A concert-presentation of academic music by contemporary composers was held at the National Centre

On January 24, a symphonic concert took place at the National Centre RUSSIA, featuring academic works by contemporary composers. This concert was the fifth event in a collaborative project between the contemporary academic music publishing house "Shostakovich and Stravinsky" and the Union of Composers of Eurasia. The project is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

The National Centre RUSSIA played an active role in organizing the concert and was awarded a letter of appreciation. 

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"We are grateful to our partners, without whom this concert would not have been possible. Your contribution to the development and popularization of contemporary classical music is truly admirable. It is a special honor for us to host such an event at the National Centre RUSSIA. This is not just a musical event; it is a dialogue between eras, cultures, and talents. The National Centre is always happy to be a venue for such significant events. And, of course, I want to thank the audience for spending this Friday evening with us," said Anastasia Zvyagina, Deputy Director General of the National Centre RUSSIA.  

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"Shostakovich and Stravinsky" is a music publishing and educational project aimed at discovering new voices in contemporary classical music and introducing them to a wider audience. For over a year, the label has been helping composers working in this challenging and less popular genre gain recognition and become more in-demand. 

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"This music is valuable because it is created by the successors of the traditional Russian composer's school and is as much a treasure as our natural resources, great ballet, and famous writers. We thank the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives for their support and the National Centre RUSSIA for providing such a magnificent, simply stunning stage for our project. And dear listeners, we kindly ask you to share this music with your friends. Let the names of contemporary composers be known to many, because talented people have always existed, exist, and will exist in Russia," emphasized Alina Nebykova, head of the "Shostakovich and Stravinsky" publishing house, composer, and chairperson of the Council of the Union of Composers of Eurasia. 

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The concert, designed for a wide audience, attracted both professionals and enthusiasts of symphonic music. The program was performed by the Mendeleev Filarmonica Symphony Orchestra of the D. I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical Technical University, conducted by Yevgeny Rubtsov, and the Youth Synodal Choir, under the artistic direction and conduction of Mikhail Kotelynikov.

The concert featured works such as Taras Buyevski's "Spring... Bureaucrats" from the symphonic suite "Eisenstein Line," Mikhail Kotelynikov's cantata "Oktoikh" for mixed choir and orchestra, Lyubov Shangina's choral concert "Memory," and Alina Nebykova's "Mama" for voice and orchestra. It also included the premiere of Nikita Vorontsov's poem "The Black Man" for tenor and symphonic orchestra, based on Sergei Yesenin's poetry. The work explores the theme of the main character's attempt to free himself from the vices within. 

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The concert attendees were given a unique opportunity to add the pieces they heard to their playlists on any digital music service. To do so, they could simply scan the QR codes in the concert program booklet and follow the links to the corresponding works and their composers.