Pavel Stepin
In the orchestra since 2023
He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and completed a postgraduate course there (Professor L.V. Rakov’s class). He is the laureate of international competitions, including the J.M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass (Germany, 2000) and G. Bottesini Competition (Italy, 2003), a diploma winner of the I Open Interregional Ilia Musin Conducting Competition (Russia, 2009).
He worked in the Moskovia Chamber Orchestra, the “Studio of New Music” ensemble of the Moscow State Conservatory; since 2002 he has been an artist and since 2007 – the concertmaster of the double bass group of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. He has collaborated with leading musicians and collectives, namely Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Alexander Lazarev, Alexander Vedernikov, Yuri Temirkanov, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikhail Pletnev, Mstislav Rostropovich,
Gidons Krēmers, Tatiana Grindenko, Nikolai Petrov, Mischa Maisky, the Russian National Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Israel, the chamber orchestras “Moscow Virtuosi”, “Moscow Soloists”, “Russian Virtuosi of Europe”, the David Oistrakh Quartet, and others.
He maintains an active concert career. As a soloist, he has performed with the Musica Viva Orchestra, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, and the Moskovia Chamber Orchestra. He is a regular participant of international festivals. He has performed Russian premieres of a number of works by Leonid Desyatnikov, Dobrinka Tabakova, Igor Kefalidi, Klaus Huber, and Salvatore Sciarrino. He has recorded several CDs with chamber music programmes.
musicAeterna orchestra events
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)
- Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
- Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
- Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
- Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
- Rondo-Finale. Allegro, Allegro giocoso
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Prelude and the Death of Isolde from the opera Tristan and Isolde (1857-1859)
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1902)
- Trauermarsch. Im gemessenen Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt | At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession
- Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz | Moving stormily. With the greatest vehemence
- Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell | Strong and not too fast
- Adagietto. Sehr langsam | Very slow
- Rondo-Finale. Allegro, Allegro giocoso
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
The Prelude and the Death of Isolde from the opera Tristan and Isolde (1857-1859)
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Allegro giocoso — Poco piu presto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1937)
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro non troppo
Performers:
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Olga Volkova, violin
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis