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Victoria Rudakova

In the choir since 2018

Graduated from the Conducting and Choral Faculty of the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory (the class of Eduard Fertelmeister). She teached the classes of Conducting and Reading Choral Scores at the Nizhny Novgorod Regional College of Culture. She has been the musicAeterna choir artist since 2018.

WHAT MAKES MUSICAETERNA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ENSEMBLES?
The first thing that struck me when I came to work here is how friendly everyone was to each other. Another important thing is, of course, the highest grade of each member’s professionalism. Even at rehearsals, nobody is just “going through the motions”: it is a truly creative process for everyone involved.
WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO CREATE?
Music itself does, I guess. I’m fond of old music. That’s where our roots are at. Old music feels perfect to me, and it inspires me more than modern pieces. If I were to choose, I’d prefer to live in the 17th and 18th century, in the Baroque age or maybe a little later. That’s when truly beautiful music was created and performed.
WHAT DOES MUSIC MEAN TO YOU?
It’s my life. Even when things aren’t going my way, I never lose the desire to work on music — on the contrary, it becomes even stronger. To me, music is the sanctuary where I can get away from any life problems. Music is also my hobby. I think I’m truly lucky that my job revolves around doing my favourite thing in life.
ASIDE FROM MUSIC, WHAT ELSE APPEALS TO YOU?
Poetry does. I love poetry of the Silver Age. I also enjoy doing yoga: it helps me to get my thoughts in order and to view the world form a different angle. And I love dancing — when I was a child, my dream was to be a ballerina.
IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I would remove all killings from the world, and I would turn everyone vegetarian. There’s too much cruelty in the world that surrounds us. Killing an animal is no less cruel than killing a human. Every living being deserves the right to live.

musicAeterna choir events

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January 31, 20:00
St. Petersburg | State Academic Capella
Dmitry Sinkovsky and musicAeterna: Bach, Mozart
Symphony concert

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788)
Magnificat for soloists, choir and orchestra, Wq 215, H.772 (1749)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Krönungsmesse for soloists, choir and orchestra No. 15, in C major, K. 317 (1779)
Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano and orchestra K. 165 (1773)

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
Guest soloists and musicAeterna Choir soloists
Conductor – Dmitry Sinkovsky

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February 2, 20:00
Moscow | Great Hall of the Conservatory
Dmitry Sinkovsky and musicAeterna: Bach, Mozart
Symphony concert

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788)
Magnificat for soloists, choir and orchestra, Wq 215, H.772 (1749)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Krönungsmesse for soloists, choir and orchestra No. 15, in C major, K. 317 (1779)
Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano and orchestra K. 165 (1773)

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
Guest soloists and musicAeterna Choir soloists
Conductor – Dmitry Sinkovsky

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February 19, 19:00
Moscow | Zaryadye Hall
Choral concert: Rachmaninoff, Retinsky
Symphony concert

Alexey Retinsky (b. 1986)
“Ty — likami tsvetov” [You Are in the Faces of the Flowers]
Mystery for Choir and Orchestra (2023, world premiere)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Vespers for viola, tenor and mixed choir, Op. 37 (1915)

The musicAeterna Choir
Conductor – Teodor Currentzis