An organ music concert will be held at the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic
The concert of the Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of international competitions Daniil ZARETSKY will take place on March 12 at 18:30 at the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic.
The musician graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in piano (Honored Artist of Russia Prof. Eduard Bazanov) and organ (People's Artist of Russia Prof. Nina Oksentyan), as well as postgraduate studies at the Kazan Conservatory (People's Artist of Russia Prof. Rubin Abdullin) and the Sibelius Music Academy in Helsinki, Finland (Prof. Kari Jussila).
He participated in many master classes in Western Europe with leading professors (Guy Bovet, Jean Guillou, Marie-Claire Alain, Harald Vogel, Ludger Lohmann, Piet Kee, Jon Laukvik, Siegfried Satmary, and many others).
Laureate of the Open All-Russian Organ Competition in 1991 (1st prize), the International Organ Competition in Germany, and a diploma winner of international organ competitions in Italy and Finland.
He has been performing since 1986. He has performed in almost all cities of the former USSR where organs are installed. He has participated in many of the most prestigious and famous organ festivals in Western Europe. Daniil Zaretsky's concerts have been repeatedly broadcast on radio and television in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, and Latvia. He is a jury member of several prestigious international competitions in Russia, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Canada. He actively tours in almost all European countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland), as well as in the USA, Israel, Australia, and – as the first Russian organist – in South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina).
He has recorded 7 CDs. He is the chief consultant for a number of projects on the construction of new organs and the restoration of historical instruments in Russia and abroad.
In 2000, he performed all of J.S. Bach's organ works in a concert series dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the composer's death.
From 1997 to 2007, he worked at the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. From 1996 to 2001, he taught organ at the Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. From 2002 to 2007, he was an associate professor at the Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory, organ department. Since 2006, he has been a professor at the Department of Organ, Harpsichord, and Carillon of the Faculty of Arts at St. Petersburg State University. Since 2007, he has been an associate professor at the Department of Organ and Harpsichord of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and since 2011, he has been the head of the Department of Organ and Harpsichord. A number of D. Zaretsky's students are laureates of international and all-Russian competitions.
Program: J.S. Bach (on the 330th anniversary of his birth). Toccata and Fugue in E major; Three Chorale Fantasias; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major. N. Bruhns (on the 350th anniversary of his birth). Prelude and Fugue in G minor. C. Franck (on the 125th anniversary of his death). Andantino, Heroic Piece. J. Alain (on the 75th anniversary of his death in action). Fantasia No. 2, Litany.
Ticket price: 40,000 – 60,000 RUB; 20,000 RUB (for pupils and students)