Pas de deux for Toes and FingersHong Kong Arts FestivalThe 46th Hong Kong Arts Festival

“My job, which gives me a lot of opportunities
My family, that makes me happy
My country, where I feel free”
—Svetlana Zakharova
“To me real is dedication, emotions and love.”
—Vadim Repin
Music and ballet in perfect harmony
Prima ballerina, violin virtuoso

“[Svetlana Zakharova is] the incontestable star of the Bolshoi” Yves Saint Laurent

“[Vadim Repin] is the most perfect violinist I've ever heard” Yehudi Menuhin

INTRODUCTION

Star quality shines in this Festival highlight.

Widely regarded as the finest violinist and ballerina of their generation, husband and wife Vadim Repin and Svetlana Zakharova are the music and dance world’s celebrity couple par excellence. Celebrated for their fabulous talent in the concert hall and on stage, they come together in a specially devised gala that shows off their artistry to perfection.

The programme alternates purely instrumental pieces with solos, pas de deux and pas de trois by master composers and international choreographers selected by Zakharova and Repin.

Svetlana Zakharova, the Tsarina of dance, Prima Ballerina at 18, star of Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre, La Scala Milan, Covent Garden and Paris Opera Ballet in the leading classical and contemporary roles, will be partnered by principals from the top ballet companies. Vadim Repin, acclaimed by critics and music lovers for almost 30 years since becoming the youngest ever winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, plays with first violinist Anton Barakovsky and Hong Kong’s Gustav Mahler Orchestra.

Treat yourself to an evening of world-class performance with this blissful marriage of music and ballet. Relish star artists at the
height of their powers.

PROGRAMME

Paganini
Variations on The Carnival of Venice

Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda Adagio
Choreographer: Asami Maki

Mendelssohn
Second and third movement
Andante – Allegretto non troppo
Allegro molto vivace

Arvo Pärt
Fratres
Dance: Plus Minus Zero
Choreographer: Vladimir Varnava

Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo

John Williams*
Revelation
Choreographer: Motoko Hirayama

Igor Frolov
Divertimento for two violins and orchestra
Saint-Saëns
Le Cigne
Dance: The Dying Swan
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine

Ponce / Heifetz
Estrellita

Antonio Bazzini
Scherzo Fantastico
Dance: La ronde des lutins
Choreographer: Johan Kobborg

*pre-recorded music

Approx 1 hr 20 mins with no interval