YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA of the Honoured collective of Russia of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra
A major impetus for the creation of a new chamber group, which debuted on March 11, 2020 on the stage of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic's Grand Hall, was the encouragement on the part of Maestro Yuri Temirkanov.
The orchestra has been headed by Yaroslav Zaboyarkin, both violinist and conductor, the artist of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra, and the winner of multiple prestigious violin and conducting international competitions.
The new group has brought together young musicians from St. Petersburg who work in the famous Philharmonic Orchestra. The group maintains creative and friendly atmosphere that formed already during its members' studying years, when they played music together in different chamber ensembles.
The main goals of the newly born orchestra are to preserve the traditions of the country's oldest symphony orchestra, to prepare young musicians to collaborate with world-class soloists and ensembles, and to perform modern and rarely heard compositions.

Yaroslav ZABOYARKIN (Director and Conductor)
Yaroslav Zaboyarkin graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory as a violinist (A. Kazarina's class) and as a conductor of an orchestra or opera company (M. Kukushkin's class). The opera "Eugene Onegin" and a charity concert for the St. Petersburg Cancer Prevention Foundation were the musician's graduate work. Both of them took place at the theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the St. Petersburg State academic Cappella orchestra under the direction of V. Chernushenko. From 2011 to the present day, Yaroslav Zaboyarkin is the memeber of Russia's Honored Collective of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010, he won the IX International Violin Competition in Gerard (France) and the II International Shostakovich Chamber Ensemble competition in Moscow. In 2012, he made his debut as a conductor with the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra at the XVI International Conducting Competition in Tokyo and received a semifinalist diploma. In 2013, he became a permanent conductor of the youth Singolo Orchestra. In 2016, he was awarded the title of laureate at the international competition "Vivat, Saint Petersburg!". He is also the winner of The Rota International Conducting Competition in Italy (2017) and of the Fitelberg International Conducting Competition (2017). In 2017, after completing a three-week course with N. J ärvi, P. J ärvi and L. Green, Yaroslav Zaboyarkin was invited to the J ärvi Conducting Academy in Estonia and conducted the Academy's festival orchestra at the closing concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Neeme J ärvi. In November 2017, he became a laureate of the G. Fitelberg International Сonducting Сompetition (Katowice, Poland).

Narek HAKHNAZARYAN (Cello, Armenia)
Narek Hakhnazaryanbwas born in 1988 in Yerevan into a family of musicians. He began to study cello at the Sayat-Nova Music School in Yerevan in the class of Zare Sargsyan. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under Alexei Seleznev and at the Boston New England Conservatory under Lawrence Lesser.
During his studies, he was a grant-aided student of the Russian Performing Arts and New Names funds. He won first prizes at the Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Yerevan, the Anna Johansen International Competition for Young String Instruments in Washington (2006) and Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York (2008).
In 2011 he won the XIV International contest named after P.I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow, which marked the beginning of a brilliant performing career for the young cellist. Over the years Narek Hakhnazaryan more than once has performed with the most famous orchestras and conductors in concert halls all around the world.
He has participated in many prestigious festivals as an artist for the BBC's New Generation Artist and Great Talent.
In addition to solo performing activities, he pays a lot of attention to chamber music. As part of Z.E.N. Trio he toured in Europe, America and Asia, and also recorded a CD for Deutsche Grammophon. In the summer of 2019, he performed in an ensemble with pianist Daniil Trifonov at the Verbier and Rheingau festivals.
Narek was granted a title of Honored Artist of Armenia (2017). He plays the cello by Giuseppe Guarneri, made in 1707.

The Guarneri Trio Prague was established by Cenek Pavlik, Marek Jerie, and Ivan Klansky, who since 1986 play in the most important concert halls across the world.With its artistically spectacular performances, the Trio drew the attention of the international press since early on in its carreer. It has achieved the reputation as a leading ensemble of chamber music for its unique art of playing, quality of tone and technical skills. In the concert season 2021/22 the Trio will celebrate its 35th anniversary and will showcast its musical and technical qualities honed by many years of playing together.
The ensemble performs regularly at various international music festivals or Prague Spring Schleswig-Holstein Festival, or la Folle Journie in Nantes, Bilbao and Tokyo. The Triois also regularly invited to perform at prestigious concert venues in cities such as London, Tokyo, Paris, Prague, Madrid, Geneva and Hamburg. Its tours led it throughout Europe, Canada, Australia and North and South America.
The Guarneri Trio Prague has recorded the complete piano trios of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Schubert and Mozart for the Paris-based label Praga Digitals and the piano trios of Dvorak for the Czech label Supraphon. The complete piano trios of Brahms are to be recorded in the near future. For their recordings the Trio was rewarded with many important prices.
The Guarneri Trio Prague gives frequently master classes in different places all over the world.
The ensemble bears the family name of the makers of both string instruments used by the Trio. Cenek Pavlik plays the famous “Zimbalist“ violin by Guarneri del Gesù from the precious collection of Luigi Tarisio, while Marek Jerie plays a cello made by Andrea Guarneri in l684.
All three members of the Trio were born in Prague.

Ivan KLANSKÝ (Piano)
Ivan Klansky is considered one of the Czech Republic’s most outstanding pianists. He studied at the Prague Academy of Music and has won numerous competitions and awards. Ivan Klansky's concert tours have taken him through Europe, Japan, North and South America, Asia and Africa. He teaches at the Prague Academy of Music and held a professorhsip until 201x at the Academy of Music in Lucerne.

Čenek PAVLIK (Violin)
Cenek Pavlik is one of the leading soloists of the present generation of Czech violinists. He studied at the Prague Academy of Music and completed his studies in master classes with Milstein. He has won international competitions in Prague and London. Cenek Pavlik has played in concerts with well-known orchestras and conductors in many European countries. He is a freelance musician in the Czech Republic.

Marek JERIE (Cello)
Marek Jerie is one of the most accomplished cellists of his generation. He studied at the Prague Academy of Music and perfected his technique in master classes with Casals, Rostropovich and Navarra. Marek Jerie has performed as soloist and chamber musician in most European countries, as well as in the Middle and Far East and South America. Until 2013 Marek Jerie held a professorship at the Academy of Music in Lucerne.

After completing their studies at the Vilnius Conservatory, the young pianists continued to improve their skills at the conservatories of Zurich and Rostock. Among their teachers were Konstantin Shcherbakov, Friedemann Rieger, Hants-Peter and Volker Stenzli.
In 2000, they decided to form a piano duet. The young ensemble soon won four major international competitions, and in 2005 Poškute and Daukantis also won the prestigious ARD competition held by the German Association of Radio Broadcasters.
After this they began to give concerts all over the world. The duetwaswell-received by the audience not only in almost all of Europe, but also by numerous music lovers from China and the United States.
In 2011, the duet won the Grieg competition in Oslo. In the same year, Vilija Poškute received a sponsorship award from the City of Winterthur.
In addition to traditional touring tours, the duet often performs at such famous festivals as the ARD chamber music festival in Munich and Berlin, Musical Olympus in St. Petersburg and Baku, the Chopin festival in Poland, Prague Spring in the Czech Republic, Mendelssohn's Musical Week in Wengen and many others. The duet has also recorded music at many record companies, with particular attention to the compositions of Mozart, Liszt, Franck and Saint-Saens.

Caroline LAMBELÉ (Violin, Belgium)
Classical and baroque violonist Caroline Lambele was born in 1979 in Belgium. She studied at Royal College Of Music in London as well as at the Conservatoire Royale Bruxelles and at the Conservatoire Nationale Versaille.
From 2008 to 2015, she was a principal violinist of the « Musiciens du Louvre », conducted by Marc Minkowski. The chamber orchestra is specialised in baroque music and recorded a lot of major baroque works for eminent international labels. The ensemble toured in the whole world, including the most famous music halls as the « Musikverein Wien », « Opera de Paris », «Opera de Versaille», « Deutsche Oper Berlin »,« Salzburger Festspiele » and many others. Caroline Lambele performed also withthe French chamber ensemble «Orpheo 55», conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, including important touring in Europe.
Since 2014, she is a member of «Thomas Dobler’s New Baroque».

Thomas DOBLER (Vibraphone, Switzerland)
Thomas started playing drums at the age of 4. He studied classical percussion at the Zurich Conservatory and the University of Strasbourg. He also became interested in jazz and rock music, independently mastered the art of improvisation, and began performing with various jazz groups as a vibraphone player and drummer.
As an academic musician, he performed and recorded music with such famous conductors as Georg Solti, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Maris Jansons, Vladimir Fedoseev, Armin Jordan. He worked with many composers, including Luciano Berio, Wolfgang Rim, Georgy Kurtag, Heinz Holliger.
He performs at many prestigious festivals. Since 2005 he has collaborated with Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Leipzig Symphony MDR, the Berne Camerata Orchestra, the Dusseldorf Festival and other academic ensembles.
In 2001 he began to establish his own jazz ensembles. In 2002 he recorded his first album with his Trio. From 2009 to 2014 he went on tours and recorded music in a duet with American pianist Kenny Drew Jr. As a guest soloist, he has played with many prominent jazz musicians.

Miguel Ángel CORDERO (Double Bass, Spain)
He is a multidisciplinary doublebass musician with personal artistic creativity. He studied at the Conservatori Liceu, where he obtained a higher degree in Classical Music, specialising in the double bass. Later he studied at the ESMUC, obtaining the superior title of Jazz and Modern Music in the speciality of double bass and electric bass. He trained in masterclasses with Wolfgang Guttler and Thomas Martin in classical music and Cristian McBride in jazz.
In the professional field he participated in various classical orchestras: the Jove Orquestra de Catalunya, the Orquestra Academia del Liceu, the Orquestra de Sant Cugat, the Orquestra Simfonica del Valles, the Orquestra J. Carbonell Terres de Lleida, the Orquestra de Cambra Goncal Comelles, the Banda Municipal Barcelona and Barcelona 216. The Cobla Genicenca, the Cobla Sant Jordi, the Cobla Principal del Llobregat and the Cobla Simfonica de Catalunya. He also accompanied singers such as Lidia Pujol, Marina Rossell, Alfonso Vilallonga, Joan Manuel Serrat, Laura Simo, Carme Canela, Noah, Miguel Poveda, Joan Isaac, Luis Eduardo Aute, Eduard Iniesta, Gorka Benitez, Eladio Reinon, Vicens Solsona, Vicens Martin, Joan Monne and groups such as the Big Band Granollers or the Big Band Taller de Musics.
His extensive curriculum includes music-theatre productions such as West Side Story, T'estimo, etsperfecte, ja et canviare, el Superbarber de Sevilla, Amants and Tot Lloll, as well as a long list of films such as Mi vida sin mi, Transiberian and La vidaabismal, and also participation in television programmes such as Surti com surti, Senyoresisenyors, La Marato de TV3 and el Catala de l'any.
As a teacher, he teaches at the Taller de Musics Escuela Superior de Estudios Musicales.

Polina OSETINSKAYA (Piano)
Polina Osetinskaya is one of the most famous Moscow and St. Petersburg pianists, who is actively touring both in Russia and abroad and has long attracted close attention of music lovers. Known as a child prodigy as a child, she overcame considerable obstacles and became one of the brightest pianists in the world. Polina is a laureate of the Triumph Youth Prize and she pays great attention to chamber music-making in various and sometimes unexpected forms. An example of this is her famous duet with the dramatic actress Ksenia Rapoport. Osetinskaya’s autobiographical book "Farewell, sadness!" vividly testifies to the literary talent of the author and has become a real bestseller.

Elena REVICH (Violin)
Elena Revich is a brilliant Moscow violinist, diploma winner of the XI Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky and laureate of the youth prize "Triumph", rightfully awarded the honorary title of "Honored Artist of Russia". Until recently she was the first violin of the "Soloists of Moscow"ensemble under Yuri Bashmet. Having become independent, she achieved impressive success in the field of solo and chamber performance. Elena Revich is a frequent guest of the best concert halls in the world, a welcome soloist of many famous symphony groups, and an outstanding ensemble player in a wide variety of chamber programs.

The duet of Elena Revich and Polina Osetinskaya was formed many years ago. Artists not only give concerts together, but created a variety of joint programs designed not only to delight, but also enlighten the audience. Their assets include "Meta Bethoven" and "Cinema Music", "Silver Age" with the participation of Alexander Gadibin and Yana Ivanilova, "Mayakovsky and Zabolotsky" with the participation of Anatoly Bely.

The Flowers and Fairy Tales program included rarely performed works by outstanding Russian composers who, in some way, but undoubtedly, were connected with each other. Tchaikovsky's favorite student, Taneyev, taught music theory to Rachmaninov and Metner. Rimsky-Korsakov's student, Arensky, taught him harmony. Another student of Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, also emerged from this environment.
Their exquisite, subtle music perfectly reflects the time of transition from musical symbolism to acmeism, which means “flowering”. The search for new forms, like that wonderful era expressed in music, gives us a rare opportunity to come in touch with the outstanding heritage of these composers.

Mikhail BENEDICTOV (Piano)
Mikhail Benedictov was born in 1971 in Leningrad, USSR. In 1985-1989 he was studying at the Saint Petersburg Mussorgsky Musical College with prof. E.Volpe. In 1992 Mikhail went on studying at the Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, and then, in 1997-1999 he completed the graduate school under prof. E. Bazanov.
Mikhail is a winner of numerous international competitions. From 2002 to 2008 he was Guest Soloist of the Mariinsky Theater.
Since 1997 Mikhail has been teaching at the Saint Petersburg Mussorgsky Musical College, and since 1999 - at the Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory. During his pedagogical career Mikhail has been honored with many state awards for his work. Mikhail Benedictov's students have repeatedly become international competitions winners.
Mikhail has been touring extensively as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist throughout Russia and Europe. His appearances include performances in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Netherlands, France, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Izrael.
He has collaborated regularly with the notable Russian singer Eugenia Smoljaninova, the winnerof "National Treasure of Russia" Award.
Mikhail Benedictov has also worked with conductors V.Gergiev, D. Kitajenko, B. Abaljan, M. Agrest, V. Begletsoff and others.

Olesya PETROVA (Mezzo-Soprano)
Olesya Petrova graduated from the St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of I. Bogacheva) in 2008. Since 2007, she has been a soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the St Petersburg State Conservatory. Since 2016 she has been a soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, performing on its stage leading roles of the mezzo-soprano repertoire in the operas by Verdi, Mascagni, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Olesya Petrova has performed at opera houses in Perm, Novosibirsk, Bangkok, Zurich, Hedeland, Riga, the Metropolitan Opera, the Greek National Opera (Athens) and the Montreal Opera, Arena di Verona, Teatro Real (Madrid), the Grand Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), the Theatre du Chatelet, the Teatro Verdi in Trieste. In 2011, she represented Russia at the BBC’s "Cardiff Singer of the World" competition in the U.K., where she was one of the finalists. The singer has participated in the gala concert of the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, sang mezzo-soprano in Verdi's Requiem in Sydney and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Olesya Petrova cooperates with such conductors as V.Gergiev, V.Fedoseev, M. Jansons, L. Kramer, and F. Mastrangelo. The singer’s concert repertoire includes cantatas and oratorios by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Berlioz, Wagner, Mahler and Prokofiev.
Olesya Petrova is a laureate of international competitions.

Anastasia ROGALEVA (Piano)
In 2002 Anastasia Rogaleva graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (piano class of N.N. Seregina), and then from chamber graduate school (class of E.S. Gaudasinskaya).
Together with pianist Dmitry Petrov, she is a member of the piano duet "PetRoDuet", in an ensemble with which she performs at the leading venues of Russia and many foreign countries, including Japan, USA, China, Estonia, Belgium.
Anastasia is a prize winner of many prestigious International competitions, namely: the Competition-Festival Virtuoso 2000 (St. Petersburg, 2000), Koncerteum Internacional Piano Competition in the category "Piano Ensemble" (Athens, 2002), London International Music Competition (London, 2005), as well as the All-Russian Competition of Piano Duets named after A.G. Bakhchiev (Vologda, 2015).
In 2016 she won the Grand Prix at the 20th International Competition for Piano Duets, held in Japan (Tokyo, 2016).
Anastasia also works as aconcertmaster. She was recognized as the best concertmaster of the 8th International Competition for Young Opera Singers named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (St. Petersburg, 2013), as well as the best concertmaster of the 6th St. Petersburg International Opera Singers' Competition (St. Petersburg, 2013).
Since 2007 she has been teaching at the Concertmaster Department at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Olga PASCHENKO (Organ, Fortepiano)
Olga is one of the most versatile modern pianists and she is equally adept at organ, harpsichord, piano and digital piano.
She was born in Moscow and at the age of six she began to study piano at the Gnessin School of Music under Tatyana Zelikman. At the age of nine she gave her first solo concert in New York. She continued her musical education at the Moscow Conservatory under Olga Martynova (class of historical keyboard instruments) and Alexei Lyubimov (class of modern piano). She also studied in the class of Alexei Shmitov at the Department of Organ and Harpsichord. In 2014 she graduated from the Conservatory in Amsterdam in the class of Richard Egarr. Olga is a frequent guest at European festivals of early and modern music. As a soloist she performs with various symphony and chamber orchestras. She has worked with such chamber musicians as Alexander Melnikov, Evgeny Sviridov, Dmitry Sinkovsky and Eric Bosgraf.
Since 2012 she has been working at the Beethoven House in Bonn, where he performs music written in Beethoven's times. The recent album of Dussek concerts, recorded with Alexei Lyubimov and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, stands out as well as the recording of the author's arrangement of 'The Sea' by Debussy, recorded together with Alexander Melnikov. Currently, together with Jed Wentz, she participates in a special cinematic project, where they perform new arrangements of romantic music for silent films of the 1920s.
Since 2017 Olga tutors as a Professor at the Amsterdam and Ghent Conservatories.