Concert Hall

PERFORMERS:
The Répons Ensemble
Laureates of international competitions:

Katerina Kovanzhi (vocal)

Georgy Dolgov (flute)

Denis Bystrov (oboe)

Serafima Verkholat (clarinet and saxophone

)Kirill Miron (horn)

Nikolai Stranatkovsky (trumpet)

Gerard Costes (trombone)

Alexey Amosov (percussion)

Anton Nazarko (percussion)

Alexey Glazkov (piano)

Arseniy Kiryukhin (accordion)

Mikhail Krutik (violin)

Victoria Velkova (violin)

Dinara Muratova (viola)

Daria Lutsenko (cello)

Conductor: Fedor Lednev

PROGRAMME:

Svetlana Lavrova
Vos-duh (premiere)

Stefano Gervasoni
Godspell (Russian premiere)

Fernando Garnero
Granite lip (Russian premiere)

Mehdi Hosseini
Persepolis (premiere)

Alexander Radvilovich
From the Time of Ryurik (premiere of new version)

Panayiotis Kokoras
Demonic Animal (Russian premiere)

Roman Parkhomenko
Elements II: VETVI (premiere)

The 12th St Petersburg International New Music Festival, the largest annual forum of contemporary classical music in Russia and one of the most comprehensive platforms for global new music events, will be held from 23 May to 7 June 2025. Organised by the St Petersburg Contemporary Music Centre reMusik.org under the guidance of Artistic Director and prominent composer Mehdi Hosseini, the festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the St Petersburg City Government and the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.
This year’s theme of the 12th reMusik.org Festival will focus on sound graphics. The project aims to explore alternate musical notation in a broad sense, encompassing graphics, videos, as well as text notations. In addition to the many concerts, the festival will also feature online and offline educational programmes, presentations, round table discussions, lectures, composer readings, creative meetings and composer courses for young authors from around the world that are led by prominent teachers from around the globe. Additionally, there will be a laboratory dedicated to improvisational and experimental music.
The St Petersburg International New Music Festival is a unique event within Russia’s culture. It encompasses various aspects of modern academic music, including electroacoustic and electronic works, multimedia projects, sound art, as well as free improvisation. The presentation format is not limited to traditional academic concerts but goes beyond it by incorporating diverse performances and experimental shows. The festival will traditionally feature world and Russian premieres of works by composers of the 21st century.

The ensemble Répons was created by the renowned composer Mehdi Hosseini in St Petersburg. It brings together experts in contemporary music repertoire, selected from orchestras of the St Petersburg Philharmonia, the Mariinsky Theatre, musicAeterna and others. Their knowledge and experience allow the ensemble to perform a wide variety of music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its Principal Conductor Fedor Lednev and its Concertmaster, solo violinist Vladislav Pesin, are among the leading experts in the new academic music movement.
The ensemble’s priority is to introduce listeners to the works of contemporary composers. Its repertoire includes the entire spectrum of styles and authors of academic music of the past and present centuries, as well as a fast experience with electroacoustic music and multimedia projects. The ensemble’s first concert was a great success at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre in 2023. It is also the resident ensemble of the St Petersburg Contemporary Music Centre. Répons has become one of the leading Russian ensembles for promoting new music.