NSO: Noseda conducts Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" | Alexei Ogrintchouk plays Raskatov's 'Time's River'

National Symphony Orchestra

Friday, November 1, 2024 @ 11:30am – 1:30pm (EDT)

Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States

$17-$114

Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Sergei Prokofiev — Summer Night (Suite from Betrothal in a Monastery), Op. 123
Alexander Raskatov — Oboe Concerto "Time's River" (U.S. premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony is a force to be reckoned with. Translated as "full of feeling," it is a veritable declaration of forbidden love shrouded in mystery. This impassioned program also features Prokofiev's evocative Summer Night Suite and Time's River, an NSO co-commission by Alexander Raskatov. Outstanding Moscow-born oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk, Principal Oboe of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, takes center stage for Raskatov's new concerto, described as "a hymn to nature in resonance with our time."

Runs Oct. 31-Nov. 2.

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About Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe

Alexei Ogrintchouk is one of the most outstanding oboists performing today. A graduate of the Gnessin School of Music and the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Maurice Bourgue, Jacques Tys and Jean-Louis Capezzali, he combines astounding technique with virtuosity and lyricism.

Originally from Moscow, Alexei was already performing all over Russia, Europe and Japan from the age of 13. He is the winner of a number of international competitions including the prestigious CIEM International Competition in Geneva at the age of 19. He was also the winner of the European Juventus Prize in 1999, two "Victoires de la Musique Classique" Prizes in France in 2002, the Triumph Prize in Russia in 2005 and Borletti Buitini Trust Award winner in 2007. He has been part of the prestigious Rising Stars and BBC New Generation Artists Programmes.

Since August 2005, Alexei Ogrintchouk has been first solo oboist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam with Mariss Jansons, and then with Daniele Gatti. Until then he held the same post at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with Valery Gergiev—a position which he secured at the age of 20.

http://www.ogrintchouk.com/