The Russian-Italian Organ Duo plays (live in concert) Drawn upward like smoke by Charles Shadle
The Russian-Italian Organ Duo (Elena Kalashnikova and Luca Massaglia) plays Drawn upward like smoke by American composer Charles Shadle (b. 1960), live in concert (as part of the VIII International Siberian Organ Festival) at the Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Omsk Philharmonia (Russia).
Video courtesy of Kirill Jankovsky ( organist of Omsk Philharmonic Society.
The piece, dedicated to the Russian-Italian Organ Duo, is inspired by the following stanza from In the desert by Alice Corbin Henderson (1881-1949):
The hill cedars and piñons
Point upward like flames,
Like smoke they are drawn upward
From the face of the mountains
The Russian-Italian Organ Duo started its activity in 2017.
The members of the Duo are Elena Kalashnikova (born in Pyatigorsk, Caucasus, Russia) and Luca Massaglia (born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy).
Elena Kalashnikova studied piano at the Music College in Stavropol and she pursued her piano studies at the Leonid Sobinov State Conservatory in Saratov (under the guidance of Prof. Alla Dolzhenko), where she studied organ as well.
She performed piano concerts in Russia as soloist and as a member of various chamber ensembles.
She worked as piano accompanist and piano teacher at the Music School n. 19 in Saratov and as piano accompanist at the Saratov Conservatory.
She is currently music teacher at the Ivan Turgenev Russian school in Turin (Italy) and organist at the Madonna degli Angeli Sanctuary of the same city.
She has cooperated with the Accademia Corale Guido d'Arezzo of Turin.
In June 2019 she was member of the jury of the 9th edition of the Festival Concurs Internaţional Mărul de Aur (Golden Apple), held in Turin and organized by the Inanina Music Star Association in cooperation with F.A.R.M.P. (Federation of the Romanian and Moldovan Associations in Piedmont).
Detailed information about Luca Massaglia can be found at his personal website:
The Russian-Italian Organ Duo has given concerts in Italy, Norway, Russia and Sweden, on occasion - among others - of the following international festivals:
- International Siberian Organ Festival, at the Organ and Chamber Music Hall of the Regional Philharmonic Society in Omsk (Russia)
- Skånes Orgelveckor, at the Allhelgonakyrkan in Lund, the Sankt Petri Kyrka in Malmö, the Höörs Kirka in Höör (Sweden)
- Sommerkonserter, at the Lillehammer Kirke in Lillehammer (Norway)
- Orgelmatiné, at Tønsberg Cathedral (Norway)
- Sommer-konsertene, at the Bragernes Kirke in Drammen (Norway)
- Sommerlordag, at the Gjøvik Kirke in Gjøvik (Norway)
The Russian-Italian Organ Duo has a matchless repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary music and that includes original pieces for organ 4-hands, original pieces for two organs and transcriptions mainly of orchestral works.
Some notable composers have written pieces specially for the Duo: Franklin D. Ashdown (U.S.A.), Jay C. Batzner (U.S.A.), Michael Canales (U.S.A.), Carson Cooman (U.S.A.), Emma Lou Diemer (U.S.A.), Paul A. Epstein (U.S.A.), Stanley M. Hoffman (U.S.A.), Robert S. Potterton (U.S.A.), Justin H. Rubin (U.S.A.), Charles Shadle (U.S.A.), Arsen Arutyunyan (Armenia), Khadija Zeynalova (Azerbaijan - Germany), Johan Famaey (Belgium), Adrian Vernon Fish (England), John Riley (England), Paul Ritchie (England), Aaro Pertmann (Estonia), Tapio Säyppö (Finland), Wolfram Graf (Germany), Alexander Moseler (Germany), Markus Nickel (Germany), Andreas Willscher (Germany), Victor Kioulaphides (Greece - U.S.A.), Gilberto Bosco (Italy), Fausto Caporali (Italy), Carlotta Ferrari (Italy), Walter Gatti (Italy), Grimoaldo Macchia (Italy), Angelo Maria Trovato (Italy), Vidas Pinkevičius (Lithuania), Konstancja Kochaniec (Poland), Șerban Nichifor (Romania), Irina Dubkova (Russia), Anna Vetlugina (Russia), Milko Bizjak (Slovenia), Mateo Soto (Spain), Maria Löfberg (Sweden), Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (Sweden), Boryslav Stronko (Ukraine).
Irkutsk Philharmonic Governor’s Symphony Orchestra Cond Ilmars Harijs Lapinsch,soloist Arturas Kozl
Slobodyanyuk Andrei (Singapore, Singapore)
II Paris international Internet Music Competition, 2017
Violin, Category Free: up to 8 years old
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G. Bizet, Habanera
Scorpions in Krasnodar 2014
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Chaika
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OCTOBER REVOLUTION - WikiVidi Documentary
The October Revolution , officially known in Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution , and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution, or Bolshevik Coup was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on the 25th of October 1917. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government after a transfer of power proclaimed by Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicolas II, who declined to take power after the Tsar stepped down. During this time, urban workers began to organize into councils wherein revolutionaries criticized the provisional government and its actions. After the Congress of Soviets, now the governing body, had its second session, it elected members of the Bolsheviks and oth...
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IV Rome International Music Competition, 2017
Violin Category C: 14 - 16 years old
Program
1.F. Mendelhsonn, Violin concert in mi minor, 3 mov.
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Music of Light Festival in Vladimir / December 3, 2013
Music of Light Gala in Vladimir regional philharmonic society concert hall.
Music of Light Festival is a conceptual offshoot of The possibilities are limited - abilities are unlimited annual charity concerts. Disability can be an insurmountable obstacle for a professional musician, and the festival aims to bring together outstanding artists regardless of their health condition. The 2013 installment of the festival saw collaborations between pianists Vadym Kholodenko, Van Cliburn competition winner, and Elena Kukharenko, Lukas Geniusas, Chopin Piano Competition laureate, and young pianist Danil Loginov, Sergei Suvorov (cello) and Alexei Panov (piano), Bolshoi Theatre soprano Daria Zykova and Natalya Chernyavskaya (mezzo-soprano), bariton Arsen Sogomonyan from Stanislavsky Music Theatre and Nafset Chenib (soprano) as well as Sergei Sanatorov (tenor). Also featured were Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra conducted by Marius Stravinsky, jazz pianist Yakov Okun and MosGorTrio, jazz legends Sergei Manukyan and Vahagn Hayrapetyan. The festival is held in partnership with the Addresses of Mercy charity foundation and supported by ExxonMobil.
Organ Recital Penza - Russia (October 4 2016) - Marco Lo Muscio (Марко Ло Мушо)
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October Revolution | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:45 1 Etymology
00:04:47 2 Background
00:04:56 2.1 February Revolution
00:06:37 2.2 Unrest by workers, peasants and soldiers
00:11:58 2.3 Antiwar demonstrations
00:13:34 2.4 July days
00:15:59 2.5 Kornilov affair
00:17:56 2.6 German support
00:19:14 3 Insurrection
00:19:24 3.1 Planning
00:21:00 3.2 Onset
00:25:37 3.3 Assault on the Winter Palace
00:27:55 3.4 Later Soviet portrayal
00:31:39 3.5 Dybenko's memoirs
00:33:00 4 Timeline of the spread of Soviet power (Gregorian calendar dates)
00:36:51 5 Outcome
00:48:33 6 Historiography
00:49:05 6.1 Soviet historiography
00:54:28 6.2 Western historiography
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00:58:03 7 Legacy
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The October Revolution, officially known in Soviet historiography as the Great October Socialist Revolution and commonly referred to as the October Uprising, the October Coup, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolshevik Coup or the Red October, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 7 November (25 October, O.S.) 1917.
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The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces. Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the occupation of government buildings on 7 November 1917 (New Style). The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia) was captured.
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Scranton is the sixth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County in Northeastern Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley and hosts a federal court building. With a population of 77,291, it is the largest city in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of about 570,000.Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley, and the largest of the former anthracite coal mining communities in a contiguous quilt-work that also includes Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated on February 14, 1856, as a borough in Luzerne County and as a city on April 23, 1866. It became a major industrial city, a center of mining and railroads, and attracted thousands of new immigrants. It was the site of the Scranton General Strike in 1877.
People in northern Luzerne County sought a new county in 1839 but the Wilkes-Barre area resisted losing its assets. Lackawanna County did not gain independent status until 1878. Under legislation allowing the issue to be voted by residents of the proposed territory, voters favored the new county by a proportion of 6 to 1, with Scranton residents providing the major support. The city was designated as the county seat when Lackawanna County was established in 1878, and a judicial district was authorized in 1879.
The city took its first step toward earning its reputation as the Electric City when electric lights were introduced in 1880 at Dickson Locomotive Works. Six years later, the nation's first streetcars powered exclusively by electricity began operating in the city. Rev. David Spencer, a local Baptist minister, later proclaimed Scranton as the Electric City.