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Scheherazade

Trumpet Concerto and Enchanting Sounds

11/29

Sunday | 11/29/2026
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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About the Concert

Alexander Borodin was actually a chemist. Often, he composed late at night or in between his experiments, including the famous Polovtsian Dances, which actually belong to his opera "Prince Igor." However, he died before he could complete the opera, and his composer "colleagues" Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov eventually brought it to its final version for orchestra. From the former comes another well-known Russian masterpiece: a suite freely based on themes from the collection of tales "One Thousand and One Nights." Sounds like program music? Rimsky-Korsakov himself didn't actually intend to give his work a program, but for those who listen closely, it's easy to recognize that he is portraying four of the stories in the four movements. He has portrayed some motifs very vividly: one is heard right at the beginning, characterizing the brutal Sultan with its powerful sound. The atmosphere of Scheherazade is evoked by the shimmering garlands of the solo violin and the harp. Clearly, she is a sophisticated storyteller who fully masters the art of building tension. And the undulating sea is omnipresent in this work. Thus, a musical panorama of opulent splendor is created. The Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major by Alexander Arutiunian is characterized by the fusion of classical concerto form with Armenian folk music. Notable are the cantabile melodies, rhythmic vitality, dance elements, and a brilliant, simultaneously lyrical trumpet voice that combines virtuosity with a folkloric character.

Programme

Alexander Borodin
Fürst Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Alexander Arutiunian
Concerto for Trumpet in A-flat major

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade - Symphonic Suite from "One Thousand and One Nights"

Artists

Aziz Shokhakimov
Conductor
Sergej Nakariakov
Trumpet
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Aziz Shokhakimov

Aziz Shokhakimov is Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Artistic Director of the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2015 to 2021, he served as Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. As a guest conductor, he has led orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester). In North America, he has conducted, among others, the symphony orchestras of Houston, Seattle, and Toronto.

His current symphonic engagements include the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchester Düsseldorf, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, and Sinfonia Varsovia.

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Sergej Nakariakov

Sergei Nakariakov, the israeli-russian trumpet player, has established himself as one of the most thought-after trumpet players on the international stage. Gifted with a rare combination of stunning virtuosity, a suave and velvet-toned sound and a deep sensitivity he was named as “The Paganini of the trumpet” and “Caruso of the trumpet”. Nakariakov has single-handedly brought the flugelhorn to prominence on the concert platform. Whether well-known works of original literature, contemporary compositions or the unique arrangements, Nakariakov's interpretations are considered groundbreaking.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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