Born in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Russian Far East, Daniel Kharitonov emerged as one of the brightest talents of the 15th Tchaikovsky International Competition when, in 2015 at the age of 16, he won third prize with a triumphant performance. Wherever he appears, Kharitonov charms the audience with powerful and moving performances full of young ferocity and darting energy. Daniel is a laureate of multiple international competitions, his other achievements includes 1st prize (Golden Nutcracker) at the International Television Contest for Young Musicians “Nutcracker” (2010) and Grand-Prix at the Moscow International Vladimir Krainev Piano Competition (2015).

 

 

Highlights from previous seasons includes his debut with RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Michail Jurovsky as well as Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under Antoni Wit, Orchestra Lyrique de Region Avignon Provence.

 

Daniel’s performances took a place at the Verbier Festival’s residency, at Schloss Elmau, Windsor and Lammermuir festivals, as well as the Sociedad Filarmónica de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, following his successful debuts at the Auditorio de Zaragoza and the Scherzo series in Madrid. He also had a successful recital debut at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

 

 

Later, he embarks on an extensive tour to South Africa working with the Johannesburg, KZN and Cape Town philharmonic orchestras, debuts with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Christoph Altstaedt, London Chamber Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy both in London (Royal Festival Hall) and as part of the Ghent Festival of Flanders, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra and Dmitry Liss, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, season opening concerts with Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen and the Thüringer Symphoniker Saafeld-Rudolstadt and Kharitonov’s Latin American debut with the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo, Orquestra Filarmónica de Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico and Orquestra Filarmónica de Jalisco.

 

Recent engagements also included re-invitations to the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov", Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio under Vladimir Fedoseyev, National Philharmonic of Russia under Vladimir Spivakov and Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev.

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven:Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”

Claude Debussy:Suite bergamasque L. 75 III. Clair de lune

Franz Liszt:6 Etudes by Paganini S. 141

- Intermission -

Paul Pabst：Concert Paraphrase on “La Belle au Bois Dormant”

Arr. Emin Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, from ballet “Spartacus”

Arr. Daniel Kharitonov
Aram Khachaturian: Lezginka, from ballet “Gayane”

Arr. Levon Atovmyan/Daniel Kharitonov
Dmitri Shostakovich: Adagio, from ballet “The Limpid Stream”

Arr. Felix Blumenfeld/Daniel Kharitonov
Aleksandr Borodin: Polovetsian Dances, from opera “Prince Igor”

*Program is the subject to change