Symphonic concert – Alexander Korsantia

PFB Orchestra
Jong Jie Yin - conductor
(winner of the 11th G. Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice)
Alexander Korsantia – piano

Conducted by: Konrad Mielnik

In program:

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 73 in E flat major, Op. XNUMX Imperial [38']

Break [20']

Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 [38']

Alexander Korsantia
Called a "quiet individualist" ("Daily Telegraph"), he was praised for "the clarity of his technique, richly varied tones and dynamic phrasing" ("Baltimore Sun") and "a piano technique in which difficulties simply do not exist" (Calgary Sun "). The Boston Globe hailed his interpretation of his signature work, "Pictures at an Exhibition," as "a performance that may annihilate all others that have been heard." And the Birmingham Post wrote: "His insightful interpretation was permeated with a note of relentless fantasy, wit and wistfulness."
Since he won the first prize and the Gold Medal at the International Master Piano Competition. Arthur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv and XNUMXst prize at the International Piano Competition in Sydney, Korsantia's career took him to many of the most important concert halls in the world and cooperation with renowned conductors. They were: Christoph Eschenbach, Gianandrea Noseda, Jansug Kakhidze, Valery Gergiev and Paavo Järvi, leading orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Kirov Orchestra, RAI Orchestra in Turin, The City of Birmingham Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Israel Philharmonic.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander Korsantia began his musical studies at a young age with his mother Sventlana Korsantia and later became a student of Tengiz Amiredjibi, a leading Georgian piano instructor. In 1992, he moved with his family to the United States and joined the famous Georgian pianist Alexander Toradze's studio at Indiana University in South Bend. In his native Georgia, for many years he served as the artistic director of the Easter Festival, an institution he supports as an Artistic Advisor. He is the winner of many Georgian awards, including the most prestigious ones: the Order of Honor and the Roustaveli Prize. Korsantia lives in Boston, where she is a professor of piano at the New England Conservatory.

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Jong Jie Yin
The 23-year-old conductor from China won the 57th International Conducting Competition. Grzegorz Fitelberg. Two years earlier, he won the Mention Spéciale award in the competition for young conductors during the 2015th Festival International de Musique in Besançon (France). Since 2022, he has been participating in master classes with conductors such as Yannick Nezét-Séguin, Neeme Järvi, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Myung-whun Chung, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Marek Pijarowski. In August XNUMX, he was named among the ten most outstanding young conductors in Beijing, and the event during which this list was announced was organized by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.
In past seasons, the young conductor has successfully led orchestras such as the Orchester National de Lyon, Orchestra Simfonică Filarmonica George Enescu (Romania), China National Symphony Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra, China National Opera House, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra (China) and the Philharmonic Orchestra Lubelska. The young artist studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, in Chen Lin's class.

A concert accompanying the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Government.