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Second Violins

Ilya Gaysin

In the orchestra since 2017

Ilya Gaisin graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory specializing in violin (2006) and opera and symphonic conducting (2008) under the supervision of professors Sergey Kravchenko and Valeriy Polyanskiy.

He has won the Gennadiy Rozhdestvenskiy award. Ilya Gaisin is a laureate of numerous international violin contests held in Italy, Finland, Russia and Ukraine. He won the II Kalman International Conducting Competition (Budapest, 2012) and is a laureate of the International Opera Conducting Competition in Ruse (Bulgaria, 2014). Since 2005, he has also been working as a conductor.

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In 2005 – 2008, he conducted the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the North Caucasus State Safonov Philharmonic. In 2012 – 2017, he was the leading conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra of the Pavel Slobodkin Centre. Since 2018, Ilya Gaisin has been the conductor of the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

HOW CAN AN ASPIRING MUSICIAN TELL THEY SHOULD MAKE MUSIC THEIR PROFESSION?
Generally speaking, anyone should try their hand at music. Whether to do it professionally or just for fun and self-development is a different question; the answer can be found through learning from experienced tutors. I am inclined to say, though, that you should make music when you cannot imagine your life without it.
WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT MUSIC?
This realization came rather late. I think I only started to fully comprehend it at the age of 16 or so. By that time, I had already been touring around the world for a few years. This had just been an integral part of my life, though. Later on, practicing became a pleasure to me; I understood I could use my “home laboratory” to produce things that brought me the feeling of creative fulfillment.
WHAT DO YOU WORK ON AT YOUR “HOME LABORATORY”?
I combine my role as a musician with that of a conductor. As the latter, I aspire to make some sort of discovery that would make each member of the orchestra not just play their part but feel responsible for the whole piece. This may sound simple but achieving such an effect in practice is quite hard.
WHAT DOES A REHEARSAL FEEL LIKE TO A CONDUCTOR AND TO AN ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN?
Having been at either side of the “barricades”, I can say that my emotional response is different. My psychology changes, almost against my will. Time flows in different ways. When I am conducting, time flies in an instant. Although when I am playing in the orchestra and Theodor is at the conductor’s stand, time goes very fast, too. But this is more of an exception to the rule.
DO YOU NEED INSPIRATION TO PLAY, OR DOES IT FEEL MORE LIKE A JOB TO YOU?
This might be the biggest secret of a conductor’s craft. With an ordinary conductor, musicians will work; with an inspiring one, that work will turn into creation of something new.
WHAT DOES MUSICAETERNA MEAN TO YOU?
Aside from the direct translation from Latin, musicAeterna means much to me. It is eternal devotion to music. It is the constant and uncompromising strive towards the ideal. It is a field for experiment and a space for friendship. It is the process of search. It is an area of challenges. Finally, it is freedom — not utilitarian freedom, not freedom from effort, but the freedom to venture through the worlds of Mozart, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and many, many others…

musicAeterna orchestra events

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An event of Diaghilev Festival
June 13, 20:00
Perm | House of Music (Shpagin plant)
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel. Opening concert of the festival

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)

Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)

E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)

Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)

Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)

Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)

Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)

Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)

De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)

Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)

Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)

As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)

Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)

Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)

Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)

He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)

Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy

Conductor – Teodor Currentzis

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An event of Diaghilev Festival
June 14, 20:00
Perm | House of Music (Shpagin plant)
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel. Opening concert of the festival

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Augelletti, ruscelletti, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)

Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (1727)

E pur così in un giorno – Piangerò la sorte mia, recitative and aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)

Welcome as the Dawn of Day, duet from the oratorio Solomon, HWV 67 (1749)

Disserratevi, o porte d’Averno, aria of the Angel from the oratorio The Resurrection (La Resurrezione), HWV 47 (1708)

Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, aria of Armida from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)

Overture to the opera Agrippina, HWV 6 (1709–1710)

Sarabande from the Partita in G major for solo harpsichord, HWV 450 (1700–1705)

De torrente in via bibet, duet with chorus from the psalm Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (1707)

Oh, Let the Merry Bells Ring Round, aria with chorus from the oratorio L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (1740)

Piangete sì, piangete, aria of Mary Cleophas from the oratorio La Resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)

As With Rosy Steps the Morn, recitative and aria of Irene from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)

Pena tiranna, aria of Dardano from the opera Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (1715)

Amarti sì vorrei, aria of Agilea from the opera Teseo, HWV 9 (1713)

Fermati! / No, crudel!, duet of Armida and Rinaldo from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 78 (1711)

He Saw the Lovely Youth, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Ah! Stigie larve — Vaghe pupille, recitative and aria of Orlando from the opera Orlando, HWV 31 (1733)

Oh Love Divine, Thou Source of Fame, chorus from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

Performers:
musicAeterna orchestra and choir
musicAeterna Dance company
artists from the Anton Rubinstein Academy

Conductor – Teodor Currentzis

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An event of Diaghilev Festival
June 19, 19:00
Perm | Soldatov Palace of Culture
Bertolt Brecht. The Threepenny Opera. Premiere

Playwright Bertolt Brecht
Composer Kurt Weill
Director Nina Vorobyeva
Set Designer Asya Mukhina
Lighting Designer Ruslan Mayorov
Choreographer Anna Garafeeva
Conductor Ilya Gaisin

Performers:
Guest artists
musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir

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An event of Diaghilev Festival
June 20, 19:00
Perm | Soldatov Palace of Culture
Bertolt Brecht. The Threepenny Opera. Premiere

Playwright Bertolt Brecht
Composer Kurt Weill
Director Nina Vorobyeva
Set Designer Asya Mukhina
Lighting Designer Ruslan Mayorov
Choreographer Anna Garafeeva
Conductor Ilya Gaisin

Performers:
Guest artists
musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir

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An event of Diaghilev Festival
June 22, 15:00
Perm | House of Music (Shpagin plant)
Esperia

Musical Director and Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Director: Anna Guseva
Chief Choirmaster: Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer: Anastasia Peshkova

Performers:
musicAeterna Choir
soloists of the musicAeterna Orchestra
musicAeterna Dance company

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