Venue: Royal Festival Hall Link: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/moscow-city-symphony-russian-80526
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Sergey Prokofiev: Excerpts from Cinderella
Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Interval
Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
The Moscow City Symphony – Russian Philharmonic makes its Royal Festival Hall debut fresh from a successful world tour.
One of Russia’s foremost ensembles, the orchestra is based in Moscow at the International House of Music where it performs over 80 concerts a year – working with such leading artists as Roberto Alagna, Jose Carreras and Maxim Vengerov.
Principal Conductor Dmitri Jurowski, who is also Principal Conductor at the Royal Flemish Opera House in Antwerp, is the youngest member of the legendary Russian musical dynasty.
He will conduct an all-Russian programme of works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, which includes a rare chance to hear the dazzling Russian virtuoso Alexander Ghindin.
Performers
Moscow City Symphony – Russian Philharmonic
Dmitri Jurowski conductor
Alexander Ghindin piano