Russian pianist Ilya Rashkobskiy will perform with the Vietnam National
Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of Grammy-award winning David
Alan Miller at the Hanoi Opera House on April 3-4.
The nights’
programme will include three pieces, Sergei Prokofiev’s Concerto No3 for
piano; Samuel Barber’s Adagio for string and Edward Elgar’s Enigma
variation.
Rashkobskiy, regarded as one of the most talented pianists in Russia today, will perform Prokofiev’s Concerto No3.
Some
of his most remarkable achievements include winning the eighth
Hamamatsu piano competition in 2012 and Hong Kong International Piano
Competition in 2005.
He was also among the top winners at the
M.Long-J.Thibaud competition in Paris, Brussels’ Queen Elizabeth
competition, and the Arthur Rubinstein competition in Tel Aviv.
Rashkovskiy
is well seasoned in collaborating with national orchestras, the Russian
State Symphony, the Czech National Symphony and the New Japan Symphony
are a few.
Miller’s first performance in Vietnam was in 2013
with the VNSO at an event organised to mark 15 years of diplomatic
relations between Vietnam and the US.
He received a Grammy in
2014 for his recording of John Corigliano’s Conjurer, with the Albany
Symphony and percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Before his
appointment as Music Director of the Albany Symphony in 1992, Miller was
an Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
He has
worked with major orchestras across the US and frequently appears in the
pit of theatres throughout Europe, Australia and the Far East.-VNA