Programme:
Niccolò Paganini: Variations on the Carnival of Venice, Op. 10
Vadim Repin, violin

Alexander Glazunov: Adagio from Raymonda
Marius Petipa, Asami Maki, choreographers
Vadim Repin, violin
Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin, ballet dancers

Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Vadim Repin, violin

Bruno Moretti: Caravaggio (adapted after Claudio Monteverdi)
Mauro Bigonzetti, choreographer
Vadim Repin, violin
Svetlana Zakharova, Artemiy Belyakov, ballet dancers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Lensky’s aria from the opera Eugene Onegin
Vadim Repin, violin

Astor Piazzolla: Tango
Artemy Belyakov, choreographer
Vadim Repin, violin
Svetlana Zakharova, Artemy Belyakov, ballet dancers

Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Vadim Repin, violin

John Williams: Revelation
Motoko Hirayama, choreographer
Svetlana Zakharova, prima ballerina

Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Vadim Repin, violin

Camille Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan
Mikhail Fokine, choreographer
Vadim Repin, violin
Svetlana Zakharova, prima ballerina

Antonio Bazzini, Scherzo Fantastico, “La ronde des lutins” (“Dance of the Goblins”), Op. 25
Johan Kobborg, choreography

Vadim Repin, violin

Svetlana Zakharova is a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, famous for her flawless technique and deeply expressive interpretations. Following her training in St Petersburg, her rise to stardom included a notable debut at the Mariinsky Theatre and later engagements at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Paris Opera and other prestigious ballet theatres around the world. By pushing the boundaries of classical ballet and experimenting with contemporary works, she has developed a highly personal and diverse repertoire of dance pieces and performances. This year will be her third appearance at the summer festival in Ljubljana, where she will be joined by the Russian-born Belgian violinist Vadim Repin, her partner both in life and on the stage. Repin famously became the youngest winner of the violin section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels at the age of just 17. Part concert, part dance recital, Pas de Deux for Toes and Fingers is the first project created jointly by the husband and wife team of Repin and Zakharova. The Romantic repertoire of the nineteenth century (Niccolò Paganini, Alexander Glazunov, Camille Saint-Saëns, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Pablo de Sarasate, Jules Massenet, Antonio Bazzini) will be complemented by the music of Argentinian tango innovator Astor Piazzolla, Italian composer Bruno Moretti and American film composer John Williams. Zakharova and Repin will be joined by acquaintances from the Bolshoi Theatre (Artemy Belyakov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Denis Zakharov) and accompanied by Ljubljana’s own Ensemble Dissonance, one of the most important chamber groups in Slovenia and an irreplaceable instrumental ensemble at the Ljubljana Festival.