Tenors

Ivan Gorin

In the choir since 2018

Ivan Gorin studied at the Altai State music college (choir conducting), then at the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory (choir conducting), from which he graduated in 2015. He mostly worked as a singer at the Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Choir Capella.

Ivan Gorin was also the director of the “initio” choir ensemble in Novosibirsk for 2 years; together with it, he performed at several Russian premieres of contemporary music pieces.

HOW DID YOU COME TO BE A MUSICIAN?

I studied to be a historian-sinologist at the university for three years. At the same time, I studied choral conducting at a musical college. My parents are musicians: my father is a trombonist, my mother is a theorist. Music has been in my life since I was a child. So, my professional choice was to some extent predetermined, however, I made the final decision as an adult person.

WHAT MAKES MUSICAETERNA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ENSEMBLES?

There is no routine in musicAeterna and there are certain requirements to the way we work. Without love for musical material, it is impossible to stay in rehearsals for eight hours, to parse a musical phrase with such attention to detail. I have never seen this approach anywhere else, neither in Russia nor abroad. I am sure that only with this approach it is possible to achieve a high-quality result. I saw the musicAeterna choir for the first time during a rehearsal. I came to the audition, and the choir was preparing a composition by Alexey Sioumak. Even then, during the rehearsal, I saw how carefully Vitaly Polonsky worked and how alert and deeply involved in the process each member of the choir was. The sound quality and the selection of voices were immediately noticeable.

WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?

I take a sports bike with me on almost all tours. Between rehearsals, I looked at Versailles, Amsterdam, Rome on wheels. It's faster and more interesting to get to know the city this way. In addition to cycling, I am fond of volleyball and have gathered a team with colleagues. We play both on tour and in St Petersburg. In the photo, we are after the match with the Yurlov Capella Choir.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC?

I listen to a lot of modern jazz. Now these are mostly recordings by the Nizhny Novgorod trio LRK. In my 'favourite' selection there are Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil performed by the Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste. This is a pedantic and very musical interpretation with great attention to the author's recommendations which Rachmaninoff gave himself.

musicAeterna choir events

October 11, 19:00

Moscow | Zaryadye Hall

Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759)

Prelude

Augelletti, ruscelletti, the aria of Maria Kleopova from the oratorio La resurrezione, HWV 47 (1708)

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

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

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

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

As with Rosy Steps the Morn, the aria of Irina from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68 (1750)

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)

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

Eternal Source of Light Divine, fragment from the cantata Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 (1713)

Alla Hornpipe, No. 2 from the orchestral suite
The Water Music No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 (1716–1717)

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

Piangerò la sorte mia, the aria of Cleopatra from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (1724)

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

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

Sing Ye to the Lord, chorus with solo soprano from the oratorio Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (1739)

Performers:

artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
Tatiana Bikmukhametova, soprano
Yulia Vakula, mezzo-soprano
Ksenia Dorodova, soprano
Diana Nosyreva, soprano
Iveta Simonyan, soprano
Sofia Tsygankova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor, soloist and vocal coach of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
musicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
musicAeterna Dance troupe

Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director Elizaveta Moroz
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov
Production Designer, Costume Designer Sergey Illarionov
Choreographer Valentina Lutsenko

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October 17, 22:30

Madrid | Auditorio Nacional de Música