May 2014 (dates tbc)
Great Hall, Arts Centre/Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch, New Zealand The 8th International Adam Cello Festival/Competition
Recital, masterclasses, conversations, competition rounds.
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director and Chairman of the jury
13 September 2013 Hall One, Kings Place, London, 3 pm - 10pm (three concerts) The Britten Centenary Festival: Alexander Ivashkin, cello, and friends
20 May 2013, Great Hall, St Petersburg Philharmonia Sergei Prokofiev - Concerto No 1 for cello and orchestra (1938)
Gabriel Prokofiev - Concerto for cello and orchestra (world premiere).
With St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor tbc
6 - 31 August 2012, Basel, Switzerland
Research Study at The Paul Sacher Stiftung
Supported by Paul Sacher Stiftung Scholarship
25 July 2012, Great Hall, Goldsmiths, London Celebrating London Olympics 2012
Alexander Ivashkin, cello and The Capella Orchestra, St Petersburg
Programme tbc
5 - 23 July 2012, Bolzano, Italy The Schlern International Music Festival Masterclasses, Recitals, Competition www.schlernmusicfestival.eu
10 - 29 June, 2012, London
Recording Sessions (Britten Project)
20 May, 2012 , Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
(M)other Russia Festival. Alexander Ivashkin (cello, conductor) and friends
7– 15 May, 2012
Prague Spring International Cello Competition
Prague, Czech Republic
Member of the Jury
29 April 2012, Great Hall, Goldsmiths, 1pm
Festival'(M)other Russia'
Alexander Ivashin, Artistic Director
Music by Arvo Pǟrt, Raskatov, Radvilovich, Gubaidulina
The Contemporary Music Ensemble and Goldsmiths Choir
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
26 April 2012, The Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, London, 1pm
Music by Tarnopolski and Faradzh Karaev
The Contemporary Music Ensemble, Alexander Ivashkin, speaker, conductor
23 March - 20 April 2012, London
Recording Sessions (BachPlus Project)
7 February 2012, TrinityLaban Conservatoire for Music and Dance
Masterclass
7 February 2012, Goldsmiths, University of London, The Cinema (Main Building), 5 pm
Talk: "Stalin's Crossover'. Alexander Ivashkin talks on Classical Music Idioms, Politics and Double-Recycling in Soviet Russia mass song
24 January 2012, The Pushkin House, London, 7:30pm Unexpected Discovery: a Prokofiev Premiere
Talk and concert
On the eve of the premiere at the Royal Festival Hall given by the
London Philharmonic Orchestra, international experts gather at Pushkin
House to discuss the upcoming event: the new, unknown 1961 version of
Sergei Prokofiev’s oratorio Ivan the Terrible by Levon Atovmyan, the
discovery of its manuscript and the story behind its creation. With Nelly Kravetz (Tel-Aviv University), Simon Morrison (Princeton University), Alexander Ivashkin (Goldsmiths College, University of London) and Sergei Prokofiev Jr., the composer’s grandson (Paris).
13 January 2012, Royal Festival Hall, London
Recital:
“I
don’t understand this mad instrument”: Prokofiev’s Cello
(The Opening Recital of the London Philharmonic Orchestra festival Sergei Prokofiev: Man of the people? )
Alexander Ivashkin, cello, speaker, conductor; with Coady Green, piano, Gabriel Prokofiev, composer, and TrinityGold Cello Ensemble directed by Natalia Pavlutskaya
13 November 2011, The Conservatoire Concert Hall, Saratov, Russia
Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll
Denisov - Tod ist ein Langer Schlaff, variations on Haydn's theme for cello and orchestra
Schnittke - (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
Mendelssohn-Korngold - Ein Sommernachtstraum (film music)
The City of Saratov State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Ivashkin, soloist and conductor
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7 October 2011, Great Hall, Goldsmiths, London
Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Choir
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
Prokofiev - Prosper, our Mighty Land, Cantata ( UK premiere)
Denisov -Concerto for clarinet and orchestra ( UK premiere)
Shostakovich - Symphony No 6
Rossini - William Tell Overture
September 2011, City Concert Hall, Caracas, Venezuela Prokofiev - Symphony-Concerto, op. 125
With the Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela Theodore Kuchar, Music Director and conductor
6 - 26 July 2011 The Schlern International Music Festival /Competition (Schlern, Italy) Masterclasses, Recitals www.schlernmusicfestival.eu
30 June 2011, The Girdlers's Hall, London. City of London Festival Recital: JS Bach Solo cello suites and solo cello works by Australian (Brett Dean, Carl Vine, Gillian Whitehead) and New Zealand (Jack Body, Jonathan Crehan) composers
Including the world premiere of Brett Dean's new work
27 May 2011, Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam
Ustvolskaya and maxi-minimalism
Talk by Alexander Ivashkin, invited speaker
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22 May 2011, Hall of Schnittke Academy, Hamburg
Recital with Irina Schnittke, piano
Bach, Shostakovich, Schnittke
21 – 22 May, 2011
Music Academy, Hamburg:Recital, Lecture and Masterclass
12 May 2011
Cello Masterclass: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London
7 May, Weigel Hall, Columbus, Ohio, USA Concert with the OSU Soloists. Alexander Ivashkin, conductor.
8 May 2011, Ohio State University, Columbus , USA Talk: Who's afraid of Socialist Realism? ( Crossover and Double- Recycling in Soviet and Post-Soviet Music) Alexander Ivashkin, invited speaker International Symposium in honor of Professor Margarita Mazo
24 April 2011, Great Philharmonic Hall, St Petersburg, Russia Schnittke - Second Cello Concerto
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
20 April 2011 - Russian Academy of Music Masterclass
18 April 2011, The Rakhmaninov Hall, Moscow, Russia Roger Redgate - New Cello Concerto ( written for Alexander Ivashkin)
World Premiere
With The Studio for New Music Chamber Orchestra, Moscow
Igor Dronov, conductor
In presence of the composer
(part of the project 'Europe through the eyes of Russians, Russia through the eyes of Europeans, funded by the European Commission)
11 April, Philharmonic Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Kuliev - Adagio and Allegro
Schnittke - Concerto for piano ( four hands) and orchestra
Ligeti - Ramifications
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Strauss-Schoenberg - Rosen aus dem Sueden
Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
2 April 2011, Philharmonic Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Festival 'Baku Spring' Tarnopolski- Concerto for cello and orchestra
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Azerbaijan Philharmonic Orchestra, Rauf Abdullayev conductor
19 - 27 March, Eilat, Israel Eilat Music Festival : recitals and masterclasses
18 March 2011, Royal Festival Hall, London Talk by Alexander Ivashkin: Are you serious? How serious was music by Haydn, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
18 February 2011, Barbican Centre, London
Talk by Alexander Ivashkin: Russian Fate
24 February, The Steinway Hal, Boca Raton, Florida, USA Concert, with Daphne Spotichwood, piano and Jean-Marie Viaud, cello:
JS Bach, Glazunov
27 February, Concert Hall, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Concert with Mei Mei Luo, violin and Daphne Spotichwood, piano:
JS Bach, Tchaikovsky
8 December 2010, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Concert in memory of Noelle Mann
Alexander Ivashkin, cello/conductor
With Dmitri Alexeev, piano,
Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Chorus:
Prokofiev
23 November, 2010, St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London Alexander Ivashkin, cello Solo cello suites by JS Bach
13 November 2010, Philharmonic Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra Alexander Ivashkin, conductor Ali-Zade, Schnittke, Schubert-Mahler
23 – 25 October 2010, Music Academy, Hamburg
Recital and Masterclass
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8 October 2010, Great Hall, Russian Academy of Music, Moscow Festival 'Moscow Autumn'
Tarnopolski - Le vent des mots qu'il n'a pas dits
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Russian Symphony Capella Orchestra
Valery Poliansky, conductor
6 October: Russian Music Academy, Small Hall Recital: Bach, Schnittke
20 September 2010 , Centre Shostakovich, Paris Recital: Shostakovich Complete Works for Piano Trio
Trio No. 1, Trio No 2, Seven Songs
The Shostakovich Trio:
Sviatoslav Moroz, violin
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Dmitri Vinnik, piano
with Olga Diachkovskaya, sopranо
27 June 2010, Marseille, France Recital with Roberte Momou, piano
Chopin, Tchaikovsky
11 June 2010, PureGold Festival, Deptford Town Hall, London Alexander Ivashkin, solo cello
Bach's Cello Suites
3 June 2010, PureGold Festival, Deptford Town Hall, London Elena Firsova at 60 - Anniversary concert
Karine Georgian, cello
Goldsmiths Strings
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
May 2010, date tbc, Oxford Alexander Ivashkin, solo cello
BachPlus: solo cello suites by JS Bach and modern solo cello pieces dedicated to Alexander Ivashkin
31 March 2010 Talk: Symbols, metaphors and irrationalities in the twentieth-century music.
International Conference 'Russian Irrationalism', Bristol
March - Aprl 2010 recording/study period
1 March, 2010
Alfred Schnittke: Discoveries. Yellow Sound, Dialogue for cello and instrumental ensemble, Variations for String Quartet. Alexander Ivashkin, cello/voice. London: Toccata Classics, 2010. TOCC 0091
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Lille, Palais des Beaux Arts
Recital with Roberte Mamou, piano
Chopin – Complete works for cello and piano
Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January 2010, 11am and 10 pm:
Alexander Ivashkin is featured on BBC Radio 3 programmes:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pl1sd
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Brussels, Theatre du Vaudeville, Galerie de la Reine
Recital with Roberte Mamou, piano
Chopin – Complete works for cello and piano
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, London
Recital in memory of Mstislav Rostropovich, with Irina Schnittke, piano
In support of HealthProm
In presence of the Ambassador of Russian Federation
Bach, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Rostropovich
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Royal Festival Hall, London
Schnittke – Concerto No.2
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski
8 November 2009 St Petersburg Philharmonia, Maly Hall, St Petersburg, Russia
Recital, with Sviatoslav Moroz, violin and Irina Schnittke, piano
7 November 2009
Moscow Conservatoire Rakhmaninov Hall 'The Unknown Schnittke' (including some world premieres)
Ensemble of soloists 'Studio for New Music'
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor and soloist
6 November 2009
Moscow Conservatoire Maly Hall, Moscow, Russia
Recital, with Sviatoslav Moroz, violin and Irina Schnittke, piano
2 October 2009
Goldsmiths, Great Hall, London Goldsmiths Sinfonia and Chorus Alexander Ivashkin, conductor Haydn — Symphony 'Die Uhr' Gubaidulina — Introitus (soloist — Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano) Mendelssohn — Korngold. Midsummer Night Dream. Film music (UK premiere) Prokofiev. Toast to Stalin, cantata
27 July – 11 August, 2009
Recitals at the Festival 'Sound and Vision', Santorini, Greece
JS Bach, Rakhmaninov, Schnittke
27 June 2009
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. Sofia Gubaidulina Festival. Gubaidulina. 'Seven Words' for cello, accordion and orchestra. With Francesco Gesualdi, accordion, and 'I Nostri Tempi' Chamber Orchestra, conductor Edoardo Rosadini
18 June, 2009
PureGold Festival, London
Ustvolskaya. Grand Duet for cello and piano. With Elena Nalimova, piano
11 June, 2009
PureGold Festival, London
Rakhmaninov. Sonata for cello and piano. With Magdalini Nikolaidou, piano
Saturday 2 May 2009
Wigmore Hall, London, 10am – 10pm A Rostropovich Day Chamber Music Festival
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director/cellist
With Joan Rodgers, Chilingirian Quartet, Dmitri Alexeev, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Alexander Zemtsov, Michel Lethiec, Frank Lloyd, London Cello Students
25 April, 2009
Deptford Town Hall, London - 2 May, Wigmore Hall, London VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director//judge
23 April, 2009
Moscow Dom Muzyki (House of Music), The Svetlanov Great Hall Moscow, Russia Penderecki – Largo (Cello Concerto), 2005
Alexander Ivashkin, cello, Russian Philharmonia Orchestra,
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
5 April, 2009
Town Hall Illott Concert Chamber, Wellington, New Zealand Bach – Gamba Sonata in G major, BWV 1027
Shostakovich – Sonata, op. 40 (1934)
Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata, D.821
Prokofiev – Suite from ballet 'Chout' ('The Buffoon', 1920)
Alexander Ivashkin, cello. Michael Houstoun, piano
26 March – 3 April, 2009
Great Hall, Arts Centre/Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch, New Zealand The 7th International Adam Cello Festival/Competition
Recital (27 March), masterclasses, conversations, competition rounds
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director and Chairman of the jury
22-24 March, 2009
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore
Masterclass (23 March) and Recital (24 March)
6 and 7 March, 2009, LondonInternational Bach Competition
Alexander Ivashkin, Itzhak Rashkovsky, judges
21 February, 2009
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Tambov, Russia
British Music as seen by Russians
Handel - Music for Royal Fireworks Elgar – Cello Concerto James MacMillan – Britannia Songs by The Beatles, arranged for orchestra Britten – Soirees Musicales, op. 9
The State Russian Symphony Orchestra of Tambov
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
12 February, 2009
Birmingham Conservatoire
Public Masterclass
18 December, 2008
Town Hall, Cape Town, South Africa Penderecki – Largo for cello and orchestra
World premiere of the revised version.
With Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki
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Krzysztof Penderecki. Largo (Cello Concerto)
Mstislav Rostropovich in memoriam
Recital tour with Irina Schnittke, piano Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke cello sonatas and Rostropovich's own works for cello:
21 February 2008 – London, Deptford Town Hall
8 March 2008 – Paris, Salle Cortot
12 April 2008 – StPetersburg Philharmonia Hall
13 April 2008 – Moscow, New Philharmonic Hall on Tverskaya street
11 May 2008 – Cambridge
11 July 2008 – Festival Hommage a Mstislav Rostropovich, Colmar, France
9 December 2008 – Recital in Leeds Concert Hall, Leeds
3 December 2009 - Reform Club, London. In support of HealthProm
9 December, 2008
Recital in Leeds Concert Hall (The Venue), Leeds (UK)
With Irina Schnittke, piano Bach, Shostakovich, Schnittke Read a review…
26 November, 2008
Recital in Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille (France)
With Roberte Mamou, piano Tchaikovsky
20 November, 2008
Deptford Town Hall, London Dmitri Smirnov at 60. Anniversary Concert
Goldsmiths Strings, Philippa Mo (violin).
Alexander Ivashkin, conductor
6 October, 2008
Great Hall of St Petersburg Philharmonia (Russia)Concert series "Passions on Romanticism" Schumann – Cello Concerto
with St Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra,
conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky
September, 2008
1st volume of Alfred Schnittke. Collected Works
Critical Edition. Alexander Ivashkin, Editor More details…
27 – 31 August, 2008
Festival in Santorini, Greece Bach – Solo Cello Suites
Britten – Solo Cello Suites
June – July, 2008
Australian-New Zealand Tour as cellist and conductor,
including performance of Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto;
numerous recitals and masterclasses Read a review…
11 June, 2008
PureGold Festival, Deptford Town Hall, London Bach – Gamba Sonata BWV 1027 in G major
Carter – Cello Sonata (1948)
With Alexander Szram, piano;
02 June, 2008
PureGold Festival, Deptford Town Hall, London Gubaidulina – 'Quaternion'
With Natalia Pavlutskaya, Ben Hughes and Alissa Lyubarskaya
1 May, 2008
Anna Akhmatova
ALMA CLASSICS CD MANU 5022, 2008
It includes world premiere recording of Giya Kancheli's 'Having Wept' for solo cello, 1994 (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich) Available at Marbecks.co.nz…
7/8 February, 2008
Ostrava, Czech Republic, Philharmonic Hall Schnittke Cello Concerto No.2
With The Janacek Philharmonia, conducted by Theodore Kuchar
9 November, 2007
Baku Philharmonic Concert Hall, Azerbajdzhan Schnittke – (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
Karaev – Piano Concerto
Macmillan – Britannia
Mendelssohn-Korngold – Ein Sommernachtstraum, fragments of film music (1934)
State SO, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin Read a review (in Russian)…
November, 2007
The new album (2 CDs) is released by Chandos: Schnittke:
Cello Concertos and Sonatas
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Irina Schnittke piano
Tatiana Grindenko violin Alexander Ivashkin cello
Conducted by Valeri Polyansky
17 October, 2007
Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Great Hall Beethoven – Triple Concerto
With Derek Han, piano, Massimo Quarta, violin,
Alexander Ivashkin, cello,
Berliner Sinfoniker, Martin Panteleev, conductor
15 October, 2007
the new book published in Japan:
Rostropovich.
Tokyo: Shunjusha Publishing Company, 2007. 280 pp.
ISBN 978-4-393-93518-7
5 October, 2007
Goldsmiths Great Hall, London Ives – Washington's Birthday
Mahler – Kindertotenleader (Jennifer Hunt, soprano)
Prokofiev – Songs of our days. Cantata (1937). UK premiere
Goldsmiths Sinfonia, and chorus, conducted by Alexander Ivashkin
With Alfred and Irina Schnittke, discussing the Second Cello concerto
