Ансамбль Старинной Музыки "Концертино"

Russian Early Music Ensemble Concertino

The "Concertino" is a kind of miniature orchestra without a conductor. The ensemble was created in 1981 by graduates of the Moscow Conservatory. For 10 years it was headed by a wonderful violinist Andrei Korsakov / Андрей Корсаков. From the first years of its activity , the team performed with constant success in the USSR and in many countries of the world. After the death of A. Korsakov in 1991, the ensemble was headed for some time by violinist and conductor Evgueni Bushkov / Евгений Бушков. Since 1992, the management of the ensemble has been carried out collectively. Currently, there are eight musicians in the "Concertino": Yaroslav Krasnikov / Ярослав Красников, Sofia Krasnikova / София Красникова (violins) Olga Zhmaeva / Ольга Жмаева (viola) Viktor Kozodov / Виктор Козодов (cello) Pavel Sablin / Павел Саблин (double bass) Viktor Ponomariov / Виктор Пономарёв (flute) Grigory Kats / Григорий Кац (oboe), Dmitri Shvedov / Дмитрий Шведов (piano, harpsichord). All of them (with the exception of O. Zhmaeva, who came in 2006) have been playing in the Concertino for more than 10 years, some since the day of its foundation. The peculiarity of the collective is that each of its members is a wonderful soloist; at the same time they all have a brilliant sense of the ensemble. This allows you to constantly vary the compositions of the performed works from duet to octet, and with the participation of invited performers (clarinet, bassoon, French horn, harp, guitar, percussion) "Concertino" acquires the sound of a chamber and even a symphony orchestra. In addition, the Concertino also has two permanent quartets: a string quartet (two violins, viola, cello) and a quartet of ancient music (flute, oboe, double bass, harpsichord).