Russian Grammy Award winning orchestra to perform at London’s Cadogan Hall London 07.12.11 – World renowned violist and conductor Yuri Bashmet and the famous Moscow Soloists will bring their Grammy Award winning performance to London on 15th December at Cadogan Hall, with the support of Oleg Deripaska’s Volnoe Delo Foundation.

Yuri Bashmet has called the upcoming London concert “a very special, very personal event”. In 1992, as the new Russian Federation was being born, Mr Bashmet brought together the most talented alumni, students and graduate students of the Moscow Conservatory to form the ensemble. His goal was to ensure that Russia’s musical heritage carries on and flourishes in the new Russia. Mr Bashmet explained how he will approach this concert: “I strive to create music in the moment, at the exact time and place that it is being performed.” The Moscow Soloists will bring to life selections from the masterpiece works of J.S.Bach, G.Pergolesi, G. Rossini and F.Schubert performed by Russia’s rising stars, including Alena Baeva (violin), Xenia Bashmet (piano), Dinara Alieva (soprano), Alexander Buzlov (cello) and other young and talented musicians. Oleg Deripaska, President of En+ Group and Founder of the Volnoe Delo charitable foundation, is sponsoring the Moscow Soloists’ 20th anniversary concert at Cadogan Hall.

Explaining his support for the ensemble, Oleg Deripaska said: “I am proud that Russia is home to so many of classical music’s greatest composers and performers. It is very important that we continue the best traditions of performing schools in Russia. This is why world famous Russian music groups, including the Grammy-award winning Moscow Soloists directed by Yuri Bashmet, are supported by my Volnoe Delo Foundation and others.” More information about the performance is available from Cadogan Hall on 020 7730 4500 or online at http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=1621 For more information about Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, please contact: ·

Peter Kelley, Portland Communications on +44 (0) 207 842 0147 or peter.kelley@portland-communications.com or, · Kristen Robinson, Portland Communications on +44 (0) 207 842 0151 or kristen.robinson@portland-communications.com

About the Moscow Soloists The history of the ensemble is closely intertwined with its founder and leader Yuri Bashmet. A singularly talented musician, his performances celebrate the poetry of string and bow and have turned the alto into one of the most enticing instruments in modern performance. Yuri Bashmet is both the head and driving force behind international festivals in Russia, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy, founder of the Shostakovich International Foundation and annual award – and organiser of the only international alto competition in Russia. The Moscow Soloists is one of the Maestro Yuri Bashmet’s most cherished projects. Upon its creation in 1992, the ensemble promptly reaffirmed the Russian capital’s status as a centre of fine artistic performances.

The Moscow Soloists brought together the most talented alumni, students and graduate students of the Moscow Conservatory. The ensemble debuted on the legendary stage of the alma mater on May 19th, 1992. Today the orchestra is booked years in advance. The musicians have had a rich creative career: approximately 1500 concerts in over 60 countries across 5 continents, performances at the most prestigious concert halls. The ensemble, which commands a repertoire of over 250 pieces, encompassing everything from world-renowned masterpieces of classical music to the work of rarely performed composers both modern and old, will take it’s listeners on a voyage of discovery and introduce them to the finest compositions in the history of music.
About the Volnoe Delo Foundation The Volnoe Delo Foundation is one of Russia’s largest charity organisations. Founded by businessman Oleg Deripaska, the Foundation supports charitable programmes all over Russia.

One of the fastest growing charitable organisations, the Foundation’s 400 projects have benefited over 86,000 pupils, thousands of teachers and scientists, and a range of educational, cultural, and religious organisations. Programmes are privately financed by Oleg Deripaska who has spent in excess of 6.2 billion roubles. With a particular focus on the preservation of Russia’s cultural and spiritual heritage, Volnoe Delo has long supported Russian theatres and museums, theatrical schools and artistic ensembles, and young performers. The Foundation has, for many years, been supporting some of Russia’s best known cultural treasures with programme recipients including the world famous Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre and the Hermitage Museum. The Foundation’s programmes also fund the development of science and education, the improvement of health care, and tackling pressing social issues. An innovative approach to programmes has allowed it to achieve long-lasting positive results. For more information about the foundation, please, visit its website http://volnoe-delo.ru/eng/ About En+ Group En+ Group is a leading Russian diversified mining, metals and energy group. En+ Group holds a controlling stake in the world’s largest aluminium producer UC RUSAL, owns world’s largest independent hydroelectricity producer EuroSibEnergo and one of the leading suppliers of ferromolybdenum to the global market SMR as well as significant coal assets, logistics business, projects in iron ore, gold, rare earth and aluminium downstream. En+ employs over 100,000 people. www.enplus.ru

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The Solis String Quartet,born in 1991, from the encounter of four young graduated absolute talents of the Conservatory of San Pietro a Maiella of Naples.
Composers and arrangers, Vincenzo Di Donna – violin, Luigi De Maio – violin, Gerardo Morrone – Viola, Antonio Di Francia – Cello, joined to give life to one of the most meaningful artistic experiences ever produced in the city of Naples.
From 1991 until today, the ensemble has covered an artistic path of high importance, becoming undoubtedly one of the best Quartets of Europe in their genre.
From the first experiences with the artist Adriano Celentano, then with Claudio Baglioni, Gianna Nannini, Edoardo Bennato, Elisa, Giorgia and the Negramaro band, just to name few of Italian nationally renown artists, the Solis String Quartet has developed a unique and personal artistic style ranging from pop to jazz, from world music to the best contemporary music that soon projected them in a wider context for collaborations with talents and artists of international high profile.
Among these experiences, it is worth to mention the live shows with Andreas Vollenweider, and then the work for the Andreas album Cosmopoly, with artists such as Carly Simon and Bobby Mc Ferrin, and the collaboration on the single of the new album of Jimmy Cliff , titled “People”, sung with Sting and written by Dave Stewart, launched on the English market. Then, Dulce Pontes, Pat Metheny, Noa, Richard Galliano, Teresa Salgueiro, Donovan, Sinead O’Connor, Maria Joao, Omar Sosa as key musical encounters, that become a real feature of the Solis artistic journey characterised by high versatility and understanding of the many different artistic languages.
“I Can See For Miles ….and Miles…”
One of the essential aspects in the history of the Solis is undoubtedly the live performance activity. In almost twenty years of career the Solis Quartet has covered thousand and thousand of miles. On tour by themselves, and in the many collaborations, the Solis String Quartet is one of the Italian groups regularly invited to exhibit in the main theatres and festivals in Europe. However, the encounter with the artist Noa, remains a highly meaningful moment. With the Israeli artist they exhibited in the 2005 in France, Spain, Germany.
In November 2005 they are the only Italian artists invited to play in Israel at the Memorial Rabin of Tel Aviv, in a concert at the presence of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
In March 2006, in Israel in Tel Aviv city, they realize LIVE! , double album with DVD, the top of an extraordinary artistic companionship with Noa.
Among many live events of their calendar, it is worth to remember the participation to the Pavarotti & Friends , with Edoardo Bennato in 1996, with Elton John, Liza Minnelli and Sheryl Crow among all else and the prestigious participation in 1997 to the celebration of the 700 years anniversary of the takeover of the Ranieri family, in the Theater of Court of the Principato of Monaco, where they hold a concert with Katia Ricciarelli and Massimo Ranieri.
The presence in media is also very rich, both on national radio and tv stations.
Among these, the participation to the Festival di Sanremo, together with Elisa in 2001 and in 2006 with Noa and C. Fava.
In 2001 their first album Metrò is released by the label Confini e Oltre, distributed by BMG Ricordi.The album is received well by critics and public, appreciative of their artistic proposal.” PROMENADE”, is the title of their second album.
Published at the end of 2006, the album is distributed in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Lussemburgo, Switzerland and Holland as evidence of an European interest and reception.
Promenade is a mature job, and is conceived as a sort of a travel book collecting the best artistic collaborations and experiences of the previous years that led the Solis Quartet to establish themselves among the main European reference music ensembles.
The songs are characterized by the constant search of the melody – fundamental element of their compositions- by a strong rhythm, absolute characteristic of Solis String Quartet and represent the best of the cultural and musical influences of the countries that the group has visited and of the musicians who have shared experiences with the group.
Friends of the band appear also on the cd, such as Gianna Nannini, Richard Galliano and the long-time artistic companion Noa.
“Promenade Acoustic Live Tour” , it started on April 20, 2007 , from La Palma Club of Rome.
The Solis Quartet project has then been taken on tour in the main European festivals: Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Blue Balls Festival of Lucerna, Adriatic International Festival of Brindisi , Cefalù Jazz Festival, Settimana Mozartiana Festival of Chieti, Paemad Festival of Palermo, Maison Musique di Rivoli and Folk Club of Turin.
Currently, Promenade is the main project in their live activity. Recently the group has taken part to the realization of the last album of the Negramaro band, recorded in S. Francisco with the title “La Finestra”, and has performed live with the band in May (2008) in Milan at San Siro stadium in front of 50000 fans.
Last but not least… the band has paid their deeply felt homage to the Neapolitan classic song tradition in a concert event, held on last 30 june (2008) at San Carlo Theater, with the Portuguese artist Teresa Salgueiro.
Solis String Quartet is a project/work in progress that plays a lot, sleeps little, drinks much coffee, surfs Internet, exchanges opinions, and works on new projects. We will keep you updated….

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Invited by Laur Eventmanagement, in november 22, International Music Day, Juanjo Cura will give a performance in the Berlin Philarmonic Chamber Music Hall. The concert will have two parts: tangos and international music, speciallly latinamerican. In avail of this oportunities the production is organising a greater tour in several german cities and the rest of Europe. He will be acompaigned by argentine musicians living abroad, like Javier Tucat Moreno (piano) and Guillermo Destaillats (bandoneón). More information and contacts in www.juanjocura.com.ar.

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