Grandi Star Internazionali
Anastasia Ushakova & Friends
Teatro kursaal santalucia - Bari
19 November 2024 | ore 20:30
Contact info:
Email. accademiafilarmonica.med@gmail.com
Tel. 347 964 0366 (it) – 346 829 6657 (en)
Ruslan Talas, violin
Lisa Yasuda, violin
Anastasia Ushakova, cello
Varvara Kutuzova, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5
Carlos Gardel Por Una Cabeza
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Op. 71
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Trio No. 1 in a minor, Op. 50
First prize winner of the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (2015) and other regional, Russia-wide and international contests.
Anastasia Ushakova performed on the concert stages of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, UK, Czechia, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, South Korea, USA and other countries. Also, as a soloist Anastasia performed with the following symphonic and chamber orchestras: the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, Russian National Orchestra, the Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Klassika State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for Children and Youth, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the RF, Presidential Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, Eurasian Symphony Orchestra, Tauric International Symphony Orchestra, Omsk Academy Symphony Orchestra, Belgorod Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Chamber Orchestra, Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra etc.
Anastasia Ushakova performed on numerous occasions in the halls of the Moscow State Conservatory (the Great Hall, the Small Hall, Rakhmaninoff Hall and Myaskovsky Hall), Moscow Philharmonic Society (Chamber Hall, Orchestrion, ‘Philarmonia-2’), Zaryadye (the Grand hall), the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (Concert hall), Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (the Grand Hall, the Small Hall), the State Kremlin Palace (Georgievsky Hall), the Tchaikovsky housemuseum in the town of Klin, the Hermitage theater, the Palace of Ceremonies SAFIA (the city of Grozny, Chechen republic), Central Music School, the Gnesins Moscow Middle Special Music School, Novosibirsk State Conservatory and Philharmonias of Novosibirsk, Omsk, Smolensk, Barnaul, Vladimir, Belgorod and Yaroslavl.
Anastasia took part in the following international festivals: International Youth Festival of Tchaikovsky (2017, 2018), Chamber music festival ‘Spring in Russia’ (2016), International festival ‘Moscow meets friends’ (2010), Summit Music Festival (2013), Trans-Siberian Art Festival of Vadim Repin (2015), ‘The Melody of Three Seas’ festival in the city of Vyborg (2017), ‘Winter Dreams’ festival (2020, 2021). She took part in the Junior Music Tour project (2017, 2018).
Anastasia attended master courses of Natalia Gutman, Frans Helmerson, Troels Svane, Wolfgang Boettcher, Alexandre Castro Balbi, Daniel Geiss, Vladimir Balshin, as well as the State Quartet of Borodin, Kopelman Quartet and Quartetto di Cremona, playing as a part of the quartet. She performed with Boris Andrianov, Mikhail Kazinik, Sergey Antonov, Kirill Rodin.
Apart from concerts, Anastasia is also engaged in social activities. Since 2016 she holds the position of the chairperson of the youth division of the Tchaikovsky International Competition Laureates Association. Representing the Association, she was a member to the juries of several Russian and international contests. She took part in the work of the youth jury of the X International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Astana, 2017).
Anastasia is an initiator, participant and organizer of the Tchaikovsky International Youth Festival (Moscow-Klin 2017, Moscow-St.Petersburg 2018).
Winner of the Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition 2022, Worldvision Music Contest 2022, VIII International Tchaikovsky Youth Competition 2014, Vietnam International Violin and Chamber Music Competition 2019, «Debut Concert at the Elbphilharmonie» 2019, Laureate of the Postacchini International Competition 2018, The Yankelevich International Violin Competition 2011, Stuttgart International Violin
Competition 2024, Montreal International Musical Competition 2023 and Queen Elisabeth Competition 2024.
He has performed at the Berlin Philharmonic, Wiener Konzerthaus, the halls of the Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Astana, Tashkent, Beijing, Montreal, Stuttgart, Hanoi Philharmonics, the Mexico City
Philharmonic, Liederhalle Beethovensaal, the Zaryadye State Concert Hall, the Radio Hall in Romania, Bozar in Brussels.
As a soloist, he performed with the Russian National Orchestra, State Symphony Svetlanov Orchestra, Hanoi Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for Children and Youth, New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Taurida International Orchestra, La Primavera Chamber Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Omsk Academic Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Philharmonic of Astana, Sun Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, Eurasian Symphony Orchestra, San Luis Potosi Symphony Orchestra, Nova Orchestra (NOW!), Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra etc.
Ruslan attended master courses of Ivry Gitlis, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Viktor Tretyakov, Viktor Danchenko, Pavel Vernikov, Régis Pasquier as well as the State Quartet of Borodin, Kopelman Quartet and Quartetto di Cremona, playing as a part of the Tchaikovsky Youth Quartet.
As a student of Irina Bochkova and Graf Mourja, he graduated from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, Russia and University of Music HEMU Valais-Wallis in Switzerland under the guidance of Janine Jansen, also studied for many years with Vladimir Reider, Israel.
Currently studying at the Kronberg Academy in Germany in the class of Janine Jansen.
Lisa Yasuda, born in Nagoya, Japan, started playing the violin at the age of three. Growing up in Milan, she studied under Daniele Gay and Virginia Ceri.
Lisa won first pize in numerous International competitions during her time in Italy, and from the age of six, she began her studies with Pierre Amoyal.
Ahead of her time at The Music High School at The Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, Lisa entered the SSP (Special Soloist Program) at the Tokyo University of the Arts, which boasts a history of over 130 years since its foundation in 1878. She continued her studies at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, under the tutelage of pedagogue Takashi Shimizu.
Lisa won several prizes from numerous competitions such as: Grand Prize at the Euro-Asia International Competition(Japan); Singapore festival violin competition(Singapore); 1st Prize at the Beethoven International Violin Competition(Austria); 2nd Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians(Russia); Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition(Germany); Shlomo Mintz International Violin Competition(China) and the Singapore International Violin Competition(Singapore).
Lisa has debuted as a soloist with incredible orchestras including; Moscow State Symphony Orchestra; Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra; and the Romania Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra.
As an avid performer, she has been featured in many concerts in various countries such as Japan, Belgium, Singapore, China, Kazakhstan, Kirghiz, Uzbekistan, Russia, Romania, Italy, Austria, and Germany. During a concert tour in Central Asia, Lisa has given masterclasses at the Kazakh National University of Arts.
She performed a recital as an artist of the Chanel Pygmalion Days in Tokyo, 2022.
She is a ROHM Music Foundation Scholar, Yamaha Music Foundation Scholar and Tokuji Munetsugu Foundation Scholar.
Russian pianist, winner of all-russian and international music competitions. One of the most prominent representatives of the modern Russian piano school.
Studied at the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky, at the Moscow Gnessin Special School, currently a student at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (piano and historical keyboard instruments).
Performs at concert stages in Russia, France, Slovenia, USA, China, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Serbia and other countries.
As a soloist, Varvara Kutuzova performs with orchestras: Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, State Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi”, Symphony Orchestra “New Russia”, State Academic Symphony Orchestra named after E. F. Svetlanov, Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra, Irkutsk Symphony Orchestra, Kazakhstan State Symphony Orchestra, Ryazan Symphony Orchestra, Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, Rostov Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory in Nice and others.
In November 2018, Varvara received the award and title of Young Talents of Russia.
Varvara is a participant of international festivals – Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Lang Lang & The Firebird (USA), “Stars on Baikal” (Russia), Annecy — Classic (France), Antalya piano festival (Turkey), Denis Matsuev festival in Tyumen, Irkuts (Russia), “ArtDialog” (Switzerland), International Youth Festival named after Tchaikovsky (Moscow-Klin), Tchaikovsky Art Festival, 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide” (Yerevan), She took part in concerts of the “Junior Music Tour” project and the concert tour “Classical Music Stars”.