Ilan Volkov conducts Shostakovich
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This event took place on Tuesday 2 February 2016.
- Tuesday 2 February 2016
- Royal Festival Hall
Ilan Volkov conducts Shostakovich
Tue 2 Feb 2016
Need to know
Repertoire
- Roslavets In the Hours of the New Moon
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
- Shostakovich Symphony No.5
Features
- Ilan Volkov Conductor
- Ingrid Fliter Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Road,
London
SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Hailed by The Guardian as 'a conductor of great sensitivity, intelligently and unfussily guiding the orchestra', Ilan Volkov has earned his reputation as one of today’s most perceptive and exciting conductors. He directs the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich’s gripping Fifth Symphony, and in rarely-heard music by innovative Russian composer Nikolai Roslavets, whose style recalls both Scriabin and Schoenberg. Pianist Ingrid Fliter has been praised by The Daily Telegraph for her 'winning instinct for the subtleties of rhythm', a quality perfectly suited to interpreting Ravel’s Piano Concerto, a work influenced by the composer’s newfound love of jazz.