S022600

SOUVENIR OF RUSSIA
Duets for violin and guitar

Gregory Nisnevich, guitar
Lydia Svyatlovskaya, violin
Vladimir Petrov, violin

Catalog #S022601CD [DDD]

Henri Vieuxtemps Variations on Alyabiev’s The Nightingale
Henri Wieniawski Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6
Fernando Sor Fantaisie Souvenir de Russie op. 63
Mikhail Glinka Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Viktor Kozlov Tarantella
Folk Song "Why are you poor tree branch"
Folk Song "Yesterday to me, young maiden"
Sergey Rudnev Variations on a Russian Folk Song "Akh vy, seni moi, seni"
Jan Freidlin Mist over the Lake, Intermezzo, Rainy Day,
At the Village Fence, The Waltz of the Dancing Pines, Two Cats on the Roof

Program Notes

Gregory Nisnevich, guitar began his studies in St. Petersburg, Russia. He continued his education at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music where, after finishing the program, he became a faculty member. Later he became the first guitarist to receive an Artist Diploma from the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver where he studied with Maestro Ricardo Iznaola. Gregory Nisnevich maintains an active touring schedule both as a soloist and chamber musician. He performs regularly with the Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra and Golden Strings Quartet in Israel and Europe, and the Mercury Ensemble in the United States. He has appeared in such festivals as the Union Square Music Festival in New York, South Martin Imfeld Music Podium in Switzerland, Massenkoff Folk Festival in the United States, Bohemia Music Festival in the Czech Republic, and Jerusalem Music Festival in Israel. He participated in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago and the Early Music Fall Festival in Boulder, Colorado.

A winner of the 1998 International Classical Guitar Competition in Portland, Oregon Mr. Nisnevich also won the first prize in the International Israeli Radio Competition in 1995 and the first prize in the Contemporary Music Competition in Israel in 1992.

Mr. Nisnevich’s unique artistic abilities and his highly successful performing career earned him the honor of the first performances of works by Israeli composers Jan Freidlin, Daniel Akiva and Emanuel Val as well as a Russian composer and guitarist Sergey Ilyin.

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