First Violins

Ivan Subbotkin

In the orchestra since 2011

Ivan Subbotkin graduated from the Gnessin Music School in 2000 (violin class of T.N. Kazanskaya). He went on to study at the Moscow State Conservatory (S.I. Kravchenko’s class). He worked at Pavel Slobodkin’s Theatre and Concert Centre both as a soloist and as an orchestra member.

Ivan Subbotkin also worked as a soloist and concertmaster at the Moscow Kolobov “New Opera” theatre. He is currently a member of the musicAeterna orchestra directed by Teodor Currentzis.

As a member of chamber ensembles, Ivan Subbotkin has shared the stage with such musicians as Natalia Gutman, Eliso Virsaladze, Irina and Anna Kandinskaya, Pavel Vernikov, Alexey Garibol, and Evgeniy Petrov. He is a laureate of various international competitions.

CAN YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF AS ANYTHING ELSE BUT A MUSICIAN?

I could be anything: I dreamed of becoming a pilot when I was a child, I did many kinds of sports, I was interested in astronomy. However, I am happy to be doing what I am doing now. Life without music would be depressing.

WHAT CHANGES IN YOU WHEN YOU GO UP ON STAGE?

Not much, really. I just become a little more serious and focused.

HOW DO YOU RELAX AFTER BIG PROJECTS?

I usually do smaller (chamber) ones to relax.

WHAT DO YOU VALUE THE MOST IN WORKING WITH MUSICAETERNA?

Our wonderful team of talented musicians is the best thing about it.

WHAT PIECE OF MUSIC WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY?

If we speak of the orchestra, I have played a lot of music with it, and I would gladly play some pieces over and over again. As for things I have never played, I would name Rachmaninoff’s symphonic dances.

musicAeterna orchestra 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