Irina Kulikova
Widely acclaimed for the rare beauty of her sound and her enchanting presence on stage, Irina Kulikova has established herself as one of today’s leading guitarists.
Irina Kulikova presents an evening of sublime music for the guitar including classics by composers Sor, Mangore and Aguado. These are interspersed with works dedicated to her by a range of composers.
About Irina Kulikova
Widely acclaimed for the rare beauty of her sound and her enchanting presence on stage, Irina Kulikova has established herself as one of today’s leading guitarists. She tours far afield, with appearances at major festivals in Europe, North America and Asia and in concert halls such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. She performs both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles with outstanding violinists, cellists and flutists.
Irina Kulikova received over 30 awards for her artistry, including 1st prizes at the highly prestigious competitions of Michele Pittaluga in Italy, Guitarra Alhambra in Spain, Forum Gitarre Wien in Austria and Iserlohn in Germany. She recorded six albums, five of which in cooperation with Grammy-Award winning producer Norbert Kraft. ‘Some of the most sheerly beautiful playing I have ever heard’, Soundboard Magazine reviewed.
An ambassador of pure and heartfelt performing, Irina Kulikova inspires guitar students in master classes all over the world and with her online Classical Guitar Academy. Her personal motto, in life and music: ‘It’s about the touch’.
Watch Irina Kulikova perform Agustín Barrios Mangoré's 'La Catedral: III Allegro Solemne'
Tickets
- Band A £27 Friends £24.30
- Band B £22 Friends £19.80
- Band C £14 Friends £12.60
- Students £10
- Schools £10
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Presented by Southampton Classical Guitar Society in association with Turner Sims
Programme
Jorge Cardoso ‘Milonga’
Eduardo Diaz
‘Desde el Alma’
‘Una Tarde de Abril’
Dionisio Aguado ‘Andante y Rondo Brilliante’, Op 2 No 3
Augustin Barrios Mangoré
‘Las Abejas’
‘Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios’
‘La Cathedral’ ( Preludio Saudade- Andante religioso, Allegro solemne)
Peter Stewart ‘Mariëlle’
Nemanja Bogunović ‘Encounter’
Interval
Mark Van Overmeire
‘Courant de cascade’
‘Sous les arbres’ from suite ‘La Forět’
Fernando Sor Variations on a theme of Mozart, Op 9 – ‘Das klinget so herrlich’ from ‘Die Zauberflöte’
Vincent Lindsey-Clark ‘Portrait of a rose’
Radmir Muftakhin ‘Sadness of the Queen’
Sergio Ercole ‘Valsa Negra’
Chopin Valse No 7, Op 62 No 2
