Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Ivari Ilja

Performers

• Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
• Ivari Ilja, Piano

Program

• FAURÉ "Automne," Op. 18, No. 3
• FAURÉ "Sylvie," Op. 6, No. 3
• FAURÉ "Après un rêve," Op. 7, No. 1
• FAURÉ "Fleur jetée," Op. 39, No. 2
• TANEYEV "People Sleep," Op. 17, No. 10
• TANEYEV "Menuet," Op. 26, No. 9
• TANEYEV "The Winter Road," Op. 32, No. 4
• TANEYEV "Stalactites," Op. 26, No. 6
• TANEYEV "The Restless Heart is Beating," Op. 17, No. 9
• LISZT "I' vidi in terra angelici costumi"
• LISZT "Pace non trovo"
• TCHAIKOVSKY Six Romances, Op. 73
  ·· We Sat Together
  ·· Night
  ·· On this Moonlit Night
  ·· The Sun has Set
  ·· Amid Sombre Days
  ·· Again, as Before, Alone
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  Encores:
• RACHMANINOFF "In the Silence of the Secret Night"
• TRAD. "Core'n grato"
• TRAD. "Farewell, Happiness"
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  Program is approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes, including one intermission

Bios

• Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  
  Internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born and studied in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, at which he received acclaim for his cultivated voice, innate sense of musical line, and natural legato. After his Western operatic debut at the Opéra de Nice in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, his career exploded, resulting in regular engagements at the world’s major opera houses and appearances at renowned international festivals, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Metropolitan Opera; l’Opéra national de Paris; Bayerische Staatsoper, the Salzburger Festspiele; Teatro alla Scala; Vienna State Opera; and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
  
  A celebrated recitalist in demand in every corner of the globe—from the Far East to the Middle East, from Australia to South America—Mr. Hvorostovsky has appeared at such venues as Wigmore Hall in London, Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Carnegie Hall, Teatro alla Scala, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Liceu in Barcelona, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the Musikverein in Vienna. He regularly performs in concert with such orchestras as the New York and Rotterdam philharmonics, working with leading conductors including James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Termirkanov, and Valery Gergiev.
  
  Mr. Hvorostovsky retains a strong musical and personal contact with Russia. He became the first opera singer to give a solo concert with orchestra and chorus in Moscow’s Red Square; this concert was televised in over 25 countries. He has gone on to sing a number of prestigious concerts in Moscow as a part of his own special series, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Friends, featuring such celebrated artists as Renée Fleming, Sumi Jo, and Sondra Radvanosky. In 2005, Mr. Hvorostovsky gave a historic tour of Russian cities at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, singing for a crowd of hundreds of thousands to commemorate the soldiers of the Second World War. Mr. Hvorostovsky now annually tours the cities of Russia and Eastern Europe.
  
  Mr. Hvorostovsky’s extensive discography spans recitals and complete operas. He has also starred in Don Giovanni Unmasked, an award-winning film released by Rhombus Media based on the Mozart opera, in which he tackles the dual roles of Don Giovanni and Leporello.
  
  Upcoming engagements include performances at the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, as well as at opera houses in Vienna.
  
  Recent releases include a DVD starring Mr. Hvorostovsky alongside Renée Fleming in a film set in St. Petersburg. Two new solo CDs, featuring songs by Tchaikovsky and songs on texts by Pushkin, both recorded with pianist Ivari Ilja, have also been released to much critical acclaim. Forthcoming releases include a CD of Verdi opera scenes with Sondra Radvanovsky and the Philharmonia of Russia, conducted by Constantine Orbelian. Recently, Mr. Hvorostovsky established a new collaboration with Russian composer Igor Krutoi, giving successful performances in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kiev.

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• Ivari Ilja
  
  Ivari Ilja was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He studied the piano at the Tallinn State Conservatory with Laine Mets, and at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Vera Gornostayeva and Sergey Dorensky.
  
  Mr. Ilja is an internationally recognized accompanist and ensemble musician. His collaborations with renowned singers Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Irina Arkhipova, Maria Guleghina, and Elena Zaremba have been particularly successful. As pianist for these singers, he has performed on many concert stages of the world, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, La Scala, Wigmore Hall, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Staatsoper Hamburg, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Musikverein in Vienna, and Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since 2003, Mr. Ilja has repeatedly toured with Mr. Hvorostovsky in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan.
  
  Mr. Ilja has also held solo recitals in France, the UK, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Sweden, and Finland. He has performed as a soloist with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra under conductors Veronika Dudarova, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Eri Klas, Leo Krämer, Theodore Kuchar, Peeter Lilje, Roman Matsov, Andres Mustonen, Hannu Norjanen, Vello Pähn, Urs Schneider, and Arvo Volmer. Specifically with the Estonian National Symphony, he has performed as a soloist on several international tours to Germany, Sweden, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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