Margarita Zelenaia – Past Concerts

Versatile in classical genre, the music of pianist-composer Margarita Zelenaia defies stylistic boundaries and ranges from operatic and chamber works, to musical theater and art songs. Without prejudices and stereotypes in her writing, Zelenaia possess a rare ability to infuse her music with humor and lyrical tenderness, while also producing works of tremendous depth and seriousness. Casting aside the stereotypical mold of a "contemporary" composer, Zelenaia is a strong believer in melody and direct audience communication.

The music of Russian-born composer Margarita Zelenaia received premieres at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as around the globe: Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, China, Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Russia, and Kirgizstan.

Her Lamentation for violin solo and string orchestra became a winner of the competition "Donne in Musica" among woman-composers all over the world. The splendid violinist Lucio Degani and the great Italian chamber orchestra "I Solisti Veneti" under the baton of the legendary Maestro Claudio Scimone (Padova, Italy) gave its world premiere.

Her recent works are in the performing repertoire of musicians from the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, etc., as well as other renowned artists such as concert pianists Ana Maria Bottazzi, Clive Greensmith (from the Tokyo String Quartet), concert cellists Christophor Miroshnikov (Russia), Andrey Tchekmazov, Jacob Braun, Evangeline Benedetti (US), Italian concert pianist Paolo Vergari, Russian-American bass Mikhail Svetlov, Albanian baritone Kreshnik Zhabjaku, soprano Melanie Mitrano, mezzo-soprano Leslie Middlebrook, concert violinists Anna Rabinova, Nina Beilina, Jasmine Lin, David Fulmer, Claudia Shauer, and Ana Miloslavlevich (Serbia), award-winning clarinetist Sean Rice, award-winning violist Eniko Magyar (UK), One World Symphony Singers & Ensemble, the Second Instrumental Unit, ISSA Sonus Ensemble, neoLIT Ensemble, and chamber orchestras Bacchanalia, North/South Consonance, and Classic, among others.