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Diliaver Menametov

In the orchestra since 2004

Dilyaver Menametov graduated from the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory as a double bass player (the class of Professor Valery Boldin) in 2004.

In 2003, he became an artist of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Symphony Orchestra. Since 2004, he has collaborated with the musicAeterna Orchestra as the concertmaster of the double bass group. Since 2005, he has worked as a double bass player in the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra. He performed as a double bass soloist, and was one of the first in Russia to perform the works by Johann Baptist Vanhal, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johannes Matthias Sperger in the original ‘Viennese tuning’. In 2011, together with the musicAeterna Orchestra, he moved to Perm, where he founded the Barocco A La Prima ensemble specializing in historically informed performance. From 2020 to 2023 he was the concertmaster of the double bass group of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre Symphony Orchestra.

He maintains an active concert career as a double bass soloist and viola da gamba player.

IF YOU WEREN'T A MUSICIAN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Before seriously taking up music I was a student at the Mathematics & Mechanics Faculty, so I probably would have become a mathematician. Although, perhaps, I still would have played music for pleasure.
WHAT MADE YOU SWITCH FROM MATHEMATICS TO MUSIC?
There has always been a musician in me. At some point I simply realised that I want music to be my profession and that this would require full immersion and giving up my scientific career. My choice was fully conscious and uncompromising.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE DOUBLE BASS?
I had no choice as such. Since I lacked musical training, I could take up either bass or bassoon. I chose bass. Although as a child I did learn percussions at a music school. In fact, I have always been surrounded by music, because my mother is a musician.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO SUCCEED?
Success is a lottery, but diligence and capacity for networking are certainly important. So is, obviously, talent.

musicAeterna orchestra events

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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

 

 

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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)

  1. Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
  2. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
  3. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
  4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
  5. 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

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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

 

 

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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)

  1. Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
  2. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
  3. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
  4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
  5. 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

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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