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Evgeny Rumiantsev

In the orchestra since 2019

Evgeniy Rumyantsev was born on April 17, 1984 in Moscow. He graduated with honours from the Moscow State Conservatory in 2007 and completed his postgraduate studies there in 2010 (prof. N.N. Shakhovskaya’s class). He has taken master classes from Mstislav Rostropovich, David Geringas, Eberhard Feltz and Sergei Roldugin. Evgeniy is a laureate of the XIIIth Tchaikovsky International competition (2007) and the winner of the Khachaturian International cello competition (Yerevan, 2010).

Since 2010, Evgeniy Rumyantsev has been teaching at the Moscow State Conservatory, giving frequent master classes and judging at various international competitions.

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He actively performs in Russia and abroad. His repertoire encompasses most of the music ever written for the cello. Evgeniy also plays viola da gamba and electric guitar. His recordings have been released by “Melodia”, “Fancy Music” and “Quartz Music”. His conservatory students have become laureates and Grand Prix winners at international competitions, both in Russia and abroad.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE CELLO?
I didn’t really get to choose. My brother played the flute, so when I was brought to music school, I said I also wanted to play the flute. When I had already begun my studies, the head of the string department saw me in the corridor, looked at my hands and asked my parents what instrument I played. They said it was the flute, and she responded that I definitely had to switch to the cello.
GIVEN THE CHANCE, WHAT OTHER INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO MASTER?
I play the electric guitar and want to get better at it. I’m also interested in percussion. However, I wouldn’t want to study wind instruments, even though I absolutely love the saxophone.
WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
My favourite band is Dream Theater. I like progressive rock and metal: Pink Floyd, Genesis, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, King Diamond, Joe Satriani, Andy James, ac/dc. On the one hand, such music has academic roots; on the other, it has the energy that classical music tends to lack. In modern-day academic music, it’s almost unheard of to play what you’ve written yourself (like Liszt, Chopin or Beethoven used to do) — but it leads to some sort of unique energetic synthesis of all human qualities. I don’t listen to music too often nowadays, though. I need to retain the freshness of perception. I don’t want listening to music to become a routine thing like having a cup of tea in the morning — otherwise, the thrill will be gone, and there will be no point in listening to music anymore.
ASIDE FROM MUSIC, WHAT ELSE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?
Music doesn’t really leave me any free time for anything else. When I do get some time off, I almost panic. What am I supposed to do with it now? I do love taking walks, swimming, cycling — anything that lets me spend some time on my own. I have to communicate so much every day that sometimes I want to escape the surrounding world, focus on myself, and try to find answers to questions. And I love talking to my daughter, of course — it’s like discovering a whole new world!
WHAT COULD YOU COMPARE A MUSICAETERNA CONCERT TO?
It’s a great pleasure to me. I feel like I’m a member of a rock band transcending the limits. I’ll never forget the words Mstislav Rostropovich said after one of his master classes: “you know, much has been said about what distinguishes great people from common ones. The great can afford to go beyond the limits.” I don’t mean absurd or provocative actions, of course. In musicAeterna, everything is done very sincerely and with immense professionalism.

musicAeterna orchestra events

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April 27, 20:00
Dubai | Dubai Opera
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio Italien, Romeo and Juliet
Symphony concert

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Francesca da Rimini,
Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)

Capriccio Italien
on folk tunes for orchestra, Op. 45 (1880)

Romeo and Juliet,
Overture-Fantasy after Shakespeare, TH 42 (1869–1880)

musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis

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April 28, 20:00
Dubai | Dubai Opera
Richard Wagner: Ouvertures
Symphony concert

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)

Vorspiel to the opera Parsifal (1882)
Overture to the opera Tannhäuser (1843–1845)
Vorspiel und Liebestod from the opera Tristan und Isolde (1857–1859)
Vorspiel to the opera Lohengrin (1845–1848)
Overture to the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)

musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis

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May 26, 20:00
St. Petersburg | State Academic Capella
Dvořák: Alexander Sladkovsky and musicAeterna

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

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June 1, 21:00
St. Petersburg | Hermitage Museum
The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir. Ars Vivendi

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)

  1. Allegro non molto
  2. Adagio
  3. 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

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June 2, 19:00
St. Petersburg | Hermitage Museum
The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir. Ars Vivendi

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)

  1. Allegro non molto
  2. Adagio
  3. 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

Sold out