You are cordially invited to the concert of the 7th Winter Festival, where Maksim Vengerov and Vag Papian will perform.
The world-class violinist Maxim Vengerov, who began his musical career at the age of five, can boast an impressive string of more than 3,000 concerts that have taken him all around the world. His first studio album was released by Melodia when he was only ten years old, and his discography now includes more than 40 CDs. Maxim is also known as an outstanding teacher, sharing his knowledge with students at the Royal Academy of Music in London since 2005. In 1997 he was recognised as the first classical musician to become a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and in 2004 he became a BRIT Classical award winner. The pianist and conductor Vag Papian began his career in 1979 after winning the Vianna da Motta International Competition in Lisbon, and later graduated from the renowned Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
In 1984, at the invitation of Valery Gergiev, he became the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra’s first conductor and later its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. He has conducted many renowned orchestras around the world, and regularly collaborates with Maxim Vengerov as a concert partner. Together they have performed on numerous stages in Europe, the USA and the Far East, and recorded a CD for EMI Classic. Vag is currently a guest conductor at the National Opera Theatre of Armenia and professor at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv.
Programme: J. Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO posth. 2 (III mvt of F-A-E sonata) C: Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, FWV 8 *** A. Shor: Violin sonata No. 1 S. Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
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