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
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe (1912)
Lever de jour. Lent
Pantomime
Danse générale
The Waltz, a choreographic poem for orchestra, M. 72 (1919–1920)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
The Pines of Rome, a symphonic poem, P. 141 (1924)
I pini di Villa Borghese | The Pines of the Villa Borghese
Pini presso una catacomba | Pines Near a Catacomb
I pini del Gianicolo | The Pines of the Janiculum
I pini della Via Appia | The Pines of the Appian Way
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe (1912)
Lever de jour. Lent
Pantomime
Danse générale
The Waltz, a choreographic poem for orchestra, M. 72 (1919–1920)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
The Pines of Rome, a symphonic poem, P. 141 (1924)
I pini di Villa Borghese | The Pines of the Villa Borghese
Pini presso una catacomba | Pines Near a Catacomb
I pini del Gianicolo | The Pines of the Janiculum
I pini della Via Appia | The Pines of the Appian Way
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1864/1872)
Moderato assai
Andante
Allegro
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe (1912)
Lever de jour. Lent
Pantomime
Danse générale
The Waltz, a choreographic poem for orchestra, M. 72 (1919–1920)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
The Pines of Rome, symphonic poem, P. 141 (1924)
I pini di Villa Borghese | The Pines of the Villa Borghese
Pini presso una catacomba | Pines Near a Catacomb
I pini del Gianicolo | The Pines of the Janiculum
I pini della Via Appia | The Pines of the Appian Way
musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Andrey Baranenko, piano
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1864/1872)
Moderato assai
Andante
Allegro
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis and Chloe (1912)
Lever de jour. Lent
Pantomime
Danse générale
The Waltz, a choreographic poem for orchestra, M. 72 (1919–1920)
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
The Pines of Rome, symphonic poem, P. 141 (1924)
I pini di Villa Borghese | The Pines of the Villa Borghese
Pini presso una catacomba | Pines Near a Catacomb
I pini del Gianicolo | The Pines of the Janiculum
I pini della Via Appia | The Pines of the Appian Way
musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist — Andrey Baranenko, piano
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (1887–1896, unfinished)
I. Feierlich, misterioso
II. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft; Trio. Schnell
III. Adagio. Langsam, feierlich
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis