Moscow State Radio Symphony
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra
With violinist Nadeza Tokareva, and pianist Alexander Sinchuk*
*Replacing Alexei Nabioulin
Sunday, January 31st 2010 | 3:00p.m.
Osceola Performing Arts Center, Kissimmee
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Program: Tchaikovsky Gala Program
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Violin Concerto in D, op. 35
Polonaise from “Eugene Onegin”
Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, op.23
The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1979 as an outgrowth of the need for the symphonic repertoire of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This was in response to a need for broadcasting throughout Russia to benefit citizens, and it was decided that the Orchestra should broadcast performances on a weekly basis.
The Orchestra expanded its activities into Russian television, including projects with Korean KBC and German ZDF. In 1980, the Orchestra created a major subscription series in Moscow’s Techaikovsky Hall and Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
In addition to the Orchestra’s extensive work for television, radio, and film soundtracks, the Orchestra has performed such classics as The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella, and Firebird at the Kremlin Palace with the Moscow Classical Ballet. The Orchestra was featured in a concert on the Sober Square in the Kremlin in 1998 with Monserrat Coballiet.
“From the first notes played by the violas, one could predict that a special music event was about to start. And an evening of wonderfully played music was what the audience got at the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra concert at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.” - The Palm Beach Daily News
“Sergey Kondrashev, Nadejda Tokareva, these names with which to conjure up musical magic. They are the powerful conductor, violin virtuoso with the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra. This 160 member Russian national treasure opened the 54th Fort Myers Community Concert season at Mann Hall with an unforgettable Tchaikovsky Gala.” - The Islander
“The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra offered some of the best music heard all evening. The players were all consummate technicians who made the most difficult pieces seem easy.” - The Asheville Citizen Times
Violin Soloist Nadezda Tokareva
Nadezda Tokareva was born in 1977 in Penza, Russia, into a family of musicians. Her violin studies began in Penza at the age of five at the local children’s music school, and continued at the Penza Music College where she studied under Professor L. S. Romadina and graduated with honors in 1996. She then moved to Moscow, where she entered the Moscow State Conservatory and studied with Professor E. D. Grach; she graduated in 2001 and then continued on with post-graduate work until 2003. She has subsequently participated in several Master Classes in Italy and Israel. Nadezda is currently an assistant Professor at the Moscow State Conservatory.
Since 1999, Nadezda has been a soloist with the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Society, with which she has performed numerous concerts in the great halls of Russia, as well as concert venues throughout the former Soviet Republics, Europe, Israel, Turkey, China, Vietnam, and the United States. Most of these concerts fall under the auspices of the chamber group, “Moskovia” (directed by E. D. Grach), which is comprised of members from the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra. Beyond her work with these ensembles, Nadezda has worked with the following Russian, international symphonic, and chamber orchestras: the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonic Society”, the Ukraine National Symphony, the “Concertino” Chamber Orchestra (Germany), and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Poland. In addition, she has participated in several international music festivals in Macedonia, France, Spain, and the United States.
“Tokareva was a standout through her taxing solo [on Tchaikovsky's Marche Slav], her expressive violin shifting effortlessly from the muscular to the ineffably tender.”
-Daytona Beach News Journal (US)
“Nadezda Tokareva… gave a moving, beautifully-toned performance of two fragments for violin and orchestra by Tchaikovsky (‘Souvenir d’un lieu cher’)… it is hard to imagine it being better performed than it was in this concert.” -Cape Coral Daily Breeze (US)
Alexander Sinchuk, Pianist
Mr. Sinchuk graduated in 2006 with distinction from the Central Music School and entered the Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in the piano studio of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor V.V. Pyasetsky.
Since September of 2006 Mr. Sinchuk is the Scholar of Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation. From October 29 until November 2, 2006 Mr. Sinchuk participated as a member of the group of young musicians from the V. Spivakov Foundation to travel to Italy (Verona and Florence) on the Forum of Russian, organized by the Russian-Italian Forum-dialogue and sponsored under the Direction of Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. In the period from 2006 till 2008 Alexander participated in a great number of subscription and charitable concerts of Vladimir Spivakov Foundation in different cities of Russia.
On March 18th, 2007 Mr. Sinchuk performed a solo concert in the Ivanovo Regional philharmonic Society. Since 2007 Mr. Sinchuk has participated as a Guest of Honor in concerts of the International festival “Chords of Hortitsa’ in Zaporozhe (Ukraine), performed with the Academic Symphonic Orchestra of the Zaporozhe Regional Philharmonic Society in a Concert Hall named after M.I. Glinka (under the baton of the People’s Artist of the Ukraine, Vyacheslav Redya). On April 20th, 2007 at the 3rd International Festival of Spiritual Singing “Christ Raising” Mr. Sinchuk performed the 3rd Piano Concerto of Rachmaninoff with the Academic Symphonic Orchestra of the Zaporozhe Regional Philharmonic Society. In June of 2007 as a member of the delegation of young musicians Mr. Sinchuk took part in the unveiling of the concert hall in London’s Pushkin House.
In August, 2007 and January, 2008 due to the support of V. Spivakov Foundation Mr. Sinchuk performed solo concerts in Belgrade, Serbia and in September of 2007 performed a concert in the Hall of a Sofia Philharmonic Society in Bulgaria.
Alexander Sinchuk was named a Scholar of the Regional Society Foundation “Russian Performing Art Foundation” in 2003 and 2005 and of the Presidential Program “Young Talents” in 2002 and 2004.
On February 11, 2009, Mr. Sinchuk made his Carnegie Hall solo recital in Weill Recital Hall performing works of Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff.