Naresh Sohal 65th Birthday Tribute
15 February 2005, St. John’s Smith Square, London

Conductor
: Julian Gallant
Soloist: Rivka Golani (viola)
Programme: Naresh Sohal’s Concerto for Viola (world première), Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and Dvo?ák’s Serenade for Strings


   
 
 
The First Russian Winter Festival
15 January 2005, Trafalgar Square, London


Artists
: The Alexandrov Red Army Choir, Russian Soul (Moscow), Karagod (Moscow), Severnoye Siyanie (indigenous peoples of Chukotka and the far North), Cossack Ensemble ‘Krinitsa’, Faizi Gaskarov Ensemble (Urals and Volga regions), Nadezhda Babkina’s Russian Song Ensemble (Moscow), Loika (Russian Gypsies), the phenomenally talented children's dance group Makhmud Esambaev Ensemble (Chechnya) and Pelageya (Novosibirsk).

The Russian Winter Festival is supported by the Mayor of London, the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation, the Moscow City Government and the Russian Economic Forum.

Ensemble Productions provided artistic management support to the organiser of the Russian Winter Festival.