Rising Stars at the Mariinsky. Class of Mira Marchenko

PERFORMERS:
Valentin Malinin (piano)
Alexandra Stuchkina (piano)
Timofei Vladimirov (piano)

PROGRAMME:
Georgy Catoire
Prelude and Capriccio from Five Pieces, Op. 10

Sergei Prokofiev
Four Etudes, Op. 2

Frédéric Chopin
Four Mazurkas, Op. 68
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cradle Song, Op. 16 No. 1

Georges Bizet – Sergei Rachmaninoff
Menuet from L’Arlésienne

Georgy Catoir
No. 1 in B major from Chants du crépuscule, Op. 24

Nikolai Medtner
Sonata tragica, Op. 39 No. 5

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Valse from the Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 17 (arranged for one piano)

Abram Chasins
Carmen Fantasy for two pianos

About the Concert

The Mariinsky International Piano Festival continues the tradition of familiarizing the audiences with the best piano schools of Moscow. This year’s festival will feature the class of Mira Marchenko, whose student Alexandra Dovgan was the star of 2018. Natalia Trull, a professor of the Moscow Conservatory and Mira Marchenko’s colleague, describes her teaching technique as follows: “It is great to work together with Mira Marchenko, who is the head of our department. As a teacher, she continues Russian traditions of teaching piano. A class for her is one big family and she “mothers” her class and takes care of every single student, which is not an easy task. She is truly brilliant in terms of choosing the repertory. Her intuitive choices, her will and patience allows her to present a performer in the best possible professional setting.”
Olga Skorbyachenskaya

Age category 6+