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Ganna Baryshnikova

In the choir since 2008

In 2006, Ganna Baryshnikova graduated from the Glinka State Conservatory (Novosibirsk). Since 2008, she has been part of the New Siberian Singers, a choir founded by Teodor Currentzis and later transformed into the musicAeterna choir. As a choirmaster, she has led a number of performances at the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOU THE MOST?
I think maestro Currentzis has. When he came to Novosibirsk, we found his unbelievable energy and peculiar gestures a bit odd and even funny. But as soon as we started working with him, we realized what a unique experience it was. He pays attention to every single thing and never omits even the slightest detail. It was he who taught me to really hear music; this changed me a lot as a musician.
WHAT DOES MUSIC MEAN TO YOU?
It is my life: I have been doing it since childhood. Music is the voice of the soul. Through it, I can express my emotions, whether happy or sad ones. Music is the only life I know.
WHAT MUSIC DO YOU FIND MORE INTRIGUING TO WORK WITH: EARLY OR MODERN?
Any kind of music gets interesting once you start listening closely. Of course, when you first see the notation of some modern piece, it feels completely incoherent. But as soon as you start experimenting and analyzing, you get to discover a lot in such music.
WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO AT HOME?
It depends on the mood. Sometimes, it is about dancing; other times, I may want something more serious.
WHAT PIECE OF MUSIC DO YOU DREAM TO PERFORM?
In fact, my dream has already come true. I adore Brahms’s German Requiem, and we have already performed it several times. In reality, I enjoy whatever piece Teodor picks.

musicAeterna choir events

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November 11, 20:00
St. Petersburg | Nevsky, 62
The musicAeterna Choir and Timofey Golberg
Choral concert

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Adagio for string orchestra in B-flat minor, Op. 11 (1936), arranged for choir by Sergei Anashkin

Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Lulling the Sun for mixed choir and percussion (2008)

Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Three Sacred Hymns for a capella mixed choir (1984)

Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Lord Jesus Christ
Our Father

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Fragments from the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, op. 31 (1910)

Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Praise Ye the Name of the Lord in Heaven,
Our Father
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord

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December 9, 20:00
St. Petersburg | Great Hall of the Philharmonic
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna. Tchemberdji, Wagner
Symphony concert

Katia Tchemberdji (b. 1960)
Nur zu weinen und zu singen…
Oratorio for orchestra, mixed choir and tenor solo set to the poems by Joseph Brodsky (2023). WORLD PREMIERE

I. Death alone gathers us
II. Clouds float over the grove
III. We want to be playing tag on the green
IV. But tell me, soul, what was the look of life
V. We won’t go up the hill anymore

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring Without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung by Lorin Maazel (1987)

I. Das Rheingold |The Rhinegold
II. Die Walküre | The Valkyrie
III. Siegfried
IV. Götterdämmerung | The Twilight of the Gods

The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis