Marking 120 years since the birth of Ilya Musin

PERFORMERS:
Soloist: Albina Shagimuratova
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

PROGRAMME:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overture from the opera the opera The Tsar’s Bride
Marfa’s aria from the opera The Tsar’s Bride
Suite from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Swan Princess aria from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Snegurochka’s aria from the opera The Snow Maiden
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

On 6 January, the birthday of Ilya Musin, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will host a concert dedicated to the 120^th anniversary of the birth of this legendary educator and conductor. The concert will feature the brilliant soprano Albina Shagimuratova with Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra.
The festive programme prominently showcases the legacy of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, including his opera arias, the Capriccio Espagnol, the overture to the opera The Tsar’s Bride and a suite from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan. Additionally, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances will be performed.
Ilya Musin was a conductor, a theoretician and the founder of a Russian school of conducting, but above all he was a great educator who nurtured a whole constellation of the brightest maestros. He began teaching at the Leningrad Conservatory in the early 1930s and dedicated more than sixty years to teaching. His students at various times included Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Semyon Bychkov, Vasily Sinaisky, Anatoly Briskin and many other renowned conductors.
“First and foremost, he was someone who received the gift of being a musician from God, and shared it with a vast number of people. He knew how to unlock talents not to restrain them, and generously shared all his knowledge teaching complete devotion to the chosen path,” says Valery Gergiev, Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre.
The concert is part of the grand festival celebrating the 180^th anniversary of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s birth, jointly organised by the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres throughout the current season.

The concert has one interval