Join the talented Sergey Smbatyan live in Dubai for one of the final concerts of the 2021 InClassica Festival! Under his baton, the Russian National Orchestra interprets works by Wagner and Shor in the company of two great soloists: cellist Alexander Kniazev and pianist Mikhail Pletnev.
The evening begins with Wagner's mythical symphonic poem Siegfried-Idyll, a gift to the composer's wife Cosima after the birth of their son Siegfried, after which the evening continues with performances of two works by the festival’s Composer-in-Residence, Alexey Shor.
Alexander Kniazev closes the first half of the evening with a performance of the composer’s Cello Concerto No. 2, a work that was in fact first premiered in June of this year with the same orchestra and conductor. Finally, superstar pianist Mikhail Pletnev makes his entrance to tackle From My Bookshelf, a suite of eight piano pieces that serve as a tribute to various notable literary characters, and specially edited by the pianist himself.
Photo: Russian National Orchestra © Sergei Demidov
With the support of the European Foundation for Support of Culture
