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UNDER THE TITLE OF 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Imperceptibly passed two months of the IV International Music Festival "Kostroma symphonic." December 16, 2014 in the hall of Regional Philharmonic It held its final concert. This year the music forum was marked by the 15th anniversary of creative activity of the host of the festival - Kostroma gubernski Symphony Orchestra under the conduction of Pavel Gershtein. Flowers, sold out concerts and warm welcome by the listeners – came by no surprise, because in the festival program were listed the names of the leading Russian musicians. The Public’s expectations were justified: at the height were not only the choices of performed works, but also the brightness and intelligent decisions of the organization of the performances. Indeed, the orchestra came to the anniversary in great shape. The first concert of the music forum is dedicated to the anniversary of the national newspaper "Music Review", which for many years creates a single musical information space in our country. Concert and touring activity of the orchestra of Pavel Gershtein is also constantly covered in these pages: the orchestra is one of the participants in the project “orchestral map of Russia”. On the initiative of "Musical Review" in early October in our country was launched a campaign called "Opus 25", in which 56 cities across Russia held more than 100 concerts, performances, conferences and other events. Kostroma gubernski Symphony Orchestra was invited to participate in it, so in the evening's program are included works associated with the number "25", the number of years that the newspaper has been working for in 2014. In the first part to the listeners was offered the famous Piano Concerto of E. Grieg, performed beautifully by the laureate of the international competitions Eduard Kunz. The second part of the concert the orchestra of Pavel Gershtein - addressed to the masterpiece of the late domestic composer N. Myaskovsky - his Symphony op.69 having a serial number "25". It is particularly pleasing to note that the gubernski Symphony Orchestra became the only one from all of the orchestras of our country, to have performed the full philosophically lyrical masterpiece within the project "Opus 25". It's no secret that one of the established traditions of the festival "Kostroma symphonic" for a long time was the performance of the most interesting works of contemporary composers. Relying on the professionalism of the musicians of the orchestra and its artistic director and chief conductor Pavel Gershtein, many foreign and domestic composers have trusted the ensemble the premieres of their newly created opus. So, on October 11th - the day that is tacitly considered the birthday of the orchestra, was held a "concert of new music ', the program which included works by Michael Bronner, Eugene Irshai, Michel Rochat, and not so long ago departed Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The role of soloist on the stage performed well-known artists: from Nizhny Novgorod Yuri Gurevich (accordion), Kristina Fish (domra), Ruslan Razgulyaev (piano), and a native of Nizhny Novgorod, now living in France, Strasbourg Philharmonic soloist Inga Kazantsev (piano). By the way, she came from far away, same as the longstanding partner of the orchestra, who came to congratulate the orchestra with an anniversary - clarinet player from Switzerland Fredy Zaugg. They were the first soloists who performed in our city with the newly created orchestra by Gershtein 15 years ago - in October 1999. They performed the compositions dedicated to the Kostroma guberneki Symphony Orchestra - Conchertante for Clarinet and Piano by the Swiss composer Michel Rochat. This world premiere was marked by the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Russia. Festival "Kostroma symphonic" - multi-genre project, it is a place not only for symphonic, but also vocal classics. A real discovery for Kostroma was the visit to our city by a wonderful singer, a coloratura soprano, star of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Oksana Lesnichaya. She brilliantly performed Arias from operas by G. Meyerbeer, C. Saint-Saens, G. Rossini, L. Delibes, songs from movies and music for plays by I. Dunayevsky, T. Khrennikov, A. Khachaturian, the famous "Nightingale" by A. Alyabiev and the pearl of the soprano repertoire, composition which only a few world-class singers can perform- Concerto for voice and Orchestra, Op. 82 by R. Glier. Voice of rare beauty, charm and artistry, high culture of singing, bright personality - that's what distinguishes performing style O. Lesnichaya. November 7 in the hall CEC "Gubernski", took place the traditional concert "Happy Birthday, Maestro!" To congratulate Pavel Gershtein that day came winners of international competitions: Honored Artist of Russia Andrey Baturkin, soloists of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Oksana Lesnichaya and Leonid Bomshteyn, State Academic Choir of A. Yurlova under the supervision of Honored Artist of Russia Gennady Dmitryak. The evening began with a performance of the student of the Moscow Special Music School (college) of Gnessinih, recipient of Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation, Matvey Sherling. The audience was offered a chance to hear a work written specifically for Matvey - First Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra by a pianist, composer, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Yury Sherling. One of the highlights of the evening and the festival was the performance of the cantata "Carmina Burana" by German composer Carl Orff composed in the twentieth century, which served as the basis for literary poems and songs of wandering poets, musicians - so-called Vagant, goliards, and minnesingers of the XIII century. The guests of the fourth concert of the festival were winners of international competitions, musicians from London: Olga Domnina (piano) and Simon Smith (violin), they presented to the public of Kostroma a Concerto for Violin and Piano by F. Mendelssohn. One of the hallmarks of the music forum "Kostroma symphonic" this year have been the training activities and master classes given by associate professor of special piano in Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory of M. I. Glinka's Ruslan Razgulyaevo and in the hall of Regional College of Music and professor at the Conservatory of Birmingham Simon Smith during the rehearsal of the orchestra in DC "Patriot" held for teachers in our region which anyone could attend. These events have once again confirmed that the Kostroma gubernski Symphony Orchestra - is not only an ensemble that leads an active concert life, but also the perfect base for educational programs. The finale of the festival was the visit to our city by a laureate of international competitions, Honored Artist of Russia, cellist Alexander Knyazev, always a very warm welcome was given by the Kostroma audience and this time they were offered the last performance of Prokofiev's works - his SymphonyConcerto for Cello and Orchestra. In the second part the musicians turned to the opus, which requires from the performers a high level of skill - Ninth Symphony ("From the New World") by A. Dvorak. The audience enthusiastically fond of acute and dramatic portions of this piece, and the second and third drenched the scene in the free play of light and shade. In general, the whole range of compositions for symphonic programs of the festival, whether "Petrushka" by I. Stravinsky or Serenade for String Orchestra by P. Tchaikovsky, allowed the orchestra to demonstrate the precise coordination that every orchestral group should strive to achieve, their wonderful execution of repertoire of any stylistic direction. The festival, marked the anniversary of the orchestra, and became a time of bright meetings and new creative discoveries! Victoria Rogozhnikova, musicologist, Ph.D.