An interview with Professor Sergei Osipenko of the Rostov-on-Don State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire
PROGRAMME:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Performed by Daria Podushko
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Études-tableaux
in E Flat Minor, Op. 33 No 6,
in A Minor, Op. 39 No 2,
in D Major, Op. 39 No 9
Performed by Yelizaveta Samodurova
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata-Fantasy No 2 in G Sharp Minor, Op. 19
Performed by Lolita Tsotsonava
Igor Stravinsky
Étude in F Sharp Major
Sofia Gubaidulina
Chaconne
Performed by Se Tun
Sergei Taneyev
Prelude and Fugue in G Sharp Minor, Op. 29
Mily Balakirev
Islamey, oriental fantasy, Op. 18
Performed by Angelika Dryagunova
Sergei Prokofiev
Six pieces from the cycle Visions fugitives, Op. 22
Performed by Timur Osmanov
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No 7 in B Flat Major, Op. 83
Performed by Robert Aliev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No 8 in B Flat Major, Op 84
Performed by Andrei Aleinikov
ANDREI ALEINIKOV
Piano
Andrei Aleinikov was born in 1992 in Stavropol. He began to study music at the age of eight. In 2012 he graduated from the Stavropol Region College of Arts (class of L. V. Bessonova). In 2012 he won 1st prize at the South Russian Open Competition of Piano Students from Music Schools and Colleges (Rostov-on-Don). He is currently a 3rd year student at the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (class of S. I. Osipenko).
ROBERT ALIEV
Piano
Robert Aliev was born in 1991. In 2010 he graduated from the Stavropol Region Safonov Music College in Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus (class of E. L. Pikalova). In 2005 he took part in the II International Festival Moscow Greets Its Friends which was organised by the Vladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation. In 2010 he entered the Rostov State Conservatoire (class of S. I. Osipenko). Has been a prize-winner at several piano competitions, among them the International Competition in Memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Novosibirsk (2008), the IX All-Russian Rachmaninoff Competition for Students of Music Schools marking one thousand, one hundred and fifty years since the founding of Veliky Novgorod, the XVI International Pietro Argento Competition (Italy) and the VI International Piano Competition in Rhodes. Robert Aliev also received a diploma at the IV International Competition in Memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Yekaterinburg (2012). Twice he received a prize for supporting talented young people from Russia’s national Education project (2006 and 2010).
ANGELICA DRYAGUNOVA
Piano
Angelica Dryagunova was born in 1989 in Volgodonsk. While a pupil at music school in Volgodonsk, on several occasions she was a prize-winner at All-Russian youth competitions. In 2004 she was the winner of the V All-Russian Piano Competition Inspiration in Volgodonsk (1st prize). In 2009 she graduated from the Middle Special School of Music of the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (class of S. I. Osipenko). In 2014 she graduated with distinction from the Rostov Conservatoire itself and is currently an assistant trainee at the conservatoire.
In 2012 she was a prize-winner at the international competition The Path to Skill in Rostov-on-Don (1st prize). In 2013 she took part in the St Petersburg House of Music’s project A River of Talents. Following this project she was invited to perform with the Ulyanovsk Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Performs concerts and appears at festivals in Rostov-on-Don and throughout Russia.
TIMUR OSMANOV
Piano
Timur Osmanov was born in 2002 in the Republic of Adiygea. At the age of seven he began to study music. Recipient of the 1st prize at the international festival and competition Winter Riviera in Sochi (2012) and the 1st prize at the Republican Competition of Young Pianists in Maikop (2013). Since 2013 he has been a student at the Middle Special School of Music of the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (piano class of S. I. Osipenko and composition class of L. P. Klinichev).
YELIZAVETA SAMODUROVA
Piano
Yelizaveta Samodurova was born in 1996 in Rostov-on-Don. At the age of six she began to study music. In 2004 she entered the Middle Special School of Music of the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (class of I. I. Serebryanskaya). In 2010 she joined the class of Sergei Osipenko. She is currently a student at the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire.
Prize-winner at the VI Open Festival and Competition of Piano and Ensemble Music The Path to Mastery in Rostov-on-Don (2nd prize), the IV International Piano Competition in Pesaro (1st prize), the VII Open Festival and Competition of Piano and Ensemble Music The Path to Mastery in Rostov-on-Don (1st prize), the VIII International Safonov Young Pianists’ Competition in Pyatigorsk (1st prize) and the I International Festival and Competition in Mariánské Lázně (1st prize). Diploma-recipient at the International Competition of the Gilels and Kogan Piano Academy (Moscow) and recipient of the Prize of the Mayor of Rostov-on-Don.
On numerous occasions she has performed with the Rostov Philharmonic Orchestra of Woodwind Instruments and the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra. Has given recitals in Rostov-on-Don and other towns throughout Russia.
DARIA PODUSHKO
Piano
Daria Podushko was born in 2000 in Taganrog. At the age of five she began to study music. In 2014 she graduated with distinction from the Tchaikovsky Children’s School of Music in Taganrog. Prize-winner at the VII International Safonov Young Pianists’ Competition in Pyatigorsk (2009, 3rd prize), the Blüthner Piano Competition in Kaliningrad (2010, 3rd prize), the International Nikolaeva Piano Competition in Bryansk (2010, 3rd prize), the All-Russian Shostakovich Competition in Volgograd (201, 1st prize), the Amadeus International Piano Competition in Brno (2012, 1st prize), the Crimean Spring International Piano Competition in Yalta (2013, 1st prize in the category “Piano”, 1st prize in the category “Soloist and Symphony Orchestra”), the International Ettore Pozzoli Competition in Seregno (2014, 1st prize) and the International Skavronsky Piano Competition in Volgodonsk (2014, 1st prize). She is currently a student at the Middle Special School of Music of the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (class of Sergei Osipenko).
TUN SE
Piano
Tun Se was born in 1990 in Yulin (China). At the age of five he began to study the piano. In 2004 he entered the College of the Institute of Arts of Guangxi, where he studied under Dandan Mao and Sha Lyui. In 2010 he entered the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire, class of Sergei Osipenko. Prize-winner and diploma-recipient at Chinese, Russian and international competitions. Recipient of the 2ndprize at the All-Asia Piano Competition in Hong Kong and the 1stprize at the international competition The Path to Mastery in Rostov-on-Don (2014).
LOLITA TSOTSONAVA
Piano
Lolita Tsotsonava was born in 1993 in Rostov-on-Don. In 2011 she graduated from the Middle Special School of Music of the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire (class of Sergei Osipenko). Currently a student at the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatoire. On several occasions she has won the 1st prize at the international competition The Path to Mastery in Rostov-on-Don. Prize-winner at the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia in Moscow (2012). Regularly participates in concerts at the Rostov State Philharmonic. Tours throughout Russia. In 2014 as winner of the concert competition of the Rostov State Conservatoire she performed with the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra at the Great Hall of the Rostov Region Philharmonic. The same year, she took part in the project A River of Talents run by the St Petersburg House of Music and was invited to perform at the Great Hall of the Leninsky Memorial complex with the Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra.
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