Feb 28 2025 to Feb 28 2025 7 p.m.

Where

Sabha Blr

No.44/A, Kamaraj Road, Bharati Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru 560042

Event Description

This is a BIC Elsewhere event at Sabha: An Arts and Crafts Shaale

Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev, Principal Clarinet with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, and renowned Russian organist, Ekaterina Melnikova, will perform a range of music from Johann Sebastian Bach in the 17th century to Luciano Berio in the 20th century, with a combination of instruments and repertoire rarely heard in Bangalore. The mother and son duo will also perform one of Ekaterina Melnikova’s own compositions, “March” from “Seasons”.

About BIC Elsewhere:

While the majority of our events find a home at our premises in Domlur, BIC Elsewhere represents our commitment to bringing conversations, arts, and culture directly to diverse audiences. Through this initiative, we collaborate with various venues, extending the reach of our events beyond our own space. These partnerships not only breathe life into our gatherings but also play a crucial role in cultivating an environment for the flourishing of arts and culture in the city.

 
Performers
Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev
Clarinet

Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev was born in Moscow in 1984. His professional development started with his first clarinet teacher Vladimir Ferapontov at Moscow Central Music School and continued in the class of Victor Petrov at Moscow State Conservatoire. From age 15, as a member of the V Spivakov International Foundation, Dmitry performed regularly in major concert halls in Moscow and St Petersburg, and in 2000, V Spivakov presented him with a new clarinet, exclusively selected by Paul Meyer. By that time, he was already a laureate of several competitions and festivals in Russia, including second prize in the Rosanov International Clarinet Competition 2000.

In 2002, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship by the Royal Academy of Music in London. In the next six years, he continued to win prestigious prizes, such as the Geoffrey Hawks Clarinet Prize, the Max Pirani Prize, the John Ireland Prize and the Nicholas Blake Prize for chamber music, and the John Solomon Competition for all winds. He also won a Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe scholarship in 2006, and in the following year an award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. In 2010, Dmitry won the International Debussy Clarinet Competition in Paris. In recognition of his professional standing he was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2013.

At the Oxford Chamber Music Festival in 2006, together with accordionist Milos Milivojevic, Dmitry performed the world premiere of Elena Firsova’s “Invocation” for clarinet and classical accordion, and at the Cheltenham Music Festival in 2007, he played Steve Reich’s “New York Counterpoint”. These appearances led to invitations to many other festivals, such as Montreux-Vevey, Aix-en-Provence, Verbier and Dvorak Praha.

2006 was also the year when Dmitry began his orchestral career by joining the Verbier Festival Orchestra, where he was chosen to perform solo with maestro James Levine at the piano. In the same year, Dmitry won a trial as Sectional Leader in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which continued until 2008 when he left for Finland to take a position as Co-Principal Clarinet in the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009, Dmitry was appointed Principal Clarinet in the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and is now based in Geneva. Since 2011, he plays a Wurlitzer German system clarinet.

Dmitry is a founder and director of “Soloist Academy” summer courses and festival in Pays de Gex (France). The courses are designed to help musicians make their first steps in the professional music world.
Ekaterina Melnikova
Piano

Ekaterina Melnikova is an internationally renowned concert organist, composer and improviser. She taught organ improvisation at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music from 2003-2008. She was principal organist of Moscow RC Cathedral from 2005-2008, and Organ Soloist of Moscow State Philharmonia from 2000-2014.

Born into a leading Moscow music family, Melnikova studied at Central Music School, Moscow State Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music, London, graduating from each with Distinction.

Prizes

1981 Prague, Concertino-Praga International Competition of Chamber Music, Piano

First Prize, 1998 London, Royal Academy of Music Lady Budge Prize in Organ Improvisation and Organ Accompaniment

First prize, 1999 Russia, The First International Mikael Tariverdiev Organ Competition, Laureate and Special Prize Winner.

Organ recitals in the UK include Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Leeds Town Hall and most recently Westminster Cathedral. Ekaterina Melnikova has performed in Cologne and Monaco Cathedrals. In Paris, she has given recitals at Notre Dame, St Eustache, St Clotilde and St Trinité. She has performed in Festivals throughout Europe and in the Middle East. And she performs most frequently, of course, in the major concert halls of St Petersburg and Moscow.

In Moscow and larger venues, she has become celebrated for organ recitals in a new format, as author, arranger and performer of the music material, collaborating with other musicians, designers, and artists. Ekaterina has made many recordings. She is also a major arranger of music for organ and has composed multiple works herself of publicly performed organ music. In 2013, the new Glatter Götz Organ on the historic stage of the Bolshoi Theatre was inaugurated with her composition of a “Royal Fanfare” for organ, choir and brass quintet.