Alexander Bykov
In the orchestra since 2022
Alexander Bykov was born in 1991 in Leningrad. In 2017 he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (the class of A.A. Isaev) and continued his studies at the Conservatory as a trainee assistant (the class of A.V. Kazakov). From 2019 to 2021 he studied at the postgraduate programme of the Lucerne School of Music (Switzerland) in the oboe class (the class of I. Podyomov). He has been working in the musicAeterna orchestra since 2022.
He took part in the master classes of such outstanding oboists as David Walter, Maurice Bourgue, François Leleux, Thomas Indermühle, Gregor Witt, Laszlo Hadadi, Alex Klein, Gordon Hunt, etc. He actively tours in Russia and abroad. He has performed as a soloist in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and other European countries.
He performed a number of premieres of works for oboe, including the Concert for Oboe with the orchestra by D. Anzarokov on the stage of the Berlin Konzerthaus in 2018.
As a soloist in orchestras and ensembles, he performed at such venues as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Musikverein Wien, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Elbe Philharmonic (Hamburg), the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Zaryadye Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, etc.
Since 2013 he has been a soloist of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra. As a guest oboist, he performs as part of the Camerata of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra (Honoured Collective of Russia), etc.
musicAeterna orchestra events
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)
- Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
- Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
- Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
- Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
- Rondo-Finale. Allegro, Allegro giocoso
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Prelude and the Death of Isolde from the opera Tristan and Isolde (1857-1859)
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)
- Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
- Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
- Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
- Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
- Rondo-Finale. Allegro, Allegro giocoso
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Prelude and the Death of Isolde from the opera Tristan and Isolde (1857-1859)
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis