{"id":1584,"date":"2015-09-01T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harpblog.info\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2017-07-06T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:48:29","slug":"portrait-of-veronika-lemishenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/portrait-of-veronika-lemishenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of Veronika Lemishenko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ekaterinburg is Russia’s fourth biggest city, and home to one of Russia’s leading orchestras, the Ural Philharmonic<\/a>. Camac senior technician Enric De Anciola remembers Ekaterinburg chiefly as the place where all\u00a0his tuners broke down<\/a> in front of the orchestral harps, but that is another story.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1936 by\u00a0Mark Paverman, the orchestra is one of Russia’s oldest orchestras. For the last seventeen years, the orchestra’s chief conductor has been\u00a0the charismatic\u00a0Dmitry Liss<\/a>, who has greatly raised the international profile of the orchestra with his dynamic and creative programming. As well as touring around the world, he has also set his orchestra in the heart of his community, with outreach work comprising everything from concerts in schools and hospitals, to a composition competition – ‘Peter and the Wolf’ for symphonic music aimed at children<\/a>. 2006 saw the birth of the Ural Youth Symphonic Orchestra<\/a>, a high-level youth ensemble whose musicians frequently work alongside their professional colleagues in the Ural Phil.<\/p>\n

\"Veronika<\/a>The Ural Philharmonic is particularly\u00a0fortunate in its Principal Harpist, Veronika Lemishenko. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine, she began her harp studies with Larisa Klevtsova, before continuing with Milda Agazarian at the Gnessin Russian Music Acadmey in Moscow. Prizes at the Arpista Ludovico, Cit\u00e9 des Arts, Ksenia Erdeli and Wales International harp competitions are among her international awards. She was a “HarpMasters Young Celebrity Master<\/a>” in 2009; performed the opening recital at the first international harp competition in Kiev; has collaborated with Mara Galassi and the Musica d’Arpa foundation in Milan, and will give a solo recital for the Folle Journ\u00e9e \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger<\/a>\u00a0festival on September 12th. 2015 also sees the\u00a0Philharmonic host the third Eurasia\u00a0Festival<\/a>, where Veronika will give a masterclass for the visiting Hong Kong Youth Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Since arriving in Ekaterinburg in 2012, Veronika\u00a0is the first harpist to have performed as a soloist with the orchestra, including the Boildieu concerto with Liss; 3 Mozart concertos (twice with Alexey Dorkin, once with Enkhe); the\u00a0Malecki double harp concerto with colleague Maria Pozdnyakova; and chamber music such as Conte Fantastique, again with Liss.<\/p>\n

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