Danila Yankovsky
In the orchestra since 2023
In 2001 Danila Yankovsky started his studies at the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory. From 2004 to 2009 he studied at the Lubeck Higher School of Music (Germany) in the class of Sabine Meyer and Rainer Weile. He graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theatre. He has won a range of All-Russian and international competitions, including the Hofmann International Competition (Germany, 2nd Prize, 2002).
In 2002 he was the clarinet group concertmaster in the youth international project Russian-American Symphony Orchestra (the USA). In 2003, he became an artist of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under the direction of Claudio Abbado. From 2006 to 2007 he was the concertmaster of the clarinet group in the Philharmonie der Nationen symphony orchestra (Germany) under the direction of Justus Franz. From 2011 to 2015 he worked as a concertmaster of the clarinet group in the Governor’s Symphony Orchestra of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic, from 2015 to 2023 – in the Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2019, he has collaborated with the musicAeterna Orchestra as a guest musician.
From 2007 to 2008, he actively performed in Germany as part of an instrumental trio in the international Clarinet Nights project together with such musicians as Sabine Mayer, Rainer Weile, Wolfgang Mayer, Paul Mayer, and Sebastian Manz. Since 2016, he has been the artistic director of the chamber ensembles of the Tyumen Philharmonic: the woodwind quintet Wood Life and the chamber ensemble Per Aspera Ad Astra.
In 2013, as a soloist, he took part in the international festival Stars on Lake Baikal (artistic director – Denis Matsuev), participated in the Sacred Russia International Festival held across Japan; and in the concert programme of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lior Shambadala. In 2014, as a soloist, he performed concert programmes across China, and in 2017 as part of the Dissonance Orchestra (Paris) in France.
In 2020, Danila Yankovsky became an ambassador artist of the leading German clarinet production company Uebel.
He taught at the children’s Music school of Hamburg (Germany, 2006–2009), at the Novosibirsk Secondary Special Music School (2009), at the All-Russian Children’s Centre Orlyonok as part of the specialized session ‘Young Musicians’ (2009, 2010), from 2011 to 2015 he served as head of the wind instruments department and clarinet teacher at the Frederic Chopin Irkutsk Musical College. Currently, he teaches at the Tyumen State Institute of Culture, as well as at the College of Arts.
musicAeterna orchestra events
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191 (1894–1895)
Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Finale. Allegro moderato
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163 (1889)
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto grazioso — Molto Vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist Alexey Zhilin
Conductor Alexander Sladkovsky
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
The St Matthew Passion
a sacred oratorio for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra with libretto by Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici), BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
MusicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
Guest soloists
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
The Magic Flute, an opera-singspiel K.620 (1791)
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
Director Nina Vorobyova
Musical Director and Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov
Guest soloists
The musicAeterna Orchestra