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NOTE: All concerts will be recorded by Organizer. All participants performing at the concert (Artists, Conductors, Orchestras and Students) will receive the professional recording after the project.
Located at the esteemed Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, palatial 5-star hotel on the West Crescent of Palm Jumeirah, Zabeel Theatre is a stunning event space with a 643-seater auditorium which also supports flexible seating arrangements, a spacious proscenium stage, and a theatre foyer that evokes the Baroque Ottoman luxury of the hotel while offering guests excellent pre- and post-event vibes.
The theatre is Dubai’s new cultural hub offering elevated entertainment experiences for all ages and nationalities.
Presenting world-class theatre plays, dance performances, concerts, stand-up comedy, corporate events, seminars, family shows and more, Zabeel Theatre caters to Dubai’s diverse communities and visitors alike, providing them with a place to experience international-standard artistic and cultural innovation in a one-of-a-kind theatrical environment.
Mikhail Kirchhoff is the principal conductor of Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra, the principal conductor of the Kaliningrad Music Theatre, the Artistic director and the principal conductor of the festival “Eurasian stars”, the principal conductor of the festival “Ak Ertis”.
Teacher at the State Musical Pedagogical Institute named M.M. Ippolitova-Ivanov (Moscow).
Mikhail Kirchhoff was born in 1982 in Moscow.
He began his education in the Victor Popov Academy of Choral Art. In 2009 he graduated with honors from the Moscow State P.İ. Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
2010-2012 worked in Istanbul State Opera.
2012-2017 worked in Samsun State Opera.
2018-2020 is the main guest conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra “Academy of soloists” (Kazakhstan).
Performed with various orchestras in Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Latvia, Malta, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan and many others
Born in 1983, Conductor Valid Ağayev is originally from Baku, Azerbaijan.
Valid Ağayev attended a specialized music school, and then studied violin at the State Music Academy in Baku and earned a Bachelor of Music cum laude in 2006. In 2008, he achieved Master of Music also with honours. During his studies as a violinist in Azerbaijan, Valid Ağayev took the opportunity to take master classes with world famous musicians, as M. Rostropovich, D. Sitkovetsky and M. Vengerov. From 2004 to 2010, Valid Ağayev was a leading violinist and a soloist of the "Gara Garayev" Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra. As part of this activity, he led concert tours to Germany, France, USA, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, Russia and Ukraine.
From 2012 to 2017 Valid Ağayev studied conducting at the High School of Music and Dance in Cologne; first with Professor Michael Luig and later on with Professor Alexander Rumpf.
Since January 2014 until July 2020, Valid Ağayev has been working as a Conductor and Artistic Director of the Attendorn Chamber Orchestra. In this capacity, on numerous occasions he attracted exceptional soloists such as Oleksiy Semenenko (2nd prize Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015), Koryun Asatryan (Echo-prize 2005), Gerhard Vielhaber, Shengzhi Guo...
Violin
After bright successes at the most precious violin competitions Sergei Dogadin acquired international fame as one of the best violinists of his generation.
In 2019 Sergei was awarded First Prize and Golden Medal at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Among his other significant victories were such major contents as IX Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover and Singapore International Violin Competition.
Sergei is the grant-holder of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Prize-winner of the Mozart Society in Dortmund (Germany), winner of the award established by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov and winner of the Prize of the President of Russia.
Violin
Nurie Chung is the second prize winner with age 16, in 2021 56th Premio Paganini competition in Genoa, Italy. He was also awarded two more special prizes, one for best performance for commissioning piece and the other for the youngest finalist.
He is now studying with Prof. Boris Kuschnir in Vienna. Until March, 2023, He had been taught by late NamYun Kim at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts.
For 2023 session, he performed a number of concerts in Europe, mainly in Italy, including Stradivari festival (Cremona, which was broadcasted by Cremona1 TV/Radio), Piran (Slovenia, broadcasted by RTV- Radio Television Slovenia), Palermo, Sicily in October followed by Padova and Carpi in November. In last year(2022) he played in Dubai, Malta, Seoul, Genova, Mantova, Koper (Slovenia, which was broadcasted by RTV- Radio Television Slovenia).
He won many international and national competitions. In 2019, he won 1 st prize of concerto competition at Morningside Music Bridge in Boston. He won 1st Prize of Il Piccolo Violin Magico in Italy in 2016, and won the grand prize across all categories of the 2016 Euroasia Young Violin competition in Japan.
Piano
A soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic and a prize-winner at international competitions, the young pianist Philipp Kopachevsky had won tremendous audience admiration and acclaim by the age of twenty-five He regularly appears in recital in Great Britain, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Poland and Spain as well as throughout Russia. Kopachevsky has won particular popularity in Japan, where especially for NHK TV he recorded a disc of piano music by Chopin.
“The young pianist’s playing has a perceptibly personal message. The natural blend of mastery and spiritual maturity with raw emotion, the freedom with which the pianist expresses himself and his Romantic sincerity and nobleness win one over from the very first notes...” “From the first notes he plays, you sense the pianist’s powerful and lyrical individuality. His piano sings – this is a very rare quality nowadays, typical of a Romantic worldview; he retains clarity in his pianism and his phrasing is beautiful and pliant...” These are the kind of reviews Philipp Kopachevsky receives from music critics.
Philipp Kopachevsky was born in Moscow in 1990. He graduated from the Central School of Music of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. He is currently a student at the Moscow Conservatoire (class of Professor Sergei Dorensky).
Violin
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky’s career was launched in 2007 when he won the II prize and five special prizes in the XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition.
His victory at the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki in 2010 became significant for the violinist. Since then, he has become a welcome guest in Finland – he regularly performs with all the major orchestras: Finnish Radio Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Kuopio City Orchestra.
In 2010, Nikita became the I prize laureate of the Fritz Kreisler International Competition in Vienna. In recent years he has performed at Wiener Konzerthaus with Nikolai Lugansky, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Maxim Rysanov that was highly acclaimed and since the season 22/23 he has become a resident of the Wiener Konzerthaus presenting a chamber music subscription in a trio with Narek Hakhnazaryan and Georgy Tchaidze. He performs regularly in Graz and Linz as well.
The victories in the international competitions in Monaco, Brussels and Montreal opened additional opportunities for Nikita such as invitations to the best concert halls of the world and performances with the leading orchestras. The violinist collaborates with Sakari Oramo, Vasily Sinaisky, Dima Slobodeniouk, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Klaus Mäkelä, Mao Fujita and others.
Nikita’s 2023/2024 season is rich in debuts – for the first time he will go on stage of the Carnegie Hall and Fisher Center, perform with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, and Orquestra Sinfonica de Tenerife. In September 2023, Nikita and Georgy Tchaidze embarked on a tour in China, which includes 9 concerts, with a recital at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center as a final.
Viola
Andrey Usov was born in 1979 in Sverdlovsk, USSR. In 1996 he graduated from the Special Music School at the Ural Conservatory (studying with Professor Valery Averin) and the following year began his soloist career. In 2002 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (Professor Yuri Bashmet and Professor Roman Balashov).
Since 2002, he has been a member of the "Romantic Quartet", one of the best chamber groups in Russia, frequently performing in cultural centres of Russia and Europe. The ensemble takes part in many international festivals, cooperates with famous musicians of our time. As a member of this ensemble, Andrey Usov became a prizewinner of the International Shostakovich String Quartet Competition in Moscow (2004).
As a soloist, he was twice prizewinner of the Yuri Bashmet International Viola Competition "Viola Masters" (1997, 2006), winner of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition (Great Britain, 2000). Laureate of the "Triumph" Youth Award (2010).
Since 2007, he is an artist of the "Moscow Soloists” chamber ensemble (Artistic director, conductor and soloist - Yuri Bashmet). Currently, Andrey Usov is also a member of the string quartet formed within this group.
He took part in festivals in Montreux, Verbier (Switzerland), Sydney (Australia), Bath (UK), BBC Proms at the Albert Hall in London, "Prestige de la Music" in the Salle Pleyel and "Sony Classical" at the Theatre Champs-Elysées in Paris, in Evian, Tours (France), "December Nights of Sviatoslav Richter" in Moscow.
Andrey Usov is also a permanent participant of the Moscow Chamber Music Festival "Vozvrashchenie".
Among his chamber music partners are names such as: Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutman, Misha Maysky, Julian Rakhlin and many other famous musicians.
Piano
He was born in the village of Alexandriyskaya, Stavropol Region. He studied at preparatory courses at the Stavropol Regional Music College named after V. Safonov (Mineralnye Vody town) in the class of Levadnaya Tatyana, Honorary Worker of
Culture of the Stavropol Territory.
In 2017, he entered the eleven-year-old Secondary Special Music School (college) at the Rostov State Conservatory named after S. Rachmaninov in the class of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Special Piano at theRostov State Conservatory, Sergei Osipenko.
In 2022, he entered the Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatory in the class of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Special Piano Sergey Osipenko.
Participated in the XI International Youth Piano Competition named after V. Safonov (Pyatigorsk, 2015, Grand Prix); X International Karamanov Young Pianists Competition (Simferopol, 2015, I Prize); XI International Piano and Ensemble Music Competition "The Path to Mastery" (Rostov-on-Don, 2016, Grand Prix); XII International Television Competition for Young Musicians "The Nutcracker" (Moscow, 2016, I prize, Audience Award); IV International Competition for Young Pianists "Astana Piano Passion" (Kazakhstan, Astana, 2017, I Prize, Martin Engstrom Special Prize – certificate for participation in the Verbier Festival Academy festival, certificate for participation in Denis Matsuev's projects); II International Competition for Young Pianists "Grand Piano Competition" (Moscow, 2018, winner and 6 special prizes); V All-Russian Television Competition for Young Pianists Russian Rostov-on-Don, 2019, I Prize); I International Piano Competition of Russian Music (Ryazan, 2019); XVIII All-Russian Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Rostov-on-Don, 2019, I prize); I International Piano Competition of Russian Music (Ryazan, 2019 I prize); I All-Russian Scholarship Competition of the New Names Foundation (Moscow, 2021, laureate); III International Competition for Young Pianists "Grand Piano Competition" (Moscow, 2021, Grand Prix and 9 special prizes).
Сello
Youngeun Lee is a passionate cellist who successfully made her debut by winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition. She has an intensive interest in chamber music, performing frequently in both standard chamber groups and unique ensembles, collaborating with not only piano, strings, and winds but also voice and traditional Korean instruments. She received a merit scholarship for her performance and academic effort throughout her high school, college, and graduate school years.
Ms. Lee also has many interests in studies other than music, such as law, aesthetics, physics, and languages. During her undergraduate studies, she performed multiple times as the principal cellist of the Seoul National University Symphony Orchestra, and graduated as a cello valedictorian. Since college, Ms. Lee has performed with numerous ensembles and toured at venues throughout Korea. As a champion of contemporary music, she has also participated in many modern music ensembles.
Ms. Lee then graduated from the Tianjin Juilliard School. At TJS, she participated in the Tianjin Juilliard Ensemble faculty-student side-by-side concert, performing music from baroque to contemporary. Focusing on performing in China, she is a member and the co-founder of Trio con Fuoco, and has toured in various venues throughout China, such as Qingdao, Wuhan, Beijing, and Tianjin. She is a current D.M.A. student at the University of Michigan, where she was awarded a full scholarship and teaching assistantship. Since this year, she has been touring the world as a soloist, with locations including but not limited to China, Korea, and the United States.
She has performed in international master classes with cellists Richard Aaron, Miklos Peréni, Qin LiWei, Richard Narroway, Jensen Horn-Sin Lam (Chamber), Mario Carneiro, Marcel Bardon, Edward Arron, and Philippe Tribot. Her principal teachers include Sungzhin Peter Lee, Jisuk Shin, Nick Tzavaras, Yeonjin Kim, and Richard Aaron.
Violin
Aiman Mussakhajayeva is the Rector of the Kazakh National University of Arts and the famous violinist. Professor Ayman Kozhabekovna Mussakhajayeva is the winner of many international competitions. Among them are international competitions in Belgrade (1976); the N. Paganini in Genoa (1981), Tokyo (1983), behalf of Sibelius in Helsinki (1985), V111 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986).
Since 1993, A. Mussakhajayeva is a member of the jury of the International Violin Competition. P. I. Chaykovskiy (Moscow, Russia) and various International Violin Competitions.
Professor of Moscow, Almaty, Bishkek conservatories A. Mussakhajayeva has been active and fruitful teaching career. Among her students are many winners of international and national competitions. She gives master classes in Europe, Asia and America.
For the great achievements in music Aiman Mussakhajayeva was awarded the title "People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (1986), "International Academy of creativity" (1998), UNESCO's honorary title "Artist for Peace" (1998). In 2000 she was awarded the State Prize in literature, art and architecture. In 2002, the Club of patrons of Kazakhstan has awarded her with "Platinum Tarlan". In 2002, Aiman Mussakhajayeva’s name appeared on the list of the World Honored IBC "2000 outstanding musicians of the twentieth century", published annually by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge University. Center awarded the singer with a medal for her achievements and contribution to the development of world music.
Eurasian Symphony Orchestra was established in 2008 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Kazakh National Academy of Music. The idea of creation belonged to People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, professor, rector of Kazakh National University of Arts Aiman Mussakhajayeva.
The young team quickly gained recognition and already has an extensive concert program.
In the period from 2008 to 2010, the Eurasian Symphony Orchestra begins its tour with a series of international tours "Vienna-Prague-Budapest", where it is directed by Saulius Sondeckis and "Vienna-Rome-Paris-Moscow", where the head of the orchestra was Fuat Mansurov.
In May 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, at the invitation of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kazakhstan, the Eurasian Symphony Orchestra performed in Zelenograd, Kryukovo on the Dubosekovo exit of the Volokolamsk highway. People's Artist of Russia F. Mansurov and Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Mukhitdinov conducted the orchestra.
In 2012-2013 there was a concert tour of the orchestra in the Russian Federation under the direction of conductor Aidar Torybayev. Concerts with great success were held at the best Russian concert venues: at the Opera and Ballet Theater of St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Great Hall named after A. G. Rubinshtein), in the Great Hall of State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. And also in the cities of Spain with the program "Strauss-Gala". The orchestra brilliantly performed in such famous concert halls as Palau-dela Musica in Barcelona, M. de Falla Concert Hall in Granada and others. The penetrating performance of Aiman Mussakhajayeva, accompanied by the Eurasian Symphony Orchestra "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" by A. Khachaturyan, was enthusiastically met by the Spanish audience. Concert tour of the university's teams covered the cities of Italy - Milan, Rome, Florence, Turin, USA - Washington, New York, Boston.
