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Wednesday 8 October 1.10pm
Nikita Lukinov is a Scotland-based pianist heralded for his “extraordinary breadth and freedom of imagination” (Gramophone) and named a 2023 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev – excerpts from the “Nutcracker” Concert Suite March Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky and “Sleeping Beauty” Concert Suites Dance of Pages Puss in Boots and the White Cat Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf Adagio Prokofiev – ‘6 Pieces from Cinderella’ op.102 Waltz: Cinderella and the Prince Cinderella’s Variation Quarrel Waltz: Cinderella Goes to the Ball Pas-de-châle Amoroso
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
Nikita has been a Talent Unlimited musician since 2019z In October 2022, Nikita became the youngest senior staff member at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and across all UK conservatoires. Nikita is a dedicated member of the Live Music Now Scotland scheme, passionately committed to providing live music of an international standard to socially disadvantaged communities. For the 2024/25 season, Nikita embarks on a tour of 35 recitals and outreach events in Scotland, spanning from the Scottish Borders to Orkney Islands and from Aberdeen to the Isle of Skye. This tour is in close collaboration with the Live Music Now Scotland, and alongside piano recitals in concert halls and music clubs, Nikita will deliver outreach events in local care homes and schools in the area of his recitals. He says: “It is an unbelievable feeling when people’s eyes sparkle so joyfully and sincerely after the performances, and I know I contributed something truly valuable.”
Other 2024/25 season highlights include recitals at the London Armourers’ Hall, London Bechstein Hall, Perth Concert Hall and St Magnus Festival. A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov started his musical education at the age of six in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of 10, he gave his debut performance as a soloist with a symphonic orchestra and at 14, he won a full scholarship to study at the Purcell School in London. Nikita was awarded full scholarships to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in 2017, a Master’s Degree in 2021, and an Artist Diploma Degree in 2023 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) at the class of Prof. Petras Geniušas.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited
