musicAeterna is one of the most in-demand Russian ensembles that is constantly pushing the boundaries of its creative capabilities in the field of historically informed performance of early music, academic music of the classical period, and contemporary compositions.
Together with Teodor Currentzis, musicAeterna regularly tours Europe and the world with performances in numerous prestigious venues including Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonic, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonie de Paris, Kölner Philharmonie, Auditorio Nacional, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, and La Scala.
The musicAeterna orchestra is a frequent guest at international festivals, such as RUHRtriennale, Klara Festival, Aix-en-Provence festival, Lucerne festival, and Diaghilev festival. In 2017, musicAeterna became the first Russian ensemble to have the honor of opening the main programme of the world’s most prestigious music festival: the Salzburg festival. The musicians performed Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”, directed by Peter Sellars. Since then, musicAeterna has been regularly featured at the festival.
Conducted by Teodor Currentzis, musicAeterna has recorded with Sony Classical the works by Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rameau, and Stravinsky. These recordings have received prestigious music awards: ECHO Klassik, Edison Klassiek, Japanese Record Academy Award, and BBC Music Magazine’s Opera Award.
Olga Volkova
Born in Vladivostok, at the age of seven she gave her first violin recital, and at ten she made her debut on stage with a symphony orchestra. She graduated from the Central Music School of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Irina Bochkova's class), the Cologne University of Music (Zakhar Bron's and Barnabás Kelemen's classes), studied at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Brussels (Augustin Dumay's class). In 2016 she became the youngest concertmaster of the Mariinsky Orchestra. Since 2021 she has been the first concertmaster of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Orchestra. In September 2022 she became concertmaster of the musicAeterna Orchestra.
First Violins
Second Violins
Violаs
Cellos
Double Basses
Flutes
Oboes
Clarinets
Bassoons
Horns
Trumpets
Trombones
Tuba
Percussion
Harp
Keyboards
musicAeterna orchestra events
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)
E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)
De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)
Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)
Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)
Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)
E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)
De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)
Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)
Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)
Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis
Playwright Bertolt Brecht
Composer Kurt Weill
Director Nina Vorobyeva
Set Designer Asya Mukhina
Lighting Designer Ruslan Mayorov
Choreographer Anna Garafeeva
Conductor Ilya Gaisin
Performers:
Guest artists
musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
Playwright Bertolt Brecht
Composer Kurt Weill
Director Nina Vorobyeva
Set Designer Asya Mukhina
Lighting Designer Ruslan Mayorov
Choreographer Anna Garafeeva
Conductor Ilya Gaisin
Performers:
Guest artists
musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
Musical Director and Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Anna Guseva
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer: Anastasia Peshkova
Performers:
musicAeterna Choir
soloists of the musicAeterna Orchestra
musicAeterna Dance company
Musical Director and Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Anna Guseva
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer: Anastasia Peshkova
Performers:
musicAeterna Choir
soloists of the musicAeterna Orchestra
musicAeterna Dance company