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Trombones

Andrey Saltanov

In the orchestra since 2006

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A MUSICIAN?
This decision came naturally when my father sent me to music school. He was a trombone player and wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I’m very grateful to him now. Everything has fallen in place perfectly. Being part of such an orchestra and working with Teodor Currentzis is every musician’s dream. I can say I’m truly happy.
WHAT MAKES MUSICAETERNA STAND OUT?
Freedom… This orchestra runs by completely different rules. It’s not the place for those who want to clock out at 5 p.m., go home and forget about the work till next morning. Music is our life here.
WHAT CHANGES IN YOU WHEN YOU GO UP ON STAGE?
I like being on stage. I’m an open-hearted person and love to perform in front of an audience. Every concert feels like a party to me — particularly when I have a bit of music to play. Trombones may sometimes have very limited parts (this is particularly true for old music scores). So we usually just sit around and listen to great soloists working with Teodor.
WHAT DO YOU DREAM TO PERFORM?
Teodor tends to pick the pieces I’ve always wanted to play: Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Wagner. Everything Teodor may think of feels like a treat. You just can’t get bored with him!
DO YOU HAVE A LIFELONG DREAM?
I love where I’m at in my life right now: we tour a lot, play on the world’s biggest stages and work with the best soloists. I just wish I had more time for myself and my own projects. I have a lot of ideas, both in classical and in modern music. They demand time and focus to come to life though. I also dream to have all my family in the same city: right now, my wife lives in Perm, my child studies in Novosibirsk, and I work in Saint Petersburg. I want all of us to be together.

musicAeterna orchestra events

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May 24, 19:00
Nizhny Novgorod | Warehouse Concert Hall
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, present in Moscow an updated concert version of the programme “Hændel. The Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel”. It combines fragments from English oratorios and Italian operas by Handel. An anthology of theatrical music by one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era is performed on historical instruments and in the Baroque style. The concert’s full dramaturgy adheres to the principles of the ancient extravaganza, characterized by its illusory, multifaceted nature, a constant play of scales, and focused attention to voice and space.

The soloists for this large-scale project — performed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona — are young and promising singers participating in the first enrollment of the Anton Rubinstein Academy.

Performers:
artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
choir and orchestra musicAeterna

Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov

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May 25, 20:00
Moscow | Great Hall of the Conservatory
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, present in Moscow an updated concert version of the programme “Hændel. The Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel”. It combines fragments from English oratorios and Italian operas by Handel. An anthology of theatrical music by one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era is performed on historical instruments and in the Baroque style. The concert’s full dramaturgy adheres to the principles of the ancient extravaganza, characterized by its illusory, multifaceted nature, a constant play of scales, and focused attention to voice and space.

The soloists for this large-scale project — performed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona — are young and promising singers participating in the first enrollment of the Anton Rubinstein Academy.

Performers:
artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
choir and orchestra musicAeterna

Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov

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June 8, 20:00
Moscow | Great Hall of the Conservatory
Concert of musicAeterna. Beethoven, Mozart
Symphony concert

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)

Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Allegro ma non troppo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, ‘Jupiter’, KV 551 (1788)

Allegro vivace
Andante cantabile
Menuetto: Allegretto
Molto allegro

Performers:
musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis

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June 9, 20:00
Moscow | Great Hall of the Conservatory
Concert of musicAeterna. Beethoven, Mozart
Symphony concert

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)

Adagio – Allegro vivace
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Allegro ma non troppo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, ‘Jupiter’, KV 551 (1788)

Allegro vivace
Andante cantabile
Menuetto: Allegretto
Molto allegro

Performers:
musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis

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