Butman and Stevens wants to "Prince Igor" in Jazz

27th May Jazz Orchestra Igor Butman and Ty Stevens (vocals) / USA play "Cherry Jam" with a jazz version of the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin. Last year, the festival "Cherry Orchard" by Igor Butman Jazz Orchestra of the cycle "Romances of Scheherazade," which included the famous Russian songs and symphonic suite "Scheherazade" NA Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Levinovsky jazz arrangement. It is not surprising that such a non-trivial fusion of classical and jazz music, a revelation of the public and the press was, in fact, before anyone in the world so well and is so cleverly put together a polar worlds. Igor Butman decided to continue the experiments in this genre cross-over concert, and especially for "Cherry Forest" in 2011, produces an even more unexpected application. Orchestra music director Nicholas Levinovsky turned back on, the legacy of the "Mighty Handful" and created a jazz version of the individual fragments of the great opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin. "Prince Igor" - opera by Alexander Borodin, on the ancient epic "The Tale of Igor campaign" written. The idea of creating opera in this story was inspired by Vladimir Stasov in 1869, simultaneously Borodin began to write music. Full opera was completed after the death of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov (premiered in 1890 in St. Petersburg). Nicholas Levinovsky great work filled with new meaning, aesthetics and philosophy: the famous music sound with stunning originality and freshness, and the use of unusual means of expression is jazz "Prince Igor" to address the audience in a modern language, and English: arias from the opera by African American singers performed Ty Stevens. Ty Stevens / Ty Stephens - "Fantastic singer," "one of the few that their" fire "to take out of the studio to the stage and really" light "are in concert" - the Western press is not stingy with compliments Ty Stevens. Ty Stevens - vocals, works at the intersection of jazz, soul and R & B. In the music scene of New York, he appeared in the early 80s: the first on Broadway in the musical "Sophisticated Ladies" and Marilyn An American Fable "( here. addition to singing, he, by the way, proved to be useful, as dancing and acting skills Tai said the Philadelphia Youth Theatre and John Hines, and even the college dance Alvin Ailey School in New York) Soon, however, he focuses exclusively on writing music and singing. bright, cheerful songs Stevens and, of course, an outstanding vocal talent can not be overlooked: In 2002, Tai and his song Something Strange won the International Songwriting Competition, and in 2006 he won the Grand Prix in the "jazz vocal" on the prestigious competition Jazzmobile Today geography presentations Ty Stevens covers not only the U.S. but also Europe and Japan. (Here admires singer, no less than in his home!), And among the celebrities with whom he played and recorded Harry Belafonte, Patti Austin and even Whoopi Goldberg concert program. Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" by John Coltrane "Africa" Alexander Borodin "Prince Igor" Herbie Hancock "Cantaloupe Iceland" "In the Eye of the Hurricane," "Chameleon," "The Cherry Orchard" - to visit is, no doubt, the festival sensation extremely interesting all events. "Cherry" and open to new projects and names - join the program is always very busy and as updated in the festival -. is an honor for me, with tradition, we prepared for the festival of unusual jazz program, and this time at our concert, we combine the Russian classics with modern jazz "- promises Igor Butman Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, May 27, Friday .. .