“Petruschka” – A musical fair
Igor Strawinsky
“Petruschka” (Fassung 1947)
Steffen Tast
Conductor
Steffen Tast - Conductor
Steffen Tast was born in 1965 in Berlin.
After studying violin at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin in 1987, he became a member of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB). In the same year, his interest in contemporary music led him to the chamber ensemble “Kammerensemble Neue Musik” Berlin (KNM).
In recent years, he has been appearing increasingly as a conductor. Initially, the focus was on working with KNM Berlin. This was followed by invitations as a conductor with the Ensemble Oriol, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Ensemble Modern, and the Ensemble Ascolta Stuttgart. Since 2005 he has been regularly conducting chamber orchestra concerts with members of the RSB and their orchestra academy, and also symphony concerts as part of the family- and school student concerts of the orchestra since 2014. In his home village of Klein Leppin in north-western Brandenburg, he was one of the initiators of the project “Dorf macht Oper” (“Village makes opera”) in 2005 and has since been its musical director.
Steffen Tast is involved as mentor in the orchestra academy of the RSB.
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Juri Tetzlaff
Presentation
The story of the ballet “Petrushka” takes place at a fair in Saint Petersburg 200 years ago. The main characters are puppets of a juggler who mysteriously come to life: among others, a ballerina and Petrushka, the Punch and Judy of the Russian puppet theatre.
Like at a fair, the stage is colourful and there are still some surprises waiting for the audience.
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