Herbert von Karajan's student at the only concert in Gdansk!

Herbert von Karajan's student - Michael Zilm and the laureate of international piano competitions Elena Karpukhova will perform accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic at the only concert in Gdansk!

The concert is planned as part of the well-received series titled Great Conductors.

Michael Zilm honed his skills under the famous Herbert von Karajan - considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Today, as a laureate of prestigious conducting competitions - First Prize at the Besançon Competition in 1983 and a gold medal and three special prizes at the G. Fitelberg Competition in Katowice in 1987, he is considered one of the best. He will visit Gdansk once again to conduct a slightly reduced composition of the Gdansk Philharmonic, with the Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic accompanying the Russian pianist, a laureate of many international competitions, and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, Eleonora Karpukhova.

During the concert, alongside well-known classics by W.A. Mozart, works by Igor Stravinsky will also be heard. And so, within the walls of the Concert Hall at Ołowianka, the following pieces will be performed:

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major KV 467 and Symphony No. 35 in D major, known as Haffner by Mozart, as well as, among others, the Concerto in E-flat major Dumbarton Oaks, composed for Hollywood by Stravinsky.

This is an excellent opportunity to hear how the music of the old masters influenced the creativity of subsequent generations.

The Great Conductors concert will take place on Friday, January 29th, at 7:00 PM.

Tickets: 58 320 62 62 and at filharmonia.gda.pl


BACKGROUND:

Eleonora Karpukhova - a Russian pianist, laureate of many international competitions and a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory - was born in 1976 in Kazan (Russia) and began her musical studies at the age of 5. She studied at the Kazan Music School, and from 1992 to 1995 at the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under the guidance of Prof. VV Kastelsky. In 2000, Eleonora graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with honors. She successfully combined her studies with recitals in Russia and abroad.

In 2002, she won the 18th International Piano Competition in Italy and the 29th Dr. Luis Sigall International Piano Competition in Chile. "The final of the music competition in Vina del Mar was a phenomenal event," wrote the Domingo newspaper. "The exceptional performance of Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in D minor by Eleonora Karpukhova put the audience in a state of bliss and tranquility."

Her subsequent performances also brought her winning titles. In 2004, Eleonora won the Jose Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition in Lisbon.

Eleonora Karpukhova regularly performs in Russia, Ukraine, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Chile, and Portugal.

She has performed many concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Orquestra Fundacao Gulbenkian, Orquestra Metropolitana, Orquesta de Algarve, and Orquesta Sinfonica de Providencia (Chile).

Eleonora Karpukhova actively collaborates with conductors such as S. Soldatov, Y. Yanko, A. Cassuto, D. del Pino Klinge, F. Lentini, D. Nazaretu and M. Zilm, D.Kolobov, A. Dumay.

Michael Zilm - was born in 1957 in Stuttgart. He comes from an old musical family in Karlsbad. At the age of eight, he began studying at a music school in the violin and viola class. From 1979, he studied conducting at the Higher School of Music in Stuttgart under Professor Thomas Ungar. He continued his studies at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg under Professor Milan Horvat, as well as at the Chigiana Academy in Siena under Professors Franco Ferrara and Carlo Maria Giulini.

In 1979, he met Herbert von Karajan, who provided him with artistic guidance. As his assistant, he was involved in the preparation of many musical projects, including Verdi and Wagner operas for the Salzburg Festivals. That same year in Stuttgart, Michael Zilm made his conducting debut with a program focused on Weber.

Michael Zilm is a laureate of international conducting competitions - First Prize at the Besançon Competition in 1983 and a gold medal and three special prizes at the G. Fitelberg Competition in Katowice in 1987.

In 1980, he initiated the festival "Tage für neue Musik" in Stuttgart and also became a lecturer at the Higher School of Music in Stuttgart, where he had previously studied. In 1988, he was invited to conduct an orchestral and conducting course in Beijing. In the following years, he conducted many outstanding orchestras and ensembles, such as the Deutschen Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI Torino, Orchestre de Paris, WDR-Sinfonieorchester, Rundfunksinfonieorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege, and Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Ensemble Modern, and others. He also performed at festivals in Metz, Frankfurt, Siena, Leipzig, Warsaw Autumn, Wien Modern, Holland-Festival, Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, and Lucerne Festival.

From 1991 to 1997, he was the General Music Director of the City of Rostock, where through his creative work and the originality of the performed works, he gained fame. He conducted the entire Mahler cycle and many concerts of 20th-century composers such as Béla Bartók, Alban Berg, Leos Janácek, Arnold Schönberg, Paul Hindemith, and Igor Stravinsky. In 1993, he received an award from the Association of German Music Publishers for the "Best concert program of the season".

Since 1990, he has had an intensive collaboration with the Orquestra-Gulbenkian in Lisbon, where from 1994 to 2002 he was the first guest conductor. He conducted many premieres, including a complete Bruckner cycle, in Portugal. From 2002 to 2009, he was a permanent guest conductor at the Krakow Philharmonic. Since 2006, he has closely collaborated with the Orquestra Metropolitana in Lisbon.