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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.

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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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October 11, 19:00
Moscow | Zaryadye Hall
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance

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

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October 17, 22:30
Madrid | Auditorio Nacional de Música
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

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

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October 19, 19:00
Valencia | Palau de la Música
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

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

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October 21, 20:00
Barcelona | Palau de la Música
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

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