Stanislav Avik
In the orchestra since 2023
In 1994 he graduated from the Secondary Special Music School-Lyceum at the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (classes of Vitaly Buyanovsky, Heinrich Avik, 1994) and the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (class of Stanislav Tses, 2000).
In 1992 he became the laureate of the International Competition for Young Performers of Wind Instruments (Moscow).
From 1996 to 1997 he studied at the Winston-Salem School of the Arts (North Carolina, USA), in 2000, 2001 and 2002 he did an internship under the patronage of the Vienna Philharmonic with Wolfgang Tombeck and with the participation of conductors Valery Gergiev, Peter Schneider, Mariss Jansons and Bobby McFerrin in Attergau (Austria).
In the seasons 1995\1996 and 1997\1998 he worked as an artist of the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra. In the 1998\1999 season he was a soloist of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra. From 1999 to 2011 he worked as the soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. From 2011 to 2014 he worked in the musicAeterna orchestra under the direction of Teodor Currentzis. From 2014 to 2018 he was a soloist of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Honoured Ensemble of Russia. In 2019 he toured with the Musica Viva Orchestra (Moscow). From 2016 to 2021 he worked closely with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard Topchyan, having toured in Germany, Spain, and China. In the 2021\2022 season he was a soloist of the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2022 he was a participant, soloist, and tutor of the II Siberian Horn Days Festival in Novosibirsk.
musicAeterna orchestra events
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Francesca da Rimini,
Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32 (1876)
Capriccio Italien
on folk tunes for orchestra, Op. 45 (1880)
Romeo and Juliet,
Overture-Fantasy after Shakespeare, TH 42 (1869–1880)
musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Vorspiel to the opera Parsifal (1882)
Overture to the opera Tannhäuser (1843–1845)
Vorspiel und Liebestod from the opera Tristan und Isolde (1857–1859)
Vorspiel to the opera Lohengrin (1845–1848)
Overture to the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)
musicAeterna Orchestra
Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191 (1894–1895)
Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Finale. Allegro moderato
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163 (1889)
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Allegretto grazioso — Molto Vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
The musicAeterna Orchestra
Soloist Alexey Zhilin
Conductor Alexander Sladkovsky
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
The thunderstorm scene from Act II of the opera-ballet Platée ou Junon jalouse (1745)
Act IV, Scene 4: Entry of the muse Polyhymnia from the lyrical tragedy Abaris ou les Boreades (1763)
Tambourines I, II from the prologue to the lyrical tragedy Dardanus (1739)
Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
Crucifixus a 8 voci from Credo in F Major (before 1717)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto for Cello and Strings in C Minor, RV 401 (late 1720s)
- Allegro non molto
- Adagio
- Allegro ma non molto
The soloist Rabbani Aldangor
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ombra mai fu (There was never a shadow), aria of Xerxes from Act I of the opera Xerxes, HWV 40 (1738)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Furie terribili! (Terrible Furies!), aria of Armida from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Piangerò la sorte mia (I will mourn my fate), aria of Cleopatra from Act III of the opera Julius Caesar, HWV 17, (1724)
The soloist Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Venti, turbini (Winds, whirlwinds), aria of Rinaldo from Act I of the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711/1731)
The soloist Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come), motet for double choir in G minor, BWV 229 (before 1731–1732)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye nations), motet for four-voice choir, dubbing instruments and basso continuo in C major, BWV 230 (n.d.)
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Have mercy, my God), aria of the alto No. 39 (47) from the sacred oratorio St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1727–1729/1736)
Soloists:
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Vladislav Pesin, violin
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (Leave the thorn, pluck the rose), aria of Pleasure from Act II of the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Disillusion, HWV 46a (1707)
Soloists:
Elizaveta Sveshnikova, soprano
Andrey Nemzer, countertenor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages/Forêts paisibles (The Savages/Peaceful Forests) from Act IV of the opera-ballet The Gallant Indies, (1725/1736)
Duration: 60 minutes