V Gavrilin International Music Festival Program
(September, 28 - October, 19, 2008)

1 (Wednesday)
18.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. International day of music. In the program: F.Chopin's compositions. Performers: the Glinka State String quartet. (Moscow): Julia Serebryanskaya (1st violin), Elena Fihtengolts (2-nd violin), Lion Serov (alto), Oleg Smirnov (cello); the national artist of Russia Rustem Gabdullin (contrabass); the soloist – the winner of international competitions Rem Urasin (piano).

3 (Friday)
18.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. The concert «Gavrilin and music of our time». In the program: compositions by S.Gubaydulina, A.Eshpaya, A.Shnitke, R.Schedrin, E.Denisov, V.Gavrilin. Performers: the honoured artist of Russia Alexey Volkov (saxophone, Moscow), Marina Tyakht (piano, Moscow), the honoured artist of Russia Alexander Loskutov (violin), winners of international competitions Natalia Zhukova (piano), Irina Bogomolova (piano), the Chamber Orchestra of the Vologda Oblast Philharmonic society (art director and conductor – the honoured artist of Russia Alexander Loskutov, soloists: Larissa Pilinskaya (soprano), Irina Bebneva (mezzo-soprano); Female chorus of Vologda State Pedagogical University students «Juno» (director - Irina Erakhnovich).

5 (Sunday)
14.00 - Vologda, the belltower of the Sofia Cathedral. Sunday chiming. The concert of the Petersburg group of bell ringers. Performers: Andrey Ivanov, Marat Kapranov, Dmitry Petrov.
16.00 - Vologda, Musical College. I.S.Bach's concertos and arias. Performers: the Chamber orchestra «Moskovia». The art director - the national artist of the USSR, professor Edward Grach. Soloists: Artem Krut’ko (counter-tenor, Chelyabinsk), winners of international competitions Byun E Gin, Anna Koryatskaya, Ailen Pritchin, Ekaterina Rakhimova, Lion Solodovnikov (violin, Moscow); Valentina Vasilenko, the honoured artist of Russia (harpsichord).

6 (Monday)
15.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. The creative meeting with the professor of the Latvian academy of music of J.Vitolsa, pianist Raffi Kharadzhanyan.

7 (Tuesday)
18.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. The concert «Gavrilin and foreign music... for two». In the program: compositions by F.Mendelson - Bartoldi, I.Brams, San-Sanz, V.Gavrilin. Performers: piano duet «Riga Piano duo» (honoured artists of Latvia Nora Novik, Raffi Kharadzhanyan).

8 (Wednesday)
18.00 - Cherepovets, Chamber theatre. The concert «Gavrilin and foreign music... for two». In the program: compositions by F.Mendelson - Bartoldi, I.Brams, San-Sanz, V.Gavrilin. Performers: piano duet «Riga Piano duo» (honoured artists of Latvia Nora Novik, Raffi Kharadzhanyan).

9 (Thursday)
18.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. A concert of compositions by S.Rakhmaninov. Performers: winners of international competitions Sergey Tarasov (piano, Moscow), Boris Andrianov (cello, Moscow).

12 (Sunday)
14.00 - Vologda, the belltower of the Sofia Cathedral. Sunday chiming. A concert of the group of the Yaroslavl school of bell ringers. Performers: Vladimir Degtyaryov, Victor Karovsky, Nikolay Samarin.
16.00 - Vologda, Musical college. concert «Gavrilin and Russian music». In the program: compositions by M.Glinka, A.Alyabyev, A.Arensky, P.Chaykovsky, V.Gavrilin. Performers: soloists - the national artist of the Russian Federation Michael Gorobtsov (domra - alto), Vera Chekanova (soprano), Vasily Govorov (baritone), Tatyana Sergeeva (piano); Cherepovets chamber chorus «Revival» under the management of the honoured artist of Russia Sergey Zuev; the Governor Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments of Vologda Oblast (the art director and the main conductor – the honoured artist of Russia Galina Perevoznikova).

16 (Thursday)
18.00 - Cherepovets, Chamber theatre. L.Beethoven's sonatas. Performers: the honoured artist of Russia Andrey Diev (piano), Pedro Mairelesh (violin, Portugal - the Great Britain).

17 (Friday)
18.00 - Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. L.Beethoven's sonatas. Performers: the winner of the international competitions, the honoured artist of Russia Andrey Diev (piano, Moscow), Pedro Mairelesh (violin, Portugal - the Great Britain).

17 (Friday) - 19 (Sunday)
Vologda, the Philharmonic Society. Conference «Culture and mass-media».

19 (Sunday)
14.00 - Vologda, the belltower of the Sofia Cathedral. Sunday chiming. Concert of the group of bell ringers of the Sofia Cathedral of Great Novgorod «Yermolay». Performers: Andrey Vasilyev, Vyacheslav Volkhonsky, Jaroslav Timofeev.
16.00 - Vologda, Musical College. Closing of the festival. In the program: compositions by Chaykovsky A, Chaykovsky P., premiere of the symphonic overture «Vologodian laces» written under the order of the Gavrilin International Music Festival. Performers: soloists Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano), Julia Simonova (soprano); the Yaroslavl Academic Governor's symphony orchestra (the art director and the main conductor - the national artist of Russia Murad Annamamedov), the soloist - the national artist of Russia Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano, Moscow); the Vologda Oblast Joint Chorus. The host of the concert is the national artist of Russia Svyatoslav Belza.