To the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann
November 18th in the Small Hall of Moscow conservatory within the concert series season Konstantin Volostnov will present a program that includes all the works of genius of the German Romantic Robert Schumann, whose anniversary the entire music community celebrates this year.
His three organ cycles, written one after another are invaluable contribution to the organ repertoire. Specific orchestral sketches, six lyrical canons with incredible melodic beauty and ingenuity of the spelling, filled with new young breath of romance. And monumental symphony cycle of Six Fugues on the name B-A-C-H (Bach) indicates the deep ties Schumann with his musical roots. No accident that the concert also will feature two of the most «romantic» Preludes and Fugues of the great Johann Sebastian Bach.

Start tour of England
November 6 at the Cathedral of St Alban's begins a concert tour of one of the most famous Russian young organists Konstantin Volostnov.
The winner of the international competition in Schramberg (Germany), devoted to German Romanticism, the International Competition of A.Goedicke in Moscow, a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and Music High School in Stuttgart in 2009, Konstantin Volotsnov won a resounding victory at the famous and oldest Organ Competition in St. Albans (United Kingdom, St.Albans organ festival), where in addition to the first prize, he also won a prize for the best performance of Bach's music, prize for best performance of modern plays and audience award. For the first time Russian organ school was awarded the estimates at the highest international level.
In addition to St. Albans, Konstantin Volostnov’s concerts will be held:
in Hythe (Kent) - November 9,
in London in the hall of St. John's, Smith Square - November 11,
in Cambridge in King's College Chapel - 13 November.

Several important developments took place in the concert schedule of Konstantin Volostnov this October.
October 16 four world-class organists including Konstantin Volostnov were invited to play a promotional concert organized by the office of the Canadian International Organ Competition. The concert was attended by the winners of most major international competitions (Frenchman Frédéric Champion - Competition in Canada, the Hungarian Bálint Karosi - Bach Competition in Leipzig and the Canadian Michael Unger - Competition in the Japanese Mosashino). Despite the cost of tickets for the evening concert to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montréal (more than $ 100), the event drew quite an impressive audience.

Shortly before going to Montreal, Konstantin Volostnov played a recital in front of a panel of examiners, viz: J. Laukvik, L. Lohmann, B. Haas and J. Essl.
This was the concert exam for «Soloist» at the Stuttgart Hochschule fuer Musik (conservatoire of music) and resulted in the highest grade: Pass with DISTINCTION. Throughout all the 25 years of the exam's existence only three other candidates have so distinguished themselves!

There were many considerable events and great concerts held onstage of Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture.
Despite the modest size, the concert hall has not only excellent acoustics, but also rather universal pipe-organ, which already for 30 years is used for the performing of varied organ music, from its origins to the ultramodern premieres.
Possibilities of the instrument, wide repertoire, enthusiasm of public and of course Bach's music became the basis for Konstantin Volostnov’s concert cycle entitled «Around the Bach» or «Organ. The traditions and genres».
This cycle will consist of five concerts, each one necessarily includes works of great Bach and is includes one or more organ genres represented by different ages: from the choral to the transcriptions and from the Renaissance to Contemporary Art.
Exclusively brilliant music performed by leading russian organist, a variety of musical forms and stylistic trends will be interesting to the most tempted listeners as well as to persons, who will visit organ concert for the first time.

Third concert - December 05, 2010, 19.00 «Phantasy, Suite»
Tickets can be purchased at the box office of the museum, at the Moscow City theater boxes, at the site www.ticketland.ru
and upon request by calling +7 (495) 755-21-17

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