A vocal music concert will be held at the Vitebsk Philharmonic Hall

On December 11 at 18:30, the Philharmonic Hall will host a Vocal Music Concert by laureates of international competitions Ivo YORDANOV – baritone (Bulgaria) and Yuri BLINOV – piano (Belarus).

The sixth voice of the international competition "Singer of the World", Ivo Yordanov graduated from the State Academy of Music (class of Professor Krastina Angelakova), studied at a specialized academy in Rome (class of Boris Christoff), and then at the opera studio of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Laureate of the "Comunit? Europea” 2009 Vocalists International Competition in Spoleto. For three seasons, he performed as part of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale (Rome), and participated three times in the "January Music Evenings" festival in Brest.

A talented pianist, laureate of international competitions Yuri Blinov is a graduate of the Belarusian State Academy of Music, and completed internships at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, USA) and doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, USA). Laureate of the I Prokofiev International Competition (St. Petersburg), prize-winner of international competitions in New Orleans, Hilton Head Island, winner of the Chopin Competition Grand Prix in Corpus Christi (USA), and winner of the All-American Pianist Association competition. Yuri Blinov has toured in Japan, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, China, and the USA. The pianist's solo concert took place at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City (USA, 2002), and in 2006 Yuri Blinov debuted in the chamber hall of Carnegie Hall in New York. Yuri Blinov possesses an extensive repertoire, with over 30 solo programs covering all styles of piano music, as well as 35 piano concertos with orchestra. In 2008, the pianist performed all the piano sonatas of Alexander Scriabin, and in the jubilee year of 2010 – all the significant piano works of Frédéric Chopin.

In addition to his intensive performing career, Yuri Blinov successfully teaches and composes. His piano and chamber works have received awards at international competitions (“Youth Assemblies of Arts” in Moscow and the S. Prokofiev Composers Competition in St. Petersburg). Since November 2008, Yuri Blinov has been the president of the International Society of Performing and Composing Artists (ISPC), which is dedicated to supporting and promoting the works of young composers and performers.

Program: A. Scriabin. Four Mazurkas, Op. 25: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5. Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19 in G-sharp minor. M. Mussorgsky. Vocal cycle to lyrics by A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov, “Songs and Dances of Death”. I. Stravinsky. Piano Sonata. S. Rachmaninoff. Romances.