Romantic Music for Spring

The brilliant Russian tenor Artëm Volkov and the well-known classical pianist Tatiana Stupak invite you to the concert “Romantic Music for Spring” at Technopolis 20, on Thursday, 22nd of March 2018 at 8pm. The programme will include popular classics by Chopin, Donizetti, Liszt, A. Lloyd Webber, Monti, Mozart, Verdi and Vivaldi.

The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy ten popular operatic songs, and a traditional Russian song, with piano accompaniment. Artëm Volkov and Tatiana Stupak, will be joined by the outstanding Russian violinist Victoria Lanskaya Pastellas. Stupak will also play two piano solos and there will be two popular pieces arranged for violin and piano.

Entrance: 12 euro/ 7 euro (students)
Reservations are necessary at 70002420 (calls only)

A few words about the musicians
Tatiana Stupak started learning the piano at age five, studying at the Special School of the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg, and after that, for a further five years continuing at the Conservatory itself. She won a Bach international competition and an organ international competition in Russia. She has performed in Austria and Germany as well as in Russia. Tatiana is now based in Cyprus, where she is well known, having played many times in the last few years, in Limassol, in Paphos and in Nicosia, both as a solo pianist and accompanying other musicians. She arranges charity concerts for children and for the church, and brings famous musicians from Russia, for example from the Bolshoi Theatre. She opened her music tuition centre in 2017 for piano and other instruments, and for teaching music subjects; the teachers are prize-winning professionals.

Victoria Lanskaya Pastellas graduated from the Moscow State University as a classical and jazz violinist. She has travelled with orchestras to many countries, including the Far East. She took part in Sarah Brightman’s and Sting’s concerts in Moscow. She was also with the Rodion Gazmanov band (a Russian rock star) for several years. She has performed solo, at concerts and at studio recordings for many famous Russian singers. Before moving to Cyprus in September 2017, she played at several major Moscow venues, including the Kremlin. She has played solo concerts for Russia’s and friendly countries’ presidents and ministers. Victoria can play music with her own improvisation, which depends on the event, the atmosphere, and the mood of the audience. Her repertoire exceeds fifteen hours.

Artëm Volkov (tenor) was born in Vladimir in 1985, and graduated in 2005 from the municipal school of music and performing arts. In 2007 he became a laureate of the All-Russian Amber Nightingale competition. He received his higher professional education in conducting and singing at the Moscow State Conservatory. From 2010 to 2012, he was a soloist first with the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, and later with the choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. In 2012 he was a member of the Music Aeterna ensemble, and a soloist at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, where since 2015 he has been a guest soloist. Also since 2015 he has been a soloist with the "Masters of Choral Singing" choir. He is now a soloist and ensemble singer, and has recently performed in several European countries.

The Programme of Music
1. Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera. Aria of the Phantom (tenor, violin, piano)
2. Verdi: Aria “La donna è mobile” from the opera “Rigoletto” (tenor, piano)
3. Chopin: Nocturne in E flat major, Op.9, No.2 (piano)
4. Mozart: Aria “Dalla sua pace” from the opera “Don Giovanni” (tenor, piano)
5. Vivaldi: Storm (violin, piano)
6. Donizetti: Aria “Una furtiva lagrima” from the opera “L’elisir d’amore” (tenor, piano)
7. Italian songs (tenor, piano) - Parla piu piano - Santa Lucia - Granada - O sole mio
- Con te partiro - Torne a Sorrento
8. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.11 (piano)
9. Monti: Csárdás (violin, piano)
10. Traditional. Russian song “Black eyes” (tenor, violin, piano)