WHEN:

Friday 1 May 2015 7:30PM

WHERE:

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street , London, W1U 2BP

Admission:

Tickets £30 £25 £20 £15 book here

£5 tickets are available to this concert for Under 35s. Find out more here

Grammy-nominated Ukrainian-British violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov has established himself as one of the world’s most vibrant and charismatic musicians.

Originally from the Ukraine, Maxim has made London his home. He studied viola with Maria Sitkovskaya in Moscow and John Glickman in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He studied conducting with Alan Hazeldine at the Guildhall School of Music in London, and has taken part in several masterclasses including with Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Jorma Panula.

He is principally known for his performances as a violist, guest of the crème of international music scene such as BBC Last Night of the Proms, Edinburgh Festival, Salzburg Festival. He now combines his viola performance with a career as a conductor.

On Friday, 1st May Maxim Rysanov will perform with Martin Fröst (clarinet) Roland Pöntinen (piano) and Miah Persson (soprano)
Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Kurtág

The programme includes:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – Trio in E flat major K498 ‘Kegelstatt’
• Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965
  INTERVAL
• Franz Schubert – Die Verschworenen D787 Romanze der Helene
• Robert Schumann (1810-1856) – Fantasiestücke Op. 73

MORE INFO 

Maxim’s official website http://maximrysanov.com/biography/4579434066

Maxim’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChsm_Auq6R37dadzuQExdVA