PERFORMERS:
Soloists of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers:
Margarita Ivanova (soprano)
Tatiana Starkova (soprano)
Evelina Agabalaeva (mezzo-soprano)
Regina Rustamova (mezzo-soprano)
Artistic Director of the Academy: Larisa Gergieva
The Concert Chamber Orchestra of the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music
The Mariinsky Children’s Chorus
Artistic Director and Director: Dmitry Ralko
The Mixed Chorus of the Choral Conducting Faculty of the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music
Artistic Director: Nikolai Romanov
Daria Lebedeva (harpsichord)
Conductor: Dmitry Ralko
PROGRAMME:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria
The Chamber Orchestra of the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music was formed from that school’s string section. Over the years the ensemble has been led by Anatoly Reznikovsky, Vladimir Andreyev and Mikhail Estrin.
Since 2007 it has been directed by Dmitry Ralko. With his appointment the orchestra’s concert activities have become more intense and the repertoire has expanded.
Currently the orchestra regularly appears at the Great Hall of the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the State Academic Cappella of St Petersburg and other venues throughout the city.
The ensemble’s longstanding collaboration with the acclaimed and accessible music project Student Philharmonic has proved very fruitful, taking place at the Concert Hall of the St Petersburg State University of Technology and Design.
Taking the school’s Chamber Orchestra as a base, Dmitry Ralko formed the Mozarteum Theatre studio. This company has staged the operas Dido and Aeneas and King Arthur by Purcell, La servapadrona by Pergolesi and Bastien und Bastienne by Mozart.
In 2012 the orchestra won the international competition Vivat, Talant! in St Petersburg.