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| Russian Nights In Los-Angeles From April 2-8, 2006, the City of Los Angeles will celebrate the fourth Annual Russian Nights Festival. There a lot of interesting musical events in its programm. Sirin, a unique ensemble of Ancient sacred music, will make its North American premiere during the festival. Founded in 1989 by a group of young professional musicians, Sirin is always striving to revive Eastern Orthodox musical traditions and inject new life into ancient Russian hymns. The ensemble's repertoire includes chants from the early Roman, Serbian, Byzantine and Georgian churches, spiritual verses (an age-old variation of sacred folk music), and contemporary sacred music composed by composer Vladimir Martynov. With its original repertoire and exotic performance style, impeccable vocal quality and professionalism, Sirin has garnered recognition throughout Eastern and Western Europe. Founded in 1999, The Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama will present Galt MacDermot's musical Hair. A symbol of a hippie generation in the United States, HAIR, which first debuted in 1968, offered audiences a new type of rock musical. Since its premiere, HAIR has sustained well over two thousand performances in numerous countries all over the world. Russian audiences first saw the musical produced by director Bo Crowell with the participation of its Broadway producer Michael Butler in November 1999. The premier has ignited a scandal: the protest against the recently started war in Chechnya was only too obvious. Internationally renowned tenor saxophonist Igor Butman will lead a quartet in a special jazz concert performance. Unquestionably Russia's top jazz performer, Butman has appeared with such music legends as Ray Charles, George Benson, Al Jarreau, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the leadership of Wynton Marsalis, to name a few. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |