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The Russian State Symphony Orchestra has successfully performed
in China under the baton of the principal conductor and musical
director of the Azerbaijani State Academic Opera and Ballet
Theatre, Honoured Artist Ayyub Guliyev.
The tour covers 13 different cities in China: Shanghai, Dalian,
Dongguan, Shenzhen, Nanning, Changsha, Quzhou, Nantong, Wuxi,
Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Chongqing, Azernews reports.
Especially for the occasion of the New Year holidays, a concert
program was prepared based on the works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
The concert program includes Symphony No. 5, fragments from the
opera Eugene Onegin, a suite from the ballet "The Nutcracker," as
well as orchestral works by Austrian composers.
All concerts featured Greek pianist Theodosia Ntokou, who
brilliantly performs Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto.
At the end of each program, the Chinese audience thanked the
concert participants with a standing ovation.
As a token of gratitude, the Azerbaijani conductor and the
Russian Symphony Orchestra prepared an additional program
consisting of Chinese music pieces.
The final concert of the tour will take place on January 10 at
the Grand Theatre in Chongqing.
Note that Honoured Artist Ayyub Guliyev has successfully
collaborated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (United
Kingdom), Hamburg Klassik (Germany), the Vienna Chamber Orchestra,
Wiener Consilium (Austria), Toscanini Philharmonic (Italy), Kolors
Symphony Orchestra (Greece), Danube Symphony Orchestra (Hungary),
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (Croatia) orchestra (Croatia),
etc.
The Russian Symphony Orchestra is well known to the Azerbaijani
public. In 2006, the orchestra performed with great success at the
international festival dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Dmitry Shostakovich.
At the festival, the orchestra was conducted by Russian cellist
and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich.
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