DictionBuddy Concert Series - RUSSIAN
The DictionBuddy Concert Series is aimed at showcasing performers that have achieved the highest level of skill in Vocal Presentation and Lyric Diction in various languages.
The first concert in the DictionBuddy Concert Series is dedicated to the Russian music and language. The concert will focus on arias and art songs written by S. Rachmaninoff, P.I. Tchaikovsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Rubinstein and other Russian composers and will feature various classical singers performing a variety of Russian repertoire. The concert will celebrate lyric diction skills of singing in Russian. Additionally, P.I. Tchaikovsky’s 180th Birthday is celebrated this year.
We are happy to collaborate with BelCantanti Opera in producing this concert as part of advancing Russian musical and linguistic heritage.
ALL-RUSSIAN CONCERT
The concert is made available to the public for FREE.
Please consider sponsoring this concert series and the vocal arts at the link below.
Both native Russian speakers and others who are not will perform at the concert. The concert will feature a number of invited soloists and the singers who auditioned to perform at the concert and were selected as the winners by our Diction Experts/Judges.
RUSSIAN CONCERT AUDITIONS WINNERS:
BIZHOU CHAN, SOPRANO
EKATERINA SHELEHOVA, SOPRANO
FRANK MATHIS, TENOR
ALL-RUSSIAN Concert Program
DictionBuddy Concert Series in collaboration with BelCantanti OperA
ROB MCGINNESS, BARITONE
Yeletsky's Aria "Ya vas lyublyu" (“Я вас люблю”), Queen of Spades, P.I. Tchaikovsky
YULIYA MASCHENKO, SOPRANO
Iolanta’s Aria, Iolanta, P.I. Tchaikovsky
VIKTORIYA KORENEVA, MEZZO-SOPRANO
“Night” (“Ночь”), A. Rubinstein
AUDITION WINNER:
BIZHOU CHANG, SOPRANO
“Was I not a blade of grass in the field” (“Я ли в поле да не травушка была”), P.I Tchaikovsky
MADISON MARIE MCINTOSH, MEZZO-SOPRANO
Olga’s Aria “Ah, Tanya, Tanya!” (“Ах, Таня, Таня!”), Eugene Onegin, P.I. Tchaikovsky
GALINA IVANNIKOVA
“Spring Waters” (“Весенние воды”), S. Rachmaninoff
KOFI HAYFORD, BASS
Song of the Viking Guest (Песня варяжского гостя), Sadko, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
WILLIAM HICKS, PIANO
Vocal coach, Pianist & Conductor
GREGORY RITCHEY, PIANO
ALLAN PALACIOS CHAN, TENOR
Song of the Indian Guest (Песня индийского гостя) Sadko, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
JODI KAREM, SOPRANO
“Pimpinella” (“Пимпинелла”), P.I. Tchaikovsky
EMMA LAVANDIER, MEZZO-SOPRANO
“Captivated by a rose nightingale” (“Пленившись розой соловей”), N. Rimsky-Korsakov
VLADIMIR RUMYANTSEV, PIANO
FRANK MATHIS, TENOR
“Child, like a flower, you are beautiful” (“Дитя, как цветок, ты прекрасна”), S. Rachmaninoff
ASMIK ARUTIUNIANTS, SOPRANO
“Do not sing to me, beautiful maiden” (“Не пой, красавица, при мне”), S. Rachmaninoff
KATERINA SOUVOROVA, BEL CANTANTI OPERA
Piano
AUDTION WINNER:
EKATERINA SHELEHOVA, SOPRANO
The Snow maiden’s Aria “С подругами по ягоды ходить”, The Snow maiden, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
VALENTIN BOGOLUBOV PIANO
