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Oboes

Maxim Khodyrev

In the orchestra since 2013

Maxim Khodyrev was born in 1989 to a musicians’ family. He started to play the oboe at the age of 10: first he studied at the Novosibirsk specialized music school, then he entered the College at the Moscow State Conservatory. In 2008–2013, he studied at the Moscow State Conservatory under Alexey Utkin. As a student, Maxim became a member of the Musica Viva chamber orchestra directed by Alexander Rudin; together with the ensemble, he played much of baroque and classical music, including rarely performed chamber pieces featuring European soloists and conductors.

In 2015–2016, Maxim Khodyrev did his internship at Hochschule Luzern under Ivan Podyomov.

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Since 2013, Maxim Khodyrev has been a member of the musicAeterna orchestra. When the orchestra moved to Saint Petersburg, Maxim began combining his work at musicAeterna with engagements at the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

As a soloist, Maxim Khodyrev has taken part in programmes by Mahler chamber orchestra and Bergen Philharmonic.

Who or what brought you to the world of music? 
My father did. He is a violin player, a former student of Zakhar Bron in Novosibirsk. He taught me much and helped me to choose the instrument.
Given a chance, what other instrument would you like to master?
I’ve tried various wind instruments such as the saxophone and the tuba. Oboe, however, feels unique to me: it’s a very  complex instrument with a peculiar timbre. I love playing the piano — I used to practice it a lot but noticed that it negatively affected my oboe skills. For some reason, piano and oboe don’t go well together in my case.
Can you imagine being anything else but a musician? 
Probably not. 
What has been your strongest musical impression? 
Mahler’s symphonies, I guess. I started listening to them at the age of 16 or so, and their mood perfectly matched my own emotions at the time. That’s when I probably felt I really wanted to play such music and work in an orchestra.
What do you value the most in working with musicAeterna? 
The way music sounds here feels ideal to me. When I was making my first steps in the world of music, there were no recordings I really enjoyed. This orchestra was founded around the same time, and the approach to work here is drastically different. Everyone here feels like a perfectionist and gives their 100%. I wouldn’t even call it “work”; instead, it is the embodiment of one’s full potential.
What is your “desert island” recording? 
I’d rather take my instrument with me to a desert island: I would keep practicing there.

musicAeterna orchestra events

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November 10, 20:00
St. Petersburg | Great Hall of the Philharmonic
Philipp Chizhevsky and the musicAeterna Orchestra. Bach, Bruckner
Symphony concert

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Contrapunctus XIX, Fuga a 3 soggetti from the cycle Die Kunst der Fugue in transcription for 23 instruments (2001)

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Symphony №3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1873, the version of 1889)
Gemäßigt, mehr bewegt, misterioso
Adagio: Bewegt, quasi Andante
Scherzo: Ziemlich schnell
Finale: Allegro

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November 26, 19:30
Shanghai | Oriental Art Center
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna. Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss
Symphony concert

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff

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November 27, 19:30
Shanghai | Oriental Art Center
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphony concert

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled 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 

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November 29, 20:00
Shenzhen | Shenzhen Concert Hall
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphony concert

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Der Ring Ohne Worte | The Ring without Words
Symphonic suite based on the opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung
Compiled 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 

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November 30, 15:00
Shenzhen | Shenzhen Concert Hall
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna. Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss
Symphony concert

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
Andante — Allegro con anima
Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
Waltz. Allegro moderato
Finale. Andante maestoso — Allegro vivace

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra (1948)
Frühling (Spring) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
September — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep) — lyrics by Hermann Hesse
Im Abendrot (At Sunset) — lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff