| Date: |
|---|
| 16.03.2023 |
| (Thursday) |
| Time: |
| 19:00 h. |
| Location |
| Theatre hall |
| Conductor: |
|---|
| Emil Tabakov |
| Program: |
|---|
Emil Tabakov - Music from Каliopa ballet |
THE RUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA was founded in 1919 as a successor to the traditions of the symphonic work conducted in Ruse after the Liberation. The first concert of the Ruse Urban Philharmonic Orchestra took place on March 2nd, 1919. In the first 30 years of its existence, the orchestra underwent many metamorphoses, adapting to its funding opportunities and involvement in various organizations such as the Lyra Society and Opera Society. In 1947, the orchestra was nationalized and on January 4th, 1948, performed its first concert as State Symphony Orchestra – Ruse, conducted by Konstantin Iliev.
On its creative journey, Ruse Philharmonic has accumulated a rich repertoire, both classical and contemporary. Its premieres are traditionally of national importance. Several works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, G. Kancheli, Hindemith, R. Strauss, P. Hadjiev, K. Iliev, Kr. Kyurkchiiski, Jenkins, and Charpentier have been performed for the first time in our country. Over the past 70 years, the orchestra has worked with many of the most admired Bulgarian conductors, as well as several renowned foreign conductors.
Among them, we see the names of Kurt Masur, Carlo Tseki, Dmitri Kitayenko, Kurt Sanderling, Evgeni Svetlanov, Valery Gergiev, and others. Soloists in the concert programs of the Ruse Philharmonic include Sviatoslav Richter, Rudolf Kehrer, I. Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, R. Richie, Vladimir Spivakov, Franco Petraki, Yuri Bashmet, Robert Cohen, and others.
One of the most memorable events in the orchestra's history was its collaboration with Dmitry Shostakovich and the author's premiere of his Second piano concert in 1958.
In creative harmony with the Philharmonic Choir "Danube Sounds", the orchestra is the initiator and host of the International Festival "March Music Days", the festival "Winter Music Evenings" and the newest summer music festival in Ruse "Scene / Stage by the River". The musicians participated in prestigious national and international festivals: "Sofia Music Weeks", "New Bulgarian Music", "Varna Summer Fest", and "Siena Music Weeks" - in Italy, where the orchestra worked from 1984 to 1991. There the orchestra has worked with famous musicians such as Franco Ferrara, Carlo - Maria Giulini, Katia Ricciarelli, Boris Belkin, Yuri Bashmet, and many others. From the end of the 90's until today, the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra has been an annual guest of one of the largest festivals of symphonic and choral music in France "Coreades".
The orchestra of the State Opera-Ruse has completed several international tours, passing at a high artistic level in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and others. It has contributed recordings to the Golden Fund of the Bulgarian National Radio, the Bulgarian National Television, and the Berlin Radio, as well as recordings of gramophone records and CDs for various companies from Europe and the USA.
After merging with the State Opera-Ruse in 1999, the ensemble performed its new tasks as an opera and symphony orchestra with its inherent high artistic level. It now maintains a rich opera repertoire, which includes over 50 operas, 30 of which are "active". This means that, if necessary, they could be revived at any time and presented as soon as possible. The orchestra of the State Opera-Ruse is regularly presented to the audience as well as a symphony orchestra - Ruse Philharmonic. It constantly maintains and develops its symphonic and cantata-oratorio repertoire.
Over the last decade of its career, the orchestra has toured these titles with great success in Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Romania. It has also participated in the opera festivals of Rhodes island, Greece (2001-2003), in Cyprus (2004), on Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2001 and 2002), at the Classic Open Air in Solothurn, Switzerland (2008-2013), at the International “Hunedoara Lyrics” Festival - Romania (2018, 2019).
In 2003 the orchestra was awarded the "Crystal Lyre" award for the concert on the occasion of the opening of the "March Music Days" and for the final concert with works by Stravinsky. In 2014, the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra repeated this great success, receiving the "Crystal Lyre" for the first performance in Bulgaria of "The Armed Man" by Karl Jenkins.
In 2015, the Ruse Philharmonic, as an orchestra of the State Opera - Ruse, received one of the most prestigious awards in its history - the prize "Ensemble of the Year".
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