Thierry Escaich – “Towards the Light” (Tribute to Gabriel Fauré)
In 2024, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity, together with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Orchestre de Paris, commissioned French composer Thierry Escaich to write a new work in tribute to the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death. The piece, entitled Towards the Light (Vers la lumière), adopts the orchestration of Fauré’s Requiem […]
Restoring of the Evgeny Svetlanov’s Complete Musical Works
Since 2023, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity has been working on restoring and digitalizing the complete musical works composed by Evgeny Svetlanov. To make his scores accessible to audiences and musicians worldwide, the Charity is preparing digital editions of all his compositions. Check the available scores
Tribute Concert to Evgeny Svetlanov in Rome
In 2023, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity supported a concert in Rome dedicated to the memory of Evgeny Svetlanov, featuring pianist Evgeny Kissin with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Giovanni Alvino. On this occasion, Evgeny Kissin performed Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Ahead of the concert, Evgeny Kissin shared these words:“I keep […]
The Unquenchable Torch
The Svetlanov Legacy Charity and the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition supported The Unquenchable Torch, a literary-musical performance commemorating Soviet Yiddish poets, members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee who were executed under the Stalinist regime. This poignant program, first performed at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2022, unites pianist Evgeny Kissin and actor Veniamin […]
Creation of the Svetlanov Legacy Award
According to Evgeny Svetlanov’s will, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity established the Svetlanov Legacy Award at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Presented every four years, the award is intended to encourage and support talented young composers or conductors. The first laureate was Antonino Abate, a young emerging Sicilian composer, chosen by the Roayl Academy […]
Release of “Petrushka”
In May 2022, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity supported the release by Warner Classics of a new album recorded by Evgeny Svetlanov in 1999 with the Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France. Listen to the recording To know more about this recording
Symphony tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov
In September 2022, The Svetlanov Legacy Charity supported the initiative of the Evgeny Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia to commission a new work from a contemporary composer. Thanks to this support, British composer Benjamin Ellin, laureate of the 1st Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in 2007, wrote his Symphony No. 1, dedicated to […]