The XVI International Organ Music Festival in Polotsk will be the largest in its history
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On November 3, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The XVI International Organ Music Festival "Zvany Safii" (Bells of Sophia), which will open on November 6 in Polotsk, will be the most ambitious in its history. This year, the program of the music forum has been expanded to eight concerts, reported to BELTA correspondent Lilia Yemelyanova, head of the concert department of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve.
The organizers have managed, along with inviting high-level organists, to provide an opportunity for young talented performers to become participants of the prestigious Polotsk festival. In total, at "Zvany Safii - 2011", national performing schools from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Russia, and Belarus will be represented.
Among the most significant events of the festival will be performances by world-renowned musicians. The opening concert has kindly agreed to be conducted by a friend and frequent guest of the organ forum, the famous German organist Joachim Eichhorn. On November 13, the festival program includes a performance by one of the oldest organ performers, Albert Visserhof (Netherlands). Another significant name for the Polotsk festival is Johann Trummer, a representative of the Austrian performing school and an active promoter of organ culture. Dr. Trummer opened the first "Zvany Safii" festival in 1996, makes a significant contribution to the development of Belarusian organ culture, and his participation in the program is also a great honor for the festival, noted Lilia Yemelyanova. The concert of the Austrian organist will take place on November 19.
In addition, the Polotsk audience will discover new performers. Thus, the organizers eagerly await the festival debut of Moscow musicians, organist Alexey Shevchenko and Alexander Listratov (cello). These young talented performers already have victories in various competitions to their credit, and the organ and cello ensemble promises to deliver unforgettable impressions to fans of organ classics. Another debutant at the Polotsk festival, the French performer Pierre Zivo, popular in Europe, owes his appearance in the concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral to the Romanian organist Felician Roșca. The latter himself debuted in Polotsk in 2010 and was impressed by playing the organ of St. Sophia Cathedral for the discerning Polotsk audience. After communicating with the Romanian performer at one of the European venues, Pierre Zivo became inspired by the idea of participating in the Polotsk festival, which he managed to achieve this year. Also, for the first time, the Woodwind Ensemble of the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus will be a guest of the music forum.
By tradition, the initiator and permanent participant of the festival, Polotsk organist Ksenia Pogorelaya, has prepared musical surprises. This time, at the concert with the participation of the chamber orchestra "Europa-Center" under the direction of Rail Sadykov, it will be possible to hear the organ accompanied by a marimba for the first time.
The final chord of the festival will sound on December 11 - Belarusian organist Konstantin Sharov will perform in the concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral, accompanied by the State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Nadezhda Mikhailova.-0-
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