Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

Born: December 16th, 1932
Country of origin: Russia

Upcoming:

Old Russian Circus Music
Conductor: Ainars Rubikis
March 9th, 2012 | Aula Uniwersytecka - Poznan - Poland

Beethovens Heiligenstädter Testament
Conductor: Lancelot Fuhry
April 25th, 2012 | Theater, Großes Haus - Meiningen - Germany

News

04/25/2011

Work of the Week - Rodion Shchedrin: Lolita

On the last day of April, the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden opens its annual opera festival, "Internationale Maifestspiele". The opening production is the German première of Rodion Shchedrin's Lolita , directed by Konstanze Lauterbach who was previously responsible for the ...

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02/22/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 2/2011 online

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OPERA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premières: Bernard Rands: Vincent · Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest · Wilfried Hiller: Kaddisch für David Stahl · Kamran Ince: The Invasion · Christian Jost: Symphonische Toccata ...

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12/23/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online

CHORSINFONIK  p 3: Editorial · Contents  pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...

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06/24/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 4/2010 online

Marimbas, Maracas and More - New Percussion Repertoire p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-6: World Premières: Fazil Say: Variationen · Benjamin Schweitzer: Weikersheimer Wirbel · Joe Duddell: Skotos Variations · Morton Subotnick: Jacob's Room · Huw Watkins: Violin ...

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06/24/2010

Shchedrin in Fokus at the Gergiev Festival Mikkeli 2010

Works by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin form the core of the 2010 Gergiev Festival in Finnish town of Mikkeli. Under the baton of Valery Gergiev, the Marrinsky Theatre Orchestra from St. Petersburg will present his Two Tangos by Albéniz , the Trumpet Concerto (with Timur Martynov) and ...

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06/14/2010

Work of the Week - Rodion Shchedrin: Oboe Concerto

On Friday 18 June, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will give the world première of Rodion Shchedrin’s highly anticipated Oboe Concerto at the renowned Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The orchestra’s five-year principal oboist Alexei Ogrintchouck will perform the demanding solo part ...

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04/27/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2010 online

Love Songs Contents: p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premieres: Chaya Czernowin: Lovesong · Jörg Widmann: Liebeslied · Wilfried Hiller: Cappella Sistina · Andrew Norman: The Companion Guide to Rome · Benjamin Schweitzer: Camaieu · Rodion Shchedrin: ...

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05/11/2009

Work of the Week - Rodion Shchedrin: Lithuanian Saga

  The world premiere of Rodio Shchedrin’s Lithuanian Saga takes place on May 13 th at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, in Vilnius, Lithuania, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of chief conductor Valery Gergiev.   Shchedrin characterizes ...

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04/27/2009

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2009 online

Shakespeare in Music Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-7: World Premieres: Christian Jost: Hamlet in Berlin, Kenneth Hesketh: PatterSongs in Liverpool, Rodion Shchedrin: Lithuanian Saga in Vilnius, Jörg Widmann: Dubairische Tänze in Berlin etc. pp. 8-9: First ...

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03/09/2009

Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Present US Premieres of Works By Jörg Widmann and Rodion Shchedrin

This month the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra treats audiences in its triple date Carnegie Hall visit with two US premieres: Jörg Widmann's orchestral overture Con Brio on March 13 and Rodion Shchedrin's Beethoven's Heiligenstädter Testament on March 15 . Premiered by the Bavarian Radio Symphony ...

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