Alexander Pushkin, his life literature and legacy

An evening of Russian music & poetry:

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
Life, Literature, Legacy
Poetry and Music performed by

Lola GANZAROLLI, soprano
Samson TSOY, piano
t.b.c., reader

PROGRAMME:

VLASOV (1902-1986)
Fontan

RIMSKY KORSAKOV (1855-1908)
Redeyet oblakov

CUI (1835-1918)
Solovey

SCRIABIN (1871-1915)
3 pieces, op. 45:
Feuillet d’Album
Poëme fantasque
Prélude

GLINKA (1805-1857)
Ja pomniu chudnoye mgnovenieye

DARGOMIJSKI (1813-1869)
Younosha i Deva

RIMSKY KORSAKOV (1855-1908)
No kholmakh Gruziji
Chto v imene tebe mayom

CUI (1835-1918)
Zarskosel’skaya Statuya

INTERVAL

TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Tatiana’s letter scene,
Eugene Onegin

MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Картинки с выставки
Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade
The Gnome
Promenade (2nd)
The Old Castle
Promenade (3rd)
Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel after Games)
Cattle
Promenade (4th)
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Promenade (5th)
Limoges. The Market (The Great News)
Catacombs (Roman Tomb)
The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev)

LOLA GANZAROLLI aka Lola G. is a British-Russian soprano, singer-songwriter, performing and recording artist, who is grateful to have been a part of St Mary Abbots’ community since 2014. London has been her home ever since she won a full scholarship to come to study in the UK at the age of 15 at the Purcell School, after attending the Gnessin’s School in Moscow. Lola continued her music training at the Guidhall School of Music & Drama (Piano performance, BMus with 1st Class Honours) with Professor Emeritus James Gibb and also at the Royal Academy of Music (Singing, Post-Graduate, LRAM). As a classical artist, Lola has performed in the UK, USA, Italy, France, Russia and South Africa; in London at the QEH, Canada House, the Foreign Office, Gray’s Inn, Garrick Club, Chelsea Arts Club, Spenser House, Caledonian Club & Haywards Heath Library and other venues.
Lola is most grateful to her voice coach, Italian bass Maestro Danilo Rigosa, who helped her find her voice also in writing her own music.

As singer-songwriter and recording artist, Lola has recently released Undreamt Dreams, which is receiving great reviews and was recorded in Fano, Italy and mastered at the Abbey Road Studios in London. Undreamt Dreams is Lola’s first official album of original songs and her third studio recording to date. Lola loves to combine her passion for Russian & Italian classical music with writing her own songs, which are a fusion of pop, jazz, classical & film music, captivating the audiences with their heartfelt lyrics and luscious beautiful melodies.

Lola has just joined the young artist program of the Peace & Prosperity Trust. Future plans include concerts in China, a tour in Asia, promoting her Undreamt Dreams album with her band, as well as concerts in London and Italy, presenting her album, selected covers and new songs from the follow up album that Lola’s currently working on.

Pianist SAMSON TSOY, described as “the most promising” by BBC Music Magazine, was named Laureate of the 2012 Santander International Piano Competition. At the invitation of the legendary Elisabeth Leonskaja, Samson performed alongside Jörg Widmann and the Doric String quartet, at London’s Wigmore Hall. The concert received a 5-stars review and appeared on Arts Desk’s list of Best classical concerts of 2015.

Samson is a finalist of the “Vendome Prize” at the Verbier Festival and a 1st Prize Winner of the Campillos International Piano Competition. A recipient of the Milstein Medal Piano Award, Samson also enjoys being part of the City Music Foundation Artists Scheme since 2014.

Tsoy’s significant recital and festival appearances include: Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Sala Verdi, Verbier Festival, Honens Festival and Rostropovich Jubilee Festival. Recent and upcoming orchestral appearances include Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. He worked with conductors such as Michael Hofstetter, Vladimir Ponkin, Diego Masson, Juanjo Mena, and Roberto Minczuk, among others.
A wide collaborative experience as a chamber musician include performances with Cuarteto Casals, Zakhar Bron, Hsin-Yun Huang, James Campbell, Eugeny Petrov, Félix Dervaux, Helen Donath. His acclaimed performances have been broadcasted live on BBC Radio 3, Medici TV, CBC, Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française.

Samson Tsoy graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and Royal College of Music in London. He has been studying with and mentored by Yuri Airapetian, Dmitry Bashkirov, Imogen Cooper, Sergei Dorensky, Norma Fisher, Vanessa Latarche, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Maria João Pires.

Samson Tsoy enjoys a successful solo career and also performs together with pianist, Pavel Kolesnikov. A piano duo formed in 2009, they travel the world treating audiences to extraordinary, critically acclaimed performances. Their playing has been described as refined, spirited, thrilling and poetic.

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