Ksenija Sidorova, accordion

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Julien Masmondet

Programme:

Georges Bizet, Albert Roussel,Václav Trojan

The Riga-born accordionist Ksenija Sidorova has been on road for several years now, travelling around the world: her studies in London were followed by collaboration with great orchestras and performances in famous concert halls. Sidorova’s work has awakened significant interest in the accordion internationally: it would be safe to say that, in the eyes of the musical circles, the instrument has experienced a well-deserved renaissance in her hands. Appearing with the LNSO, Ksenija Sidorova will perform a cinematographic and appealing suite: the Czech composer Václav Trojan’s ‘Fairytales’.
The place on the podium will be taken by a young, respected and acclaimed French conductor. The musical pieces in his hands on the night will also include Bizet’s classically translucent and happy Symphony No. 1 and a composition that sparkles with Dionysian lust for life – Rousell’s magnificent story of Ariadne in Naxos, Bacchus and, of course, the Bacchanalia that culminates with Ariadne getting crowned with a wreath of stars snatched from the sky.