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___________ (culture) exchange program between Canada and China.

II. Use the appropriate verb form to fill each of the gaps:

1.Yuja collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record her first concerto album ________

(feature) Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Concerto No. 2 in C minor which ___________ (nominate) for a Grammy as «Best Classical Instrumental Solo».

2.In the years since her 2005 debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra ________ (lead) by Pinchas Zukerman, Yuja has already performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras.

3.In 2006 Yuja ______ (make) her New York Philharmonic debut.

4.In 2008 she ______ (tour) the United States with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

5.That summer Yuja went on to ________ (perform) with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Abbado on tour in China.

6.She is a ________ (dedicate) performer of chamber music

________ (appear) at summer festivals throughout the world.

7.Many of the world’s ________(esteem) conductors have collaborated with Yuja. She ________ (launch) into a three-week tour of Asia with the San Francisco Symphony.

8.In spring 2013 she ________ (present) by the Berlin Philharmonic in recital at the Philharmonie, and returned to Carnegie Hall in both recital and a concerto appearance with the San Francisco Symphony.

9.This season the London Symphony Orchestra ________ (invite) Yuja as their __________ (feature) artist in the LSO Artist Portrait series for 2014.

10.She makes her debut with the Hungarian National Philharmonic

________ (conduct) by Zoltan Kocsis performing Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

11.Yuja’s frequent summer collaborations with violinist Leonidas Kavakos ________ (focus) on the great violin and piano sonatas of Brahms.

12.At a young age Yuja ________ (enter) the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to study under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren.

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13.From 1999 to 2001 she ___________ (participate) in the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College and ________ (begin) studying with Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone at the Mount Royal College Conservatory.

14.Yuja then ________ (move) to the U.S. to study with Gary Graffman at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

15.In 2006 she ________ (receive) the Gilmore Young Artist Award.

III. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1.Twenty-seven year old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as one ____ the most important artists ____ her generation.

2.Regularly lauded ____ her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised ____ her authority ____ the most complex technical demands ____ the repertoire and the depth ____ her musical insight.

3.Yuja is an exclusive recording artist ____ Deutsche Grammophon.

4.Yuja next collaborated ____ Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra ____ record her first concerto album featuring Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody ____ a Theme ____ Paganini and his Concerto No. 2 ____ C minor which was nominated ____ a Grammy (18) as «Best Classical Instrumental Solo».

5.This was followed ____ Fantasia, a collection ____ encore pieces

____ Albeniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Scriabin and others.

6.Most recently, Yuja collaborated ____ Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra ____ a live recording ____

Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3.

7.____ the years since her 2005 debut ____ the National Arts Center Orchestra led ____ Pinchas Zukerman, Yuja has already performed

____ many ____ the world’s most prestigious orchestras.

8.____ 2006 Yuja made her New York Philharmonic debut.

9.____ 2008 she toured the United States ____ the Academy ____

St. Martin ____ the Fields and ____ 2009 Yuja performed as soloist

____ the You Tube Symphony Orchestra.

10.That summer Yuja joined Abbado ____ the Lucerne Music Festival, and went ____ ____ perform ____ the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Abbado ____ tour ____ China.

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11.Yuja regularly gives recitals ____ major cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

12.She is a dedicated performer ____ chamber music appearing

____ summer festivals throughout the world.

13.Many ____ the world’s esteemed conductors have collaborated

____ Yuja.

14.Yuja returned ____ the Israel Philharmonic ____ work ____

Zubin Mehta, followed ____ a tour ____ the U.S. that included performances ____ Carnegie and Disney halls.

15.She then launched ____ a three-week tour ____ Asia ____

the San Francisco Symphony and Tilson Thomas, traveling ____

Macau, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

16.Yuja again joined the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal players, this time ____ a series ____ all-Brahms concerts ____ Salle Pleyel

____ Paris.

17.___ spring 2013 she was presented ___ the Berlin Philharmonic

____ recital ____ the Philharmonie, and returned ____ Carnegie Hall ____ both recital and a concerto appearance ____ the San Francisco Symphony.

18.Her season included a recital tour ____ Japan.

19.This season the London Symphony Orchestra have invited Yuja as their featured artist ____ the LSO Artist Portrait series ____ 2014 which includes performing three concertos, a recital and chamber music ____ London, followed ____ a tour ____ China ____ Daniel Harding conducting.

20.She makes her debut ____ the Hungarian National Philharmonic conducted ____ Zoltan Kocsis performing Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

21.Yuja’s frequent summer collaborations ____ violinist Leonidas Kavakos are focusing ____ the great violin and piano sonatas ____

Brahms.

22.She returns ____ the Los Angeles Philharmonic ____

subscription concerts and ____ tour ____ the U.S.

23.____ a young age Yuja entered the Central Conservatory

____ Music ____ Beijing ____ study ____ Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren.

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24.____ 1999 ____ 2001 she participated ____ the Morningside Music summer program ____ Calgary’s Mount Royal College, an artistic and cultural exchange program ____ Canada and China, and began studying ____ Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone

____ the Mount Royal College Conservatory.

25.Yuja then moved ____ the U.S. ____ study ____ Gary Graffman

____ The Curtis Institute ____ Music ____ Philadelphia, where she graduated ____ 2008.

26.____ 2006 she received the Gilmore Young Artist Award, and

____ 2010 was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.

IV. Fill the gaps with the words below:

already, began, collection, controlled, dedicated, depth, exchange, generation, into, live, made, minor, next, players, received, spring, stage, their, where, year

1.Twenty-seven ___________ old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as one of the most important artists of her ___________.

2.Regularly lauded for her __________, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the _________ of her musical insight, as ell as her fresh interpretations and charismatic ________ presence.

3.Yuja __________ collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 in C ________ .

4.This was followed by, Fantasia, a __________ of encore pieces by Albeniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Scriabin and others.

5.Most recently, Yuja collaborated with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in a __________ recording of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3.

6.In the years since her 2005 debut Yuja has _________ performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras.

7.In 2006 Yuja __________ her New York Philharmonic debut.

8.She is a __________ performer of chamber music appearing at summer festivals throughout the world.

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9.Yuja again joined the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal ________

in Paris.

10.In ________ 2013 she was presented by the Berlin Philharmonic in recital at the Philharmonie.

11.This season the London Symphony Orchestra have invited Yuja as __________ featured artist in the LSO Artist Portrait series for 2014.

12.From 1999 to 2001 she participated in the Morningside Music summer program, an artistic and cultural __________ program between Canada and China, and __________ studying with HungKuan Chen and Tema Blackstone at the Mount Royal College Conservatory.

13.Yuja then moved to the U.S. to study at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, __________ she graduated in 2008.

14.In 2006 she __________ the Gilmore Young Artist Award.

V.Fill the gaps with suitable fragments:

a)and in 2010 was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant

b)as one of the most important artists of her generation

c)fantasia, a collection of encore pieces by Albeniz

d)and Zhou Guangren

e)Europe and North America

f)and recording Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No

g)with the San Francisco Symphony and Tilson Thomas

h)an artistic and cultural exchange program between Canada and China

i)and on tour in the U.S

j)with Zubin Mehta

Twenty-seven year old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized (1)

____.

Yuja is an exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon. Her collaboration with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra was followed by, (2) ____, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Scriabin and others.

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In summer Yuja joined Abbado at the Lucerne Music Festival performing (3) ____ 3, and went on to perform with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Abbado on tour in China.

Yuja regularly gives recitals in major cities throughout Asia, (4)

____.

Yuja returned to the Israel Philharmonic to work (5) ____, followed by a tour of the U.S. that included performances at Carnegie and Disney halls.

She then launched into a three-week tour of Asia (6) ____.

She returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for subscription concerts (7) ____.

At a young age Yuja entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to study under Ling Yuan (8) ____.

From 1999 to 2001 she participated in the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College, (9) ____.

In 2006 she received the Gilmore Young Artist Award, (10)

____.

VI. Answer the following questions:

1.What for has Yuja been praised by musical critics?

2.With whom did she collaborate to record her first concerto album?

3.What composers does her «Fantasia» — a collection of encore pieces include?

4.How were Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 recorded?

5.With what orchestras did she tour?

6.Who of the world’s esteemed conductors have collaborated with Yuja?

7.Did Yuja perform as soloist?

8.What have you learnt about her tour to Asia?

9.Where did she get musical education?

VII. True or false?

1. Twenty-seven year old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as one of the most important artists of her generation.

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2.Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire and the depth of her musical insight.

3.She was nominated for a Grammy as «Best Classical Instrumental Solo» for her collection of encore pieces by Albéniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin and others.

4.Yuja collaborated with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra in a live recording of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

5.Yuja collaborated with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Center Orchestra, the You Tube Symphony Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra,the London Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Hungarian National Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras.

6.The London Symphony Orchestra has invited Yuja as their featured artist in the LSO Artist Portrait series.

7.She makes her debut with the Hungarian National Philharmonic conducted by Zoltan Kocsis performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

8.After she had participated in an artistic and cultural exchange program between Canada and China, she began study in the USA.

VIII. Find English equivalents in the text a)  поразительная техника

b)  умение справляться с самыми сложными техническими требованиями репертуара,

c)  глубина возможности проникать в суть музыки, d)  харизматическая сценическая внешность,

e)  быть широко признанным,

f)  сольные и концертные выступления, g)  абонементные концерты,

h)  программа культурного обмена между, i)  переезжать куда-либо,

j)  музыкант, играющий на фортепиано фабрики «Стейнвей»

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IX. What is the Russian for: a)  to be widely recognized as

b)  controlled, prodigious technique

c)  authority over the most complex technical demands d)  depth of her musical insight

e)  charismatic stage presence f)  encore pieces

g)  a live recording

h)  recital and a concerto appearance i)  a recital tour

j)  to focus on the great violin and piano sonatas k)  subscription concerts

l)  cultural exchange program m)  a Steinway Artist

n)  to move to

X. Complete the sentences using word combinations below:

1.Twenty-seven year old pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized as

2.She is lauded for

3.Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire and

4.Yuja is an exclusive recording artist

5.Yuja is presented by the leading orchestras in both recitals and concerto appearances

6.Yuja’s frequent summer collaborations with violinist Leonidas Kavakos

7.She appears in the Los Angeles Philharmonic

8.She participated in cultural exchange program

9.After her studies with Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone at the Mount Royal College Conservatory Yuja then moved to the U.S.

10.In 2006 she received the Gilmore Young Artist Award, and in 2010

1)  between Canada and China; 2)  was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant; 3)  in subscription concerts; 4)  are

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focused on the great violin and piano sonatas; 5)  to study with Gary Graffman at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia; 6)  in major cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America; 7)  for Deutsche Grammophon; 8)  one of the most important artists of her generation; 9)  the depth of her musical insight.10 her controlled, prodigious technique.

XI. Retell the text using active vocabulary.

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UNIT 5

Orli Shaham

Aconsummatemusicianrecognizedforhergrace,subtletyand vitality, Orli Shaham has established an impressive international reputation as one of today’s most gifted pianists. Hailed by critics on four continents, Mrs. Shaham is in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire. Orli Shaham has performed with leading orchestras of the world. She is also afrequent guest at summer festivals. Mrs. Shaham has given recitals in North America, Europe and Asia at renowned concert halls with many eminent conductors. Ms. Shaham’s 2014–2015 season is highlighted by the release of a new CD Brahms Inspired, which includes music by Brahms, music inspired by Brahms, and music that inspired Brahms.

Mrs. Shaham also released CDs recorded with her brother, the violinist Gil Shaham. They were called as one of the finest violinist and pianist teams of the last ten years.

Orli Shaham’s interactive concert seriesfor young children, Baby Got Bach, is a significant force in music education and entertainment for pre-schoolers that promote good listening skills, and feature chamber music performances by professional musicians with Mrs. Shaham as host and pianist.

Driven by a passion to bring classical music to new audiences, Orli Shaham has maintained an active parallel career as a respected broadcaster, music writer and lecturer. In 2012 and 2013 she served as the host of America’s Music Festivals, a radio program nationally broadcast to over 100 stations. The concept of the program was to enhance listeners’ experiences of music and musicians by directing listeners’ questions about classical music to internationally renowned musicians, calling them on the phone to discuss the topic. Mrs. Shaham has taught music literature at Columbia University.

Orli Shaham was recognized early for her exceptional talents. She received her first scholarship for musical study from

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