What s On in Moscow May 28-30
Our picks for the weekend in and around the capital. May 28, 2021
Season premiere in the Green Theater
This Saturday night the outdoor Green Theater at VDNH Park opens their summer season with a unique program of music for harps. The program will be performed by the much celebrated musician Alexander Boldachev accompanied by the Russian Ministry of Defense Orchestra. It will be conducted by Fabio Mastrangelo, “Russia’s most sought-after Italian born conductor,” who is artistic director of the Music Hall State Theater in St. Petersburg, the principal conductor and music director of two other St. Petersburg orchestras, the music director of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow and that’s just in the two capitals. Come see why he is so popular and listen to magnificent music by Sergei Prokofiev, Reinhold Glière and other composers under the red moon. The performance begins at 8 p.m., and tickets, which range i
All the metal bands that revere Iron Maiden have undoubtedly had a rough past year without many live, in-person gigs. But what about classical musicians? They ve felt the pinch of the pandemic as much as any other concert performers, and, hey, they like Iron Maiden, too!
That s why Ulf Wadenbrandt, conductor of the Sweden Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor for the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, decided to symphonically adapt Maiden s Fear of the Dark, pandemic-style with around 160 musicians performing the song mostly virtually.
Watch the video down toward the bottom of this post.
The musicians involved in the performance include those from Germany s Dortmund Philharmonic, New Zealand s Christchurch Symphony Orchestra as well as players from Argentina, Brazil, China, Norway, Russia, Spain and Sweden. Wadenbrandt says he gathered everyone from absolutely world-class musicians and excellent music teachers to talented amateurs and students from music and cultural