – said maestro Abzal Mukhitdinov.

The concert starts at 19.00; the ticket prices will range from 500 tenge.

source: astanaopera.kz