Concerto di Capodanno Ortodosso

On January 11, 2025, in Rome, at the prestigious and central Aula Magna of the Waldensian Faculty of Theology on Via Pietro Cossa 40 (Piazza Cavour) at 7:00 PM, the traditional NEW YEAR'S CONCERT of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN tradition will take place.

A "Musical Journey through the Russian Plains" that spans all of Russia from Irkutsk in Siberia passing through Moscow and, after touring the vast country, stops at Arkhangelsk, a city in Northern European Russia.; with pieces, poems, and stories from the Russian tradition of transitioning from the old year to the new year across Russia and throughout many eras from ancient times, to the imperial period, the Soviet period, up to the present day.

Performing will be the Russian soprano, a singing professor at universities in Russia (Samara: State University of Social Science and Education) and China (Yichun), and President of the Cultural Center Russia Italy, Irina Iakobtchouk. Also performing will be the famous Russian pianist from St. Petersburg, Olga Volkova, winner of international competitions in Italy and abroad.

For the first time in Rome, the Cultural Center Russia Italy will host the artist of Siberian origin, Anna Fomina, a composer, accordionist, orchestra, and choir conductor, born in a small village in the Irkutsk region. She studied in Russia at the famous Gnesin Musical College, completed her studies at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Musical Pedagogical Conservatory, studied composition with Master Efrem Podgaits, a great Russian composer, and graduated from the "Ivan Fedorov" University of Printing and Publishing; a professor at the Stolichny Musical Institute in Moscow, in theoretical and practical musical disciplines, for the history of Russian folk musical traditions. Winner of many competitions, her compositions have been performed in the most important concert halls in Moscow and are also known in Rome and Italy.

The CULTURAL CENTER RUSSIA ITALIA reiterates its firm position: "Art and culture carry messages of peace, artists have no political color, and all forms of discrimination perpetrated against citizens artists, not only Russians but of all nationalities, are condemned."

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Giuseppe Evaristo Massa
General Director
Cultural Center Russia Italy