Alexey Zhilin
In the orchestra since 2011
Alexey Zhilin was proclaimed “A Superb Russian” by the Austrian press after a historic “double” victory in Johannes Brahms Competition (2018), where he took two first prizes.
It’s a rare if not a unique case nowadays when a musician, who was educated solely in Russia, more than that, in one city and by one teacher, earned international acclaim.
Alexey Zhilin (born in Leningrad in 1987) is one of the last disciples of an outstanding professor from St. Petersburg – Anatolii Nikitin. Alexey won in more than fifteen international competitions, he was also the first Russian winner of XXXVIII Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition (Chile). He later took the second place in one of the most prestigious competitions among cellists – Isang Yun competition (South Korea), which is the greatest achievement of the Russian cellists during the history of the competition.
The Belgian press compared the sound of his cello to the voices of great opera singers, calling it “mesmerizing” during the first in history Queen Elizabeth International cello competition in Brussels.
At present, the musician tours in: Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, South Korea, Japan. However, he pays great attention to concerts in Russia, considering them his mission as a Russian musician.
Alexey Zhilin has toured in Russia from Kamchatka to Murmansk both with solo concertos and as a part of well-known David Oistrakh string quartet (has been playing there since its foundation).
He has been teaching at Saint Petersburg Conservatory at the cello department since 2014, following in the footsteps of his teacher A.P. Nikitin. He regularly gives master-classes in Russia, Europe and Asia.
His repertoire includes a great part of the legacy of cello music together with a line of rare compositions, which can pleasantly surprise even the most exacting audience (A.P. Borodin cello sonata, M. Weinberg’s Fantasia for cello and orchestra, preludes for solo cello etc.).
His repertoire also includes a substantial amount of contemporary music as he actively cooperates with modern composers. He performed Russian premieres of the compositions of Philippe Hersant, Isang Yun, Boris Tishchenko.
Alexey Zhilin cooperates with such musicians as Eliso Virsaladze, Teodor Currentzis, Kent Nagano and many others.
musicAeterna orchestra events
George Frideric Handel (1685—1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem № 1, HWV 258 (1727)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aris from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
As with Rosy Steps the Morn, aria from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
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)
Pena tiranna, aria from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Eternal Source of Light Divine, fragment from the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 (1713)
Alla Hornpipe, № 2 from the suite for orchestra The Water Music № 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Who Calls my Parting Soul from Death, duet from the oratorio Esther, HWV 50b (1732)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Piangerò la sorte mia, aria from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
O Love Divine, thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Sing Ye to the Lord, chorus with solo soprano from the oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (1739)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Sofia Tsygankova, soprano
Diana Nosyreva, soprano
Iveta Simonyan, soprano
Ksenia Dorodova, soprano
Tatyana Bikmukhametova, soprano
Yulia Vakula, mezzo-soprano
soloist and vocal coach of the Anton Rubinstein
Academy Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
George Frideric Handel (1685—1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem № 1, HWV 258 (1727)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aris from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
As with Rosy Steps the Morn, aria from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
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)
Pena tiranna, aria from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Eternal Source of Light Divine, fragment from the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 (1713)
Alla Hornpipe, № 2 from the suite for orchestra The Water Music № 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Who Calls my Parting Soul from Death, duet from the oratorio Esther, HWV 50b (1732)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Piangerò la sorte mia, aria from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
O Love Divine, thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Sing Ye to the Lord, chorus with solo soprano from the oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (1739)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Sofia Tsygankova, soprano
Diana Nosyreva, soprano
Iveta Simonyan, soprano
Ksenia Dorodova, soprano
Tatyana Bikmukhametova, soprano
Yulia Vakula, mezzo-soprano
soloist and vocal coach of the Anton Rubinstein
Academy Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
George Frideric Handel (1685—1759)
Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem № 1, HWV 258 (1727)
Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)
Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aris from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)
Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)
As with Rosy Steps the Morn, aria from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
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)
Pena tiranna, aria from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)
Eternal Source of Light Divine, fragment from the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 (1713)
Alla Hornpipe, № 2 from the suite for orchestra The Water Music № 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)
Who Calls my Parting Soul from Death, duet from the oratorio Esther, HWV 50b (1732)
He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Piangerò la sorte mia, aria from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)
Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)
O Love Divine, thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)
Sing Ye to the Lord, chorus with solo soprano from the oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (1739)
Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Sofia Tsygankova, soprano
Diana Nosyreva, soprano
Iveta Simonyan, soprano
Ksenia Dorodova, soprano
Tatyana Bikmukhametova, soprano
Yulia Vakula, mezzo-soprano
soloist and vocal coach of the Anton Rubinstein
Academy Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis