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Musical Preparation
• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Medal of the Order "For services to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2008)
Pianist
Irina Soboleva developed her maxim that "a concert master is not just
An accompanist – he is a creative partner on a par with the soloist"
during her studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (from which she
graduated with distinction) and through contact with such outstanding
musicians and teachers as Dmitry Svetozarov and Yevgeny Shenderovich.
In
1980, three years after graduating from the Conservatoire, Irina
Soboleva was invited to join the Mariinsky Theatre as an accompanist.
Over her years at the Theatre her repertoire has become incredibly
extensive, and she works on every premiere. She has prepared the Theatre´s entire Russian repertoire of The Queen of Spades, Eugene
Onegin, Sadko, Ruslan and Lyudmila, Prince Igor, War and Peace, Boris
Godunov, Love for Three Oranges, Semyon Kotko, Katerina Ismailova,
Mazepa, The Enchantress, The Tsar´s Bride and The Nose as well as Carmen, Macbeth and Un ballo in maschera.
Valery Gergiev has been Musical Director of all these productions and
Irina Soboleva has had a long creative partnership with the Maestro. Not
by chance has she come to work alongside such star performers as Larisa
Diadkova, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Alexander Morozov, Anna Netrebko, Valery
Alekseyev and Vasily Gerello.
Irina Soboleva was awarded a diploma at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986.
Has
a busy concert schedule. She performs with Mariinsky Theatre soloists
at the Great and Small Halls of the St Petersburg Philharmonic and
tours all over the world. Has toured several times with the
Mariinsky Opera Company to the UK, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France,
Japan, Israel and the USA (Metropolitan Opera). Has frequently taken
part in numerous international festivals including the Stars of the White Nights, the Moscow Easter Festival, the Mikkeli Festival (Finland) and the Rotterdam Philharmonic-Gergiev Festival (the Netherlands).
Together
with Alexander Morozov she recorded a disc of romances by Russian
composers. Worked on CD recordings of the Russian operas Boris Godunov, Mazepa, Semyon Kotko, Prince Igor, War and Peace and Love for Three Oranges for Phillips Classics.
Irina Soboleva was responsible for the musical preparation of the world premiere of a new production of War and Peace, working with Valery Gergiev and Andrei Konchalovsky, and a new production of The Demon at the Théâtre du Châtelet as part of the New Saisons Russes (Conductor: Valery Gergiev; Stage Director: Dodin). Performances of Khovanshchina at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London and The Nose at Paris´ Opéra Bastille met with tremendous success (2005).
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