Fifty Shades of Russian Music

Paphos Music Lovers Association Winter Festival presents "Fifty Shades of Russian Music"

Natalia Lezedova (piano) & Anastasia Maximova Gonsales Moreau (mezzo soprano)

Works include: Russian music - Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, romances, arias from operas and piano solo music

Enjoy a one-hour recital by two exceptional musicians.

Anastasia Maximova Gonsales Moreau (mezzo soprano) is one of the most vivid and unique phenomena in the world of contemporary music. Opera singer, graduate of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Rimsky-Korsakov, she has an unearthly beauty and strength in her voice - the dark coloured soprano. Being  a teenager with plaits sticking out on her head in the role of co-host of the popular Russian TV show  "The Musical Ring". Anastasia, joking and playful, first surprised everyone with her variety experiments, incredibly synthesized pop music with operatic vocalizations. A rare gift to unite the unconnected is almost the main feature of the work of this mature and multi-faceted artist, which now is Anastasia Maximova. She is also well known as a song writer, including pop songs and as a film composer.  Anastasia is also a founder and art director of the first Russian interactive opera theatre Midnight Opera where the soloists involve the audience to take part in the opera performance. Anastasia performed with concerts in all over Russia and European countries - Italy, France, England, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus. She took part in special concerts devoted to the most important Russian and European events - World Hockey Championship, International Economic Forums, Summits in St. Petersburg, Opening of the Haute Couture Week in London and Paris, opening ceremony of the international conference in Patras and etc. Also, she performed a lot with her solo programme of Chaikovsky and Rachmaninov arias and romances. In addition to the amazing voice, she also has the strongest stage energy, which fascinates the audience of all countries.

Natalia Lezedova (piano) is a graduate of the Musical Faculty of the State Pedagogical University of Russia, and she also has postgraduate studies in "Musical Art" (2012). She attended an advanced training course from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (2013). She is also a laureate of five international competitions, among them: two first prizes as a performer-soloist (Saint-Petersburg and Moscow 2012), winner of the Grand-Prix music festival competition “Severnaya Venetsia” (2012) and first prize laureate as a concertmaster (Music Competition in Performing Arts in St. Petersburg, 2013). In recent years she has arranged many concerts in Cyprus, most of them for charity, and she has collaborated with musicians from Russia, Cyprus, Italy, French, Germany and UK.

Tickets: €10 with proceeds to the Paphos Music Lovers Association fund to support local arts projects.

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Directions: Head down the Polis road and turn right at Lidls, go past the Myrra Tavern on your right and the school will be found a little further along on your left. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ARTS, 36 Neapolis Street, Paphos. Tel: 99478805. Email: [email protected].