Rachmaninov - the last of the great Romantic composers - held true to his beliefs despite contemporary trends.
In 2005 Jiao Feihu finished with distinction the Central Music School of the P.I.Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory with specialization in "Piano performance" and later became a double graduate of the Moscow Conservatory: first, he had studied piano under famous pianist Mikhail Voskresensky and then continued his music education majoring in symphonic and opera conducting (class of renowned maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky).
While still being a Conservatory student, Jiao Feihu became known in Russia as one of most talented young Chinese conductors. In 2012 he worked at Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (co-production of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre and the English National Opera) which won the most prestigious Russian theatre award - "Golden Mask" as the best opera production.
Conductor: Jiao Feihu
Performance: Heilongjiang Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Rachmaninov Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13
I. Grave
II. Allegro animato
III. Larghetto
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op.45
I. Non allegro
II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace