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Sopranos

Anastasia Fomichenko

In the choir since 2015

Anastasia Fomichenko (soprano) is a laureate of the “Primavera” international competition (Italy).

In 2010, she graduated from the Berezniki music college where she had studied choir conducting. In 2015, she graduated from the Perm Arts and Culture University (faculty of solo vocals).

She has worked with the “Orpheus” chamber orchestra. She sang Barbarina’s part in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”. Since November 2015, Anastasia Fomichenko has been a member of the musicAeterna choir.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE KEY TO A PERFORMER’S SUCCESS?
Hard work. Certainly, having a great voice and striking features is very important — but I don’t think that’s enough for a performer to be successful. One has to work hard, believe in themselves, and stay strong even if things are looking down. To my mind, a passionate desire to achieve something coupled with diligent daily work on self-development is the key to reaching any goal. The way to the top may be long and difficult — but with enough effort, nothing is impossible.
HOW DO YOU GET READY FOR A PERFORMANCE?
Going up on stage is a great responsibility to me, so I’m quite anxious no matter what. The key is to keep that anxiety from turning into panic that would make me lose touch with reality. I need to focus and prepare for my role mentally. Of course, my partners on stage are of great help, as is the audience. When you’re performing, you feel absolutely delighted by doing your favourite thing in life well enough to make the listeners happy. It is an otherworldly feeling, and it is an incentive for further growth.
WHAT DOES MUSIC MEAN TO YOU?
Music is a cure for many troubles in life; it is medicine for the soul.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE THE MOST IN WORKING WITH MUSICAETERNA?
The unlimited creativity, the opportunity to develop myself and realize my true capabilities, and the incredible feeling of living and breathing music as part of this ensemble.

musicAeterna choir events

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November 11, 20:00
St. Petersburg | Nevsky, 62
The musicAeterna Choir and Timofey Golberg
Choral concert

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Adagio for string orchestra in B-flat minor, Op. 11 (1936), arranged for choir by Sergei Anashkin

Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Lulling the Sun for mixed choir and percussion (2008)

Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Three Sacred Hymns for a capella mixed choir (1984)

Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Lord Jesus Christ
Our Father

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Fragments from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, op. 31 (1910)

Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Praise Ye the Name of the Lord in Heaven,
Our Father
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

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December 9, 20:00
St. Petersburg | Great Hall of the Philharmonic
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna. Tchemberdji, Wagner
Symphony concert

Katia Tchemberdji (b. 1960)
Nur zu weinen und zu singen…
Oratorio for orchestra, mixed choir and tenor solo set to the poems by Joseph Brodsky (2023). WORLD PREMIERE

I. Death alone gathers us
II. Clouds float over the grove
III. We want to be playing tag on the green
IV. But tell me, soul, what was the look of life
V. We won’t go up the hill anymore

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring Without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung by Lorin Maazel (1987)

I. Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods

The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis