Fairy harp by Oksana Sidyagina

Come and enjoy a harp recital celebrating Christmas by harpist Oksana Sidyagina, accompanied by dancer Anna Nikolaeva.

On the programme:

P. Tchaikovsky Fantasy on themes from the opera Eugene Onegin

P. Tchaikovsky Waltzes

Debussy Romantic waltz

A. Griboedov Waltz

Mr Tournier Sonatine op. 30

W. Possé "Carnival in Venice

P. Tchaikovsky Excerpts from the ballet "The Nutcracker" (Waltz of the Flowers, Oriental Dance, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...)

Oksana Sidyagina is a Russian harpist based in Paris. She joined the Rachmaninov Conservatoire in 2021 and became its first harp teacher. She is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris. She has won five international harp competitions in Italy, France and Russia, and has been awarded numerous other prizes (in Russia, Ukraine and Greece). She has been invited to perform and give masterclasses at some of the most prestigious events in the harp world. She is also a regular guest at music festivals in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia and elsewhere. In addition to her solo career, she has extensive teaching experience: Oksana has been invited to conduct master classes in Italy, Spain, Poland, Croatia, and in many Russian cities.

Anna Nikolaeva, dancer and choreographer,

A graduate of the Igor Moiseyev Dance Academy in Moscow Dance in classical dance, folk dance, Modern Jazz and dance history, Anna Nikolaeva obtained her teaching diploma at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow in 2013. During her training and since her last diploma, she has accumulated stage and artistic experience around the world (Russia, India, Israel, Austria, Japan, etc.) with famous Russian companies (The New Ballet - Moscow Contemporary Ballet Theatre, The Black Square - Street and Circus Arts Theatre, the Dennis Boroditsky Company). She has danced solo roles in famous works (Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote).