Online concert: Igor Bezrodny memorial concert
In Igor Bezrodny’s memory, a large number of his former students, friends and colleagues come together to create a uniquely sensitive musical experience.
Concert will be streamed live on Sibelius Academy’s Youtube channel.
“Anything but cold music!” exclaimed violinist and conductor Igor Bezrodny from Moscow to a journalist from the Kaleva newspaper interviewing him on his concert visit to Finland in 1972. In spring 2020, this legendary Professor of Violin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the Sibelius Academy would have celebrated his 90th birthday. In his memory, a large number of his former students, friends and colleagues come together to create a uniquely sensitive musical experience!
The concert will be opened by cello professor emeritus Erkki Rautio.
Performers
Bezrodny memorial orchestra conducted by Jorma Panula
Violin soloists: Pekka Kauppinen, Päivyt Meller
Other performers
Violin: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, Jaana Haanterä, Andrus Haav, Ruth Haav, Lasse Joamets, Maarit Kyllönen, Jyrki Lasonpalo, Maija Linkola, Miritza Lundberg, Juhani Palola, Aet Ratassep, Tuomas Rousi, Jaso Sasaki, Satu Savioja, Juha-Pekka Vikman
Viola: Erkki Palola, Mikk Murdvee
Cello: Marko Ylönen, Jan-Erik Gustavsson
Bass: Lasse Lagercrantz
Piano, harpsichord: Risto Lauriala, Matilda Kärkkäinen, Mart Ernesaks
Programme
Opening
Erkki Rautio
Josef Suk: Love Song
Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, violin
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kaipainen: Inno Op. 91
Jaana Haanterä, violin
Matilda Kärkkäinen, piano
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin in G major Op. 27
2. Danse Rustique
Jaso Sasaki, violin
Matti Kuulberg: 7 Preludes
Andrus Haav ja Ruth Haav, violin
Charlie Parker: Au privave
Lasse Joamets, violin
Mart Ernesaks, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Oktetto E-flat major, op. 20
1. Allegro moderato con fuoco (14:30)
Satu Savioja, Aet Ratassepp, Maija Linkola, Jyrki Lasonpalo, violin
Erkki Palola, Mikk Murdvee, viola
Marko Ylönen, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Interval
Bezrodny memorial orchestra, conducted by Jorma Panula
soloists: Pekka Kauppinen, Päivyt Meller, violin
JS Bach: Double Violin Concerto d-minor. BWV 1043
1. Vivace
2. Largo, ma non tanto
3. Allegro
Juha-Pekka Vikman, Maarit Kyllönen, Tuomas Rousi, violin
Erkki Palola, viola
Marko Ylönen, cello
Lasse Lagercrantz, double bass
Risto Lauriala, harpsichord
Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for violin and cello
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin
Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
After the concert
Further information: Eeva Hohti
Concert will be streamed live on Sibelius Academy’s Youtube channel.
“Anything but cold music!” exclaimed violinist and conductor Igor Bezrodny from Moscow to a journalist from the Kaleva newspaper interviewing him on his concert visit to Finland in 1972. In spring 2020, this legendary Professor of Violin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the Sibelius Academy would have celebrated his 90th birthday. In his memory, a large number of his former students, friends and colleagues come together to create a uniquely sensitive musical experience!
The concert will be opened by cello professor emeritus Erkki Rautio.
Performers
Bezrodny memorial orchestra conducted by Jorma Panula
Violin soloists: Pekka Kauppinen, Päivyt Meller
Other performers
Violin: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, Jaana Haanterä, Andrus Haav, Ruth Haav, Lasse Joamets, Maarit Kyllönen, Jyrki Lasonpalo, Maija Linkola, Miritza Lundberg, Juhani Palola, Aet Ratassep, Tuomas Rousi, Jaso Sasaki, Satu Savioja, Juha-Pekka Vikman
Viola: Erkki Palola, Mikk Murdvee
Cello: Marko Ylönen, Jan-Erik Gustavsson
Bass: Lasse Lagercrantz
Piano, harpsichord: Risto Lauriala, Matilda Kärkkäinen, Mart Ernesaks
Programme
Opening
Erkki Rautio
Josef Suk: Love Song
Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, violin
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kaipainen: Inno Op. 91
Jaana Haanterä, violin
Matilda Kärkkäinen, piano
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin in G major Op. 27
2. Danse Rustique
Jaso Sasaki, violin
Matti Kuulberg: 7 Preludes
Andrus Haav ja Ruth Haav, violin
Charlie Parker: Au privave
Lasse Joamets, violin
Mart Ernesaks, piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Oktetto E-flat major, op. 20
1. Allegro moderato con fuoco (14:30)
Satu Savioja, Aet Ratassepp, Maija Linkola, Jyrki Lasonpalo, violin
Erkki Palola, Mikk Murdvee, viola
Marko Ylönen, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Interval
Bezrodny memorial orchestra, conducted by Jorma Panula
soloists: Pekka Kauppinen, Päivyt Meller, violin
JS Bach: Double Violin Concerto d-minor. BWV 1043
1. Vivace
2. Largo, ma non tanto
3. Allegro
Juha-Pekka Vikman, Maarit Kyllönen, Tuomas Rousi, violin
Erkki Palola, viola
Marko Ylönen, cello
Lasse Lagercrantz, double bass
Risto Lauriala, harpsichord
Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for violin and cello
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin
Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
After the concert
Further information: Eeva Hohti