'Brilliant Recitalist' Vladimir Chernov Performs at CCM

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is proud to present internationally renowned baritone

Vladimir Chernov

and pianist

Yelena Kurdina

in recital on

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007

. The concert, featuring songs by Russian composers, takes place at 8 p.m. in CCM's Corbett Auditorium.

Hailed as "a brilliant recitalist in Russian repertoire" and "nothing short of magnificent in Verdi" (Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer), Vladimir Chernov has performed internationally in recital and on the stages of such notable opera houses as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden and Vienna State Opera, among many others. The Russian-born baritone also is a prolific recording artist and is featured on Sony Classics, Phillips Classics, Teldec and Deutsche Grammophon. 

At CCM, he and Kurdina perform works by Russian composers, including Anton Arensky, Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Gretchaninov, Anton Rubinstein and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

"Vladimir Chernov is one of the great operatic baritones of our day," says David Adams, professor of voice and chair of CCM's performance studies division. "It goes without saying that he is authoritative in Russian repertoire. His recording of Prince Yeletsky in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades [on Phillips Classics] includes a beautiful performance of the character's signature aria, complete with thrilling high G. We feel fortunate to host such an inspiring and accomplished artist."

Please see below for compete performance information.

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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

GUEST ARTIST SERIES
Vladimir Chernov, baritone
With Yelena Kurdina, piano

Date & Time:
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, 8 p.m.
 
Description:
Internationally renowned Russian baritone Vladimir Chernov collaborates with pianist Yelena Kurdina on a program of songs by Russian composers.
 
Location:
Corbett Auditorium, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
 
Tickets:
$15 General Admission, $10 Non-UC Students, UC Students FREE
Call 513-556-4183 or visit www.ccm.uc.edu to order.
 
Supported by the Thomas W. Busse Trust

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About the Artists

Vladimir Chernov
Vladimir Chernov is renowned throughout the international operatic world for his beautifully bronzed baritone, his impressive stage presence and dramatic insight, and the flawless Italianate style that he has brought to the many Verdi and bel canto roles in his repertoire.
 
Trained in both Moscow and Milan and already a star of the Kirov Opera, Chernov made important appearances during the 1989-90 season as Posa in Don Carlo at the Los Angeles Opera, Andrei in War and Peace at the Seattle Opera, Carlo in La Forza del Destino at Scottish Opera, and Miller in Luisa Miller at the Rome Opera. The following season he made a highly acclaimed debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Figaro in The Barber of Seville and at the Metropolitan Opera as Miller (Luisa Miller) conducted by artistic director James Levine.
 
His debut at the Met began a long relationship with the company and he appeared there in many of the great Verdi baritone parts. During his first season, he recorded both Conte di Luna in Il trovatore and Miller for Sony Classics and later on recorded Posa in Don Carlo for Sony, the title role in Rigoletto for Deutsche Grammophon and Renato in A Masked Ball for Teldec. His performances of the title role in Simon Boccanegra and Stankar in Stiffelio from the Met were both recorded for video by Deutsche Grammophon.
 
Other important engagements included Ford in Falstaff at the Vienna State Opera conducted by Seiji Ozawa and at the Salzburg Festival conducted by Sir Georg Solti. He returned to the Vienna State Opera for Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades conducted by Ozawa and appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of a new production of Eugene Onegin conducted by Antonio Pappano. He also works regularly with Valery Gergiev and has recorded Prince Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades with him for Phillips Classics. He has appeared at many other major opera houses, including San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Orchestra of New York, Paris Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires) and Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona).
 
Chernov is also an active recital artist having appeared at many of the world's premier recital venues including Wigmore Hall, New York's Lincoln Center, Vienna Konzerthaus and others.
 
Future engagements include Don Carlos di Vargas in La Forza del Destino at the New National Theatre Tokyo and Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades at Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse.
 
Yelena Kurdina
An extraordinary pianist, recitalist, coach, prompter and assistant conductor, Yelena Kurdina is among the most sought after collaborators in the opera world today and has partnered with many of the outstanding singers of our time. A specialist in Russian and Slavic repertoire, she was Placido Domingo's private coach for his preparation of Ghermann in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. She also was the coach and consultant for Renee Fleming's recording of Night Songs, as well as her televised appearance as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin with the New York Philharmonic on PBS' Great Performances. Kurdina's recent recitals with the remarkable Dmitri Hvorostovsky have been called "rich and haunting collaborations, beautifully judged and impeccably ardent."  
 
Kurdina has brought her distinguished musicianship to such renowned festivals and opera houses as the Opera National de Paris, Summerscape in the new Frank Gehry theater at Bard College, Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla), and the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera in Washington, D.C. Kurdina has been the assistant to a host of extraordinary conductors-Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Jurowski, James Conlon, Valery Gergiev, among others-with whom she has worked not only on Russian operas, but also on many Italian operas. Among the highlights of her operatic career are Verdi's Otello and Don Carlo, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Prokofiev's Gambler and War and Peace.
 
Kurdina has been on the faculty of the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv for many years, she is a regular guest of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera, and she maintains a vibrant private studio in New York City, where she has coached innumerable singers who have gone on to major operatic careers.

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Visit www.ccm.uc.edu for more information and a schedule of events.