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Svetlana Smolina
Svetlana Smolina has performed with orchestras and given recitals worldwide – with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher, Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Salzburg Festival at Mozarteum, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Ravinia Rising Stars in Chicago, White Nights in Saint Petersburg, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mikkeli Festival Finland, Ruhr Klavier in Germany, Moscow Easter Festival, Rotterdam Philharmonic, at the Stresa Festival, Hanoi Opera House, London’s Royal Opera Covent Garden, Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Moscow and Rome’s Accademia Santa Cecilia.
Her discography includes a solo Album, Romantic Journey, and she is currently recording a second album (featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3) with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, scheduled to release in May 2025. Both produced and recorded by Luca Rustici for L’n’R Productions/Universal Music. Other notable recordings include a Chopin album for iTunes, a Scriabin project on Pentatone, and a live concert performance with Christopher O’Riley in Montana, live recording at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for BCM+D records. Her performances have been broadcast on NPR, WQXR, BBC, PBS, RAI, Kultura TV, and other major networks. Her recording of Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Valery Gergiev received an International Classical Music Award (ICMA).
Svetlana’s recent performances include a tour to China with Dublin Philharmonic with Derek Gleeson, concerts with Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Juvenil in Lima, Peru, at Carnegie Hall in NYC, with violinist Lee-Chin Siow in Singapore, at the Basel Casino with Charlie Siem, CCK Symphony Hall/Buenos Aires in the “Best Pianists of the 21st Century series”, at the Classical Tahoe Festival with Maestro Joel Revzen, at the festival in Ushuaia / Argentina, and at Cremona International Summer Festival.
Svetlana collaborated in chamber concerts with Ida Haendel, Vadim Repin, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Kian Soltani, Geyhee Kim, Alexander Knyazev, Enrico Dindo, Lee-Chin Siow, Pavel Sporcl, Charlie Siem, Roberto Cani, Oleg Sendetsky, Kim Fisher, Julian Milkis, Dr. Subramaniam and many others. Svetlana and Vadim Repin have given duo recitals in Bogota at Teatro Colon for the Cartagena Festival, at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, in Bangalore and Mumbai for XXV Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, at Koerner Hall in Toronto and at Salle Garnier de Monte Carlo for Prince Albert ́s Monaco Foundation, as well as for Trans-Siberian Art Festival in Novosibirsk, Washington DC, London and New York.
Most recent invitations included New Year Eve Gala with Shanghai Philharmonic and with Harbin Symphony & Maestro Muhai in China, recital at Recital at Taihu Art Festival/ 22nd China Shanghai Int Arts Festival at Wuxi Grand Theater; duo concerts with Vadim Repin at NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall Belt & Road International Music Festival, debut solo recitals at Dellarte Concert Series in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janiero, Brazil; concert in Osaka, Japan with Kazuhiro Takagi, recital in Megaron Concert Hall Thessaloniki with Jannis Georgiadis, at Megaron Chamber Hall in Athens for the Piano Plus Festival, at Burgos International Music Festival, Spain and at the Triumph Music Festival/ Kimmel Center Music Academy in Philadelphia.
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“Georgia Today” by Ivan Nechaev
Svetlana Smolina was Grand in Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42, her clarity and expressive
depth highlighting the ability to instill a strong sense of musicality and technical control. In a
magnificent Finale Svetlana and Vakhtang Kodanashvili delivered Suite No. 2, Op. 17 with technical
precision and interpretative insight, highlighting the emphasis on collaborative musicianship and
detailed interpretation.
“The Day” by Lee Howard
The highlight of the evening had to be Sergei Rachmaninoff “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”, Op.
43, featuring the smoking hot playing of pianist Svetlana Smolina, who came out on stage in
glittering red gown so beguiling that the audience chuckled when she sat in front of the keys.
Never letting her concentration waver, Smolina proceeded to pounce on each note with either great
ferocity or eager tenderness, majestically alternating between a clump of chords and a cascade of
shimmering harp like high notes. This rhapsody is a real showpiece and the execution of the work
was exquisite. Shimada wringing every last sentiment out of the string section while Smolina
alternately marched and gambled up and down the keys right up until the humorous and unexpected
ending. The audience gave Smolina and the orchestra one of the most extended standing ovations ever
during an ECSO concert”.
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Rachmaninoff en Ritmo
From: Rachmaninoff en RitmoBy Svetlana Smolina
