Anna Paulowna en Irina Zuboff
Een innerlijke reis van twee Russische vrouwen

Irina Zuboff, afstammend van de familie Zuboff, die dicht verbonden was met Catharina de Grote en haar zoon Paul I, wil u meenemen op een zeer persoonlijke reis, die verbonden is met Anna Paulowna. Irina volgt daarin de wegen van haar eigen geschiedenis, die gevoelsmatig veel parallellen kent met het persoonlijk leven van Anna, op wie dit jaar de schijnwerpers gericht staan als onze tweede koningin en met wie in 1815 onze nu 200 jaar oude Oranje dynastie begon.

Een spannend verhaal van twee Russische vrouwen die onzichtbaar verbonden zijn door hun persoonlijk verhaal en de wereldgeschiedenis, vertaald in muziek van  Alabieff, Hahn, Händel, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky Korsakoff, Gilnka, Grieg, Moessorgsky en Bach.

Programma:

A.Alabieff ( 1787-1851)                           Nachtegaal

G.F.Händel ( 1685-1759)                         Omba mai fu

P.I.Tchaikovsky ( 1810-1893)                   Ich wollt, meine Liebe….

N.Rimsky Korsakoff ( 1844-1908)           Nachtegaal en roos

M.Glinka ( 1804-1857)                            How sweet by your side

E.Grieg ( 1843=1907)                             Ich liebe Dich

R.Hahn ( 1874-1947)                              A Chloris

P.I. Tchaikovsky                                       Nachtegaal

S.Rachmaninoff ( 1873-1943)                A dream

M.Glinka                                                Seek not in vain…

M.Moessorgsky (1839-1881)                 Waar ben je kleine ster?

J.S. Bach ( 1685-1750)                          Ricetti, gramezza e pavento uit Cantata No. 209                                        

Irina Zuboff – sopraan

Irina Zuboff grew up in a Russian/German family in Stuttgart, Germany. At five years old, she started piano lessons and at nine she began playing cello with Siegfried Barchet, a student of Pablo Casals. Aged 12 years, Irina gave her first recitals on smaller podia in Germany performing works as the “Solo Suites”by J.S. Bach. Against the expectations of her cello professor she decided not to pursue music and instead pursued studies in philosophy and medicine.

She studied in München, Heidelberg, Bochum, Essen and Paris. After completing her general medicine degree in 1983, she specialised in psychiatry and psychotherapy. At the University hospital in Essen she developed the music therapy department.

She moved to the Netherlands in 1992 where she married and had three children. During this time she followed studies in Intuitive Development and expanded her knowledge in voice expression, drama and yoga. She started writing for German Newspaper as “Die Zeit” and wrote two books, for one of them Corneille made the illustrations. This one was a philosophical fairy tale about a small girl which is called to sing. During the Leipzig Book Fair, the story was performed with music and dance written especially for it. Shortly after, in October 2002, Irina began taking singing lessons. It seems that in her book she had unconsciously predicted her future. Some months later she also started to follow an intensive spiritual path which led her to the activities she is now doing.

In 2011 Irina finished her singing education at the Music Conservatorium in The Hague. Margreet Honig has been coaching Irina in her singing career. Since 2015, Irina is coached by the American singer Raymond Modesti; she also gets lessons from the legendary singer Christa Ludwig, at the Staatsoper in Vienna.

Olga Chrishina – piano

Education
Utrecht Conservatory: Master diploma (piano), 2015
Utrecht Conservatory: Bachelor diploma cum laude (piano), 2013
Royal College of Music, London, September 2009- June 2010
Moscow Conservatory College: Bachelor diploma cum laude (piano), 2009
Regular private lessons with Diane Walsh (Mannes College of Music, New York), Zenon Fishbein (Manhattan School of Music), Ian Jones (Royal College of Music, London), Anait Karpova (Brussels Conservatory)

Master-classes
Arcadi Volodos (world- renowned concertizing pianist), Mirabela Dina (piano professor at Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz, Koln), Dora Schwarzbeg (professor at Vienna conservatory, chamber ensemble), Dmitry Bashkirov (world-renowned pianist and professor at Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid) , Jan Wijn (piano professor at Amsterdam Conservatory), International Schubert-Strauss Masterclass for duos (vocalist/pianist) organized by Dutch Schubert Society

Work experience
Children’s Art School, Korolev (Moscow region), 2005-2011- trainee, piano teacher
Moscow Conservatory College, 2006-2009- trainee (assistant of piano teacher) in “Pedagogical practice” sector
Utrecht Conservatory, September 2013- June 2014 – accompanist and opera coach in the class of professor Dobrinka Yankova (classical vocal)
Utrecht Conservatory/Dutch National Opera Academy, October 2013- February 2014- internship in operatic accompaniment and vocal coaching, work with choir and conductor (under Nathalie Doucet, Dutch National Opera Academy)
Private piano practice- from 2005- teaching children and adults in English, Russian and Dutch

Competitions, Awards
1^st prize at International Schubert-Strauss Masterclass/Competition, 2013
2^nd prize at Moscow Conservatory College Student Competition, 2005
3rd prize at National (All-Russian) Tchaikovsky Competition, 2000
3^rd prize at Moscow region Grieg Competition, 1998
Selected twice to play with Utrecht Conservatory Chamber Orchestra (piano concerti by Shostakovich and Mozart)
Royal College of Music (London) Scholarship, 2009

Major Concert Venues
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Moscow Conservatory halls, live Radio4 broadcast (including performances with Michael Wilmering, baritone), Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh (Utrecht), Hermitage Museum (Amsterdam), Russian Embassy (The Hague), Waalsekerk (Breda), Zaltbommel annual festival of Erard pianos

Alexandra van der Leeuw: sculptor and painter

During the recital paintings by Alexandra van der Leeuw of Irina and Anna Paulowna will be shown.

http://alexandravanderleeuw.nl