In Kazan, the famous Russian pianist Karen Kornienko
March 11 at the State Grand Concert Hall named after S. Saidashev will perform one of the most prominent Russian pianists of the present, a talented composer, interpreter Karen Kornienko with the program "Tchaikovsky. Royal Ballet Gala ». The concert begins at 17.00.
Karen Kornienko is a pupil of the outstanding pianist Vera Gornostaeva, a laureate of many prestigious international competitions, actively touring the world. Each year the musician presents new interesting concert programs, performs with symphonic orchestras. Many of his concerts are broadcast by television and radio companies (BBC, Radio Rossii, Orpheus, Kultura channel, etc.).
The repertoire of the pianist is huge: 30 concerts for pianoforte and orchestra, works for piano of almost all styles, forms and genres, numerous works for chamber ensemble, including own transcriptions for violin and pianoforte.
The pianist pays great attention to the genre of piano transcription. In his repertoire there is a solo program from his own transcriptions of works by Tchaikovsky, Lyadov, Raлhmaninov, Glinka.
"I know the pianist Karen Kornienko as a bright artist, an exceptionally creative, live performer. In his game there is never indifference. Everything that he does, makes himself listen. The main thing in him is his artistic talent and scale of thinking. His image as an artist is seen primarily as a romantic ... "(People's Artist of Russia, Professor V. Gornostaeva.)
In Kazan, the pianist will present piano transcriptions of music from Tchaikovsky's ballets:
P. Tсhaikovsky - M. Pletnev. Concert suite from the music of the ballet "The Nutcracker"
P.Tchaikovsky - K.Kornienko
Concert suite from the music of the ballet "Swan Lake"
Symphonic Suite for the music of the ballet The Nutcracker
Waltz from the ballet "Sleeping Beauty"
In the concert program, the performance by the State String Quartet of the Republic of Tatarstan, a deserved collective of Tatarstan, which has an impressive concert experience both in Russia and abroad. As part of the quartet, People's Artists of the Republic of Shamil Monasypov, Marat Zaripov, Albert Asadullin, Marat Ayupov. The quartet will perform the selected works by P. Tchaikovsky.