15th-22nd March 2010: International Conference
“Rimsky-Korsakov and his Heritage in Historical Perspective”
Venue: Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment Museum (branch of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
March, 19
Venue: N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum (branch of the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
9.00–10.00 Registration.
9.30–10.00 Excursion at the N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum
10.00–10.30 Opening ceremony
10.30–12.30 Session “The Rimsky-Korsakovs in the Musical World”
Chair – Marina Rakhmanova
Interpreter – Olga Kerkhanidi
Speakers:
Zivar Guseinova (St Petersburg, Russia)
Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova: Letters to Children
Iosif Raiskin (St Petersburg, Russia)
Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov and the Journal Muzikalny sovremennik
Igor Vishnevetsky (Moscow, Russia)
The Autobiographical in Petrushka, or How Igor Fyodorovich Quarreled with Andrey Nikolayevich and Maximilian Oseyevich
Marina Mazur (St Petersburg, Russia)
Yuliya Veysberg–Rimskaya-Korsakova as Remembered by her Contemporaries
12.30–12.45 Coffee break
12.45–14.15 Session “The Rimsky-Korsakovs in the Musical World” (continuation)
Chair – Iosif Raiskin
Interpreter – Olga Gavrikova
Speakers:
Lidia Ader (St Petersburg, Russia)
“A Slap in the Face of Social Tastes”: the Paradoxical Life of Georgy Rimsky-Korsakov
Inna Klause (Göttingen, Germany)
The Life and Work of Aleksandr Kenel, a Colleague of Georgy Rimsky-Korsakov in the Circle of Quarter-tone Music
Vladimir Koshelev (St Petersburg, Russia)
The Emiriton: Phenomen, History, Problems and Perspectives of Study
14.15–15.15 Lunch
15.15–16.15 Presentation of an Exhibition
16.15–18.30 Round table “Family of Rimsky-Korsakovs”
Chairs – Nina Kostenko, Lidia Ader
Interpreters – Olga Gavrikova, Olga Kerkhanidi
Guests:
Rimsky-Korsakov’s descendants – Veronika Prokofieva, Nikolay Golovkin, Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov
Igor Stravinsky’s grandniece Elena Stravinskaya and her spouse Vsevolod Stepanov
Zoya Touri (Senior researcher of the N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum)
Anna Stepanova (director of the N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s House-Museum, Tikhvin)
Evgeny Barkannikov (director of the N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum, Lubensk–Vechasha)
Era Barutcheva (Founder of the History Museum at the St Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Liudmila Barsova (Author of books on N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Venue: Sheremetev Palace – Museum of Music, branch of St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music
Adress: 34 Fontanka river Embankment
19.30–20.00 Excursion in Sheremetev Palace
Interpreter – Anastasia Kholopova
20.00–21.00 Music hall of A. Glazunov, Sheremetev palace. Concert of chamber music “Offering to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov”
Programme: N. Rimsky-Korsakov, M. Steinberg, A. Glazunov, N. Tcherepnin, V. Kalafati, I. Stravinsky, D. Shostakovich
Performers:
Prize winners in international competitions
Anna Chizhik (violin)
Julia Iskhakova (violin)
Alexey Kalashnikov (viola)
Vladimir Gavrjushov (cello)
Dmitry Makhovikov (clarinet)
Alexandra Modina (piano)
Elena Vasilyeva (piano)
Soloist with the Zazerkalie State
Children's Musical Theatre
Saule Iskakova (soprano)
Admission by invitation only
March, 20
Venue: the N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum
10.00–11.30 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents”
Chair – Natalia Braginskaya
Interpreter – Alexandra Shapovalova
Speakers:
Dorothea Redepenning, (Heidelberg, Germany)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner, and Innovations in Russian Aesthetics of Opera
Rutger Helmers (Utrecht, Netherlands)
“The Most Desirable Type of Contemporary Opera”: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Dilemma and the Reception of The Tsar’s Bride in Russia and the West
Gregory Halbe (Columbus, USA)
The Snow Maiden Abroad: Lost in Translation?
11.30–12.45 Lecture of Richard Taruskin (Berkeley, USA) “Catching up with Rimsky-Korsakov”
12.45–13.00 Coffee break
13.00–14.00 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents” (Continuation)
Chair – Stephen Walsh
Interpreter – Lidia Ader
Speakers:
Stephen Muir (Leeds, UK)
Early Reception of Rimsky-Korsakov in the United Kingdom
Gesine Schröder (Leipzig, Germany)
Refined ... or Rather Rude? The Effect of Rimsky-Korsakov's Treatise on Orchestration in German Speaking Countries
13.45–14.45 Lunch
14.45–16.15 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: followers and opponents” (Continuation)
Chair – Paulo F. de Castro
Interpreter – Alexandra Shapovalova
Speakers:
Anna Petrova (St Petersburg, Russia)
Rimsky-Korsakov in the Repertoire of “Russian Opera in Paris” (1929–1934)
Olga Vladimirova (Cherepovets, Russia)
Development of the Oriental Theme in Glazunov’s Works
Andreas Waczkat (Göttingen, Germany)
“Variations on a Russian Theme”: Assimilation and Originality in Folk Music Inspired Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Pupils
16.15–16.30 Coffee break
16.30–18.00 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: followers and opponents” (Continuation)
Chair – Catherine Doulova
Interpreter – Lidia Ader
Speakers:
Jonathan Powell (London, UK)
Felix Blumenfeld: an Initial Appraisal
Galina Nikiforova (London, UK)
Rimsky-Korsakov and his Latvian Heritage
Leonidas Melnikas (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and the Development of Lithuanian Musical Culture
Venue: Maltese Chapel of Vorontsov Palace, 26 Sadovaya Street (entrance through the Suvorov Military School checkpoint)
19.00 “Organ Music of Ancient Petersburg”. An Evening of organ music
Programme: A. Arensky, J.-S. Bach, J. Vītols, L. Viern, A. Glazunov, M. Ekmalyan, I. Kalniņš, S. Komitas, I. Kryzhanovsky, C. Saint-Sans, R. Tobias, N. Tcherepnin
Performer: Mikhail Mishchenko
March, 21
Venue: the N. Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment-Museum
10.00–11.30 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents” (Continuation) Chair – Andreas Waczkat Interpreter – Maria Levandovskaya
Speakers: Lyubov Serebryakova (Ekaterinburg, Russia) Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Nikolay Myaskovsky
Stanimira Dermendjieva (Corfu, Greece)
V. Kalafati: Early Works and Studying at the St Petersburg Conservatoire with N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Georgios Kountouris (Greece–Russia)
The Ideas of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in Manolis Kalomiris’ Oeuvre: Forming the Modern Greek School of Composition
11.30–11.45 Coffee break
11.45–12.45 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents” (Continuation) Chair – Leonidas Melnikas Interpreter – Maria Levandovskaya
Speakers:
Catherine Doulova (Minsk, Belarus)
Vasily Zolotarev and his School of Composition
Galina Kopytova (St Petersburg, Russia)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and the Beginnings of the St Petersburg Jewish Composition School
12.45–13.45 Piano Recital.
Programme: Felix Blumenfeld
Performer: Jonathan Powell 13.45–14.45 Lunch 14.45–16.45 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: followers and opponents” (Continuation) Chair – Igor Vishnevetsky Interpreter – Lidia Ader
Speakers:
Natalia Braginskaya (St Petersburg, Russia)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, and Paradoxical Musical Genes
Stephen Walsh (Cardiff, UK)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Khovanshchina and the Diaghilev Production of 1913
Paulo F. de Castro (Lisboa, Portugal)
Nikolay Tcherepnin and the Ideologies of the Ballets Russes
Marina Rakhmanova (Moscow, Russia)
From Le Pavillon d'Armide to La Descente de la Sainte Vierge: the Life and Work of Nikolai Tcherepnin
16.45–17.00 Coffee break
17.00–18.00 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents” (Continuation)
Speakers:
Chair – Dorothea Redepenning
Interpreter – Maria Levandovskaya
Speakers:
Anastasia Tsvetkova (St Petersburg, Russia) M. Steinberg in his Work with Drafts to N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Opera Project Earth and Heaven
Ilya Levinson (Chicago, USA)
Jazzy Kashei: the Rimsky-Korsakov – Schillinger – Gershwin Connection
18.00–18.30 Session “The Traditions of N. Rimsky-Korsakov in Composing and Teaching: Followers and Opponents”.
Presentation of Panels
Chair – Nina Kostenko
Interpreter – Lidia Ader
Ekaterina Kluchnikova (Lobankova) (Moscow, Russia)
The Pedagogy of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: “Nationalizing” the Teaching Profession
Irina Proskurina (Moscow, Russia)
Glazunov and Asafyev in Debates about Boris Godunov (based on materials from the Krasnaya gazeta)
John Nelson (Helsinki, Finland)
Rimsky-Korsakov – a Decisive Influence in the Search for a Russian National Identity
18.30–19.00 Closing ceremony
Venue: Concert Hall at the Hotel “Ambassador”
Address: 5–7 Rismky-Korsakov Prospect
19.30 Final Concert
Programme: folk songs and composers’ arrangements by M. Balakirev, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, G. Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Lysenko, M. Gnesin, Yu. Veisberg, I. Stravinsky.
Performers:
Prize winners in international competitions
Valeria Kalenik (soprano)
Anna Tatarchuk (piano)
Folk ensemble NovinA: Anna Vinskovskaya, Elena Kiselyova, Dinara Kobeleva, Natalia Sizova, Alexandra Shatilina
Admission by invitation only
March, 22
9.00–10.00 Visit to the Necropolis of Artists at the Alexander Nevsky Abbey and flower-laying on N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s grave.
10.00–22.00 Excursion to Tikhvin, to the N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s House-Museum
Admission by invitation only
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