Alexander Prior: Photos of main events and latest news

May/June 2008

26 June: Alexander conducted Spanish
Zarzuela "Don Gil del Alcava" by Manuel
Penella, Concert Performance, Soloists
and Choir of St Petersburg Concert
Philharmonia, Philharmonia Strings,
House of Kochneva, St Petersburg
26 June: Alexander conducting Spanish
Zarzuela "Don Gil del Alcava"
26 June: Alexander conducting Spanish
Zarzuela "Don Gil del Alcava"
26 June: After the performance, with the
soloists and the Spanish Consul
25 June: Rehearsals of Spanish Zarzuela 20 June: Alexander was commissioned to
compose a piece for Carillon of the
Cathedral of St Peter & St Paul Fortress,
St Petersburg, performed at the Summer
Festival
15 May: Alexander's small cantata for wind
septet and low voice (bass-baritone)
"For What?" was performed at a concert of
young composers in St Petersburg,
Glazunov concert Hall, soloist Michael
Alexandrov

April 2008

12 April: Alexander's concerto for piano No2
"Dances of the North" was performed in
Philharmonic Hall, St Petersburg, by State
Academic St Petersburg Symphony
orchestra, soloist Andrei Ivanovitch.
12 April: Alexander received a diploma
for his second place at the International
Prokofiev Competition.
2 April: Alexander conducted Rachmaninov's Concerto No 2 in Glazunov Concert Hall,
soloist Stanisalv Soloviev.

6 April: Alexander conducted the NSO at the Barbican, London in a programme of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and his own music.

March 2008

20 March: Alexander's vocal cycle Sounds of
Homeland was performed by Rossika choir at
the International Folk Festival
20 March: Alexander demonstrated to the
TV presenter how to conduct!

February 2008

5 February: Alexander was invited to the
Moscow Art Theatre which was founded by
his great great grandfather, where he met
present Artistic Director Oleg Tabakov

3 February: Alexander conducted his ballet before an audience of 6000 in the Kremlin

 
A scene from Mowgli, with Nikolai Chevychelov


The final curtain call
 

3 February: World famous former Bolshoi Dancer Vladimir Vasiliev came to see "Mowgli" There were 6000 in the Kremlin audience Interview with Sky News, just before the
performance.
Famous Russian poet Eugine Evtushenko
was also in the audience
With the American producers (Legendary production company) who were filming the
ballet

2 February: with choreographers Natalia
Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassilyov on the
morning program of TVTC
2 February: Rehearsing with the children
dancers, teaching them the difficult rhythms.
2 February: Rehearsing with the New Operar orchestra  

January 2008

29 January: with celebrity presenter Andrei
Maximov on TV Kulture "Night Flight"
27 January: On the street in Moscow, in front of
a billboard advertising the ballet Mowgli
25 January: At the press conference in ITAR TASS - Russian News
agency. Over 100 journalists were accredited on the day.

June 2007


19 June: The premiere of Alexander's ballet "Mowgli" at the
Summer Ballet Festival by the State Moscow Classical Ballet,
New Opera, Moscow

2 June: Alexander rehearsing Mowgli with the
New Opera Orchestra

2 June: Alexander rehearsing with the
New Opera Choir

The State Moscow Classical Ballet
rehearsing.

Alexander with choreographers Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassilev at the
rehearsal of his ballet "Mowgli"

Alexander next to the billboard advertising
his ballet.

April 2007

19 April: Alexander conducting his String
Symphony in the St Petersburg
Philharmonic Hall with the St Petersburg
State Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Choir Rossika performing extracts
from Alexander's All-Night Vigil
Alexanderander Korenkov - soloist of
the Academy of Young singers of
Mariisnkiy Theatre -performs
extracts from Alexander's All-Night Vigil.
Olesya Petrova - fantastic Russian
mezzo - performs extracts from Alexander's
All-Night Vigil with the Chamber
Choir Rossika
Alexander enjoyed playing the piano part for his
Tarantella de Fuoco
Vladimir Slovachevskiy - outstanding young
Russian cellist - performing Alexander's Elegy with
Alexander at the piano
The Rimskiy-Korsakov Quartet had a great
success performing Alexander's String Quartet.
Alexander working with timpani players just before
the concert
In the end, Alexander decided to play the timpani
part for his piece for choir and percussion
himself

18 April: Alexander rehearsing his String Symphony in the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall. Alexander became the youngest ever conductor of
the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

March 2007

25 March: Alexander conducted the National Symphony
Orchestra in Brahms and Bizet at the Barbican.

25 March: Alexander conducting
the National Symphony Orchestra.

With Atarah Ben-Tovim - outstanding flautist
and organiser / presenter of the concert 

January 2007

20 January: Filming for BBC2's Horizon
programme On Intelligence, with all
the participants.
17 January: Alexander by the poster advertising
the concert of his vocal cycle, performed
in the Composers' Hall, St Petersburg 
17 January: Alexander performing his own
vocal cycle at the concert Sacred
Music by Modern Composers,
St Petersburg Composers' Hall.
Alexander at a conducting lesson with professor
Alexandereev, St Petersburg Conservatory

November/December 2006

11 December: Alexander performing his own
composition at Glazunov Concert Hall,
St Petersburg, at the concert of the
composition department of St Petersburg
Conservatory. 
17 November: At the National Portrait Gallery, Alexander performed his own composition for horn
and piano with outstanding young horn player Eugin Chebykin

October 2006

26 October: Alexander's String Quartet No.2 was
performed at the Glazunov Concert Hall, 
St Petersburg Conservatory
Alexander rehearsing his String Quartet No.2 in
St Petersburg Conservatory with the
Conservatory Quartet.
The performance was extremely well received
30 October: a final scene from Alexander's ballet "Mowgli" was performed at the Jubilee of  the Moscow State Classical Ballet. 
The choreography was by the outstanding Russian choreographers Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassilev
30 October: Alexander with Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vassilev at the premiere of scenes from Mowgli. The ballet was a great success and extremely well received by the audience. Alexander and choreographer Vladimir Vassilev before the performance.

September 2006

7 September: After the concert with organisers and participants of the
V International Piano Festival. In the centre is Nicolai Mazharo, who performed Alexander's concerto for piano, next to him is Ekaterina Murina who performed Tchaikovskiy's Piano Concerto, and Andrei Ivanovitch who performed Prokofiev's Piano Concerto.
7 September: Alexander on stage after the successful performance of his concerto. 7 September: Signing programmes for fans after the concert. 7 September: Alexander with the score of his piano concerto next to the advertising board for his concert on 7th September in St Petersburg's Capella
6 September: Alexander rehearsing his concerto for piano with Capella Symphony orchestra  6 September: Alexander appeared on Russian TV "Good morning Petersburg", performing parts from his piano concerto in various keys 5 September: At the press conference which took place in the fortress of St Peter and St Paul, in St Petersburg, Alexander gave interviews to 4 TV channels, 6 radio stations and numerous newspapers. 4 September: Alexander showing his compositions to his tutor professor Alexanderander Tchaikovskiy.
Alexander was offered a place at St Petersburg Conservatory, where he is now a student of composition and conducting.

August 2006

12 August: Alexander conducting orchestra Maestro at the recording session of his new Ballet "Mowgli", in Moscow  12 August: Alexander at the piano during the recording of his Elegie for cello and piano dedicated to Gyorgy Ligeti

June/July 2006

8-9 July: Alexander went to Russia to work with the choreographers on the ballet Mowgli. Seen here with Natalia Kasatkina at her country house near Moscow. 8-9 July: Alexander showing his music for Mowgli to the choreographer Vladimir Vassilev 28 June: Alexander singing at Docklands, before the relay from the Royal Opera House

May 2006

14 May: Alexander's Symphonic poem "Stalin's March " was performed by St. Albans Symphony orchestra and London Sinfonietta in St. Savior's Church, St. Albans. Seen here in rehearsal with conductor James Ross. 14 May: Working with conductor James Ross and composer Roxanna Panufnik 2 May: Alexander performed at the prestigious Sherbourne Abbey musical Festival. He sang Handel and Schubert, and also performed aria Ingemisco from his requiem dedicated to the children of Beslan
2 May: before the concert, outside the magnificent Sherbourne Abbey
Signing CDs for fans in Sherbourne Abbey
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