Above all borders: Dreams of Eurasia Festival

By Olga de Kort, 08 October 2015

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Reviewed at Sverdlovsk State Academic Philharmonic: Great Hall, Yekaterinburg on 6 October 2015

Franck, Psyché, symphonic poem

Batagov, I see your dream, you see my dream, for piano and orchestra

Hatzis, The Isle is full of Noises

Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Dmitry Liss, Conductor

Anton Batagov, Piano

A dialogue with fate: Myaskovsky in Yekaterinburg

Mark Pullinger, 13th March

The 140th anniversary of the composer’s birth is celebrated with a three-concert festival in the city of Yekaterinburg.

****1

Delightful despair with Tchaikovsky

Isabella Steppan, 17th November

Sergei Krylov shone in the Violin Concerto and the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Dmitri Liss gave an emotional account of the Sixth Symphony with strong Russian character.

****1

A dialogue with fate: Myaskovsky in Yekaterinburg

Mark Pullinger, 13th March

The 140th anniversary of the composer’s birth is celebrated with a three-concert festival in the city of Yekaterinburg.

****1

Energetic performances in Düsseldorf matinee

Olga de Kort, 20th March

An energetic concert marked by a true dedication to the music.

****1

Debuts, premieres and introductions

Olga de Kort, 24th October

The South Netherlands Philharmonic (philharmonie zuidnederland) introduced its new chief conductor, Dmitry Liss, in a demanding programme.

****1

Delightful despair with Tchaikovsky

Isabella Steppan, 17th November

Sergei Krylov shone in the Violin Concerto and the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Dmitri Liss gave an emotional account of the Sixth Symphony with strong Russian character.

****1

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Olga de Kort

Musicologist and music critic Olga de Kort (The Netherlands) studied in Russia (piano, culture sciences), France (journalism) and the Netherlands (musicology and music history, music education and communication, organ) where she has lived from 1998. She is active as a music journalist, lecturer in music history and culture and as a freelance musician. She writes for Piano Bulletin, Pianist, Luister, Preludium, De Klank, Het Orgel, Muziek&Liturgie, Kunstzone and Bachtrack. Besides her personal journalist blog, Olga de Kort has a website about Russian music in the Netherlands. At this moment she is working on a book about Russian music and musicians in the Netherlands and on a biography of Russian singer Anna El Tour.