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Teatro di San Carlo Ballet Company: Cinderella

Date: July 6-8 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Cinderella Op 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. The Teatro di San Carlo is the oldest of the Italian theaters. It was built in 1737 by King Charles of Bourbon (41 years before La Scala, 51 years before the Phoenix). Considered "the most beautiful in the world" for the splendor of its main hall, it has acquired a prominent place in the history of music over the centuries, contributing to the formation of the Italian opera, from the eighteenth-century "opera seria" to the nineteenth-century romantic melodrama. However, San Carlo has also made a decisive contribution to the art of dance.

Vadim Repin Violin Recital

Date: July 2 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Born in Siberia in 1971, Vadim Repin was 11 when he won the gold medal in all age categories in the Wienawski Competition and gave his recital debuts in Moscow and St Petersburg. At 14 he made his debuts in Tokyo, Munich, Berlin and Helsinki, and a year later in Carnegie Hall. At 17 he was the youngest-ever winner of the Reine Elisabeth Concours. Andrei Korobeinikov is a one-of-a-kind pianist, with a unique and singular touch which combines power and technical mastery with an outstanding boldness and sensibility. Upon winning more than 20 international prizes, Korobeinikov was awarded the First Prize of the Scriabine International Piano Competition in 2004, and a year later, the Second& Audience Prize at Los Angeles' Rachmaninoff Competition. A typical artist, he offers personal programs in which poetry and literature meet music.