On the stage
Ekaterina Melnikova (organ)
The Laureate of international musical contests, the soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic Academy.
In the project “The Music of the Great”: the author and performer of the organ versions of music by Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII, Ivan IV the Terrible, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, variations on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s theme, and the composition “Tales of Hoffmann” by Jacques Offenbach. She also performs W.A. Mozart, A.Salieri, J.S. Bach, J.B. Pergolesi.
Ekaterina Melnikova’s official site: melnikovamusic.com.
Yuri Berestennikov
Musician, a TV director, at present – the artistic manager of the design studio “AEDUS DESIGN”. Takes part in joint projects with Ekaterina Melnikova since 2007.
In the project “The Music of the Great”: the author and anchorman of the programme, the performer of parts on the organ (Da gent ein Bach-Heldenklage-Da gent ein Bach – by F.W. Nietzche), the harpsichord (The Small Variations on the theme by J.J. Rousseau) and the piano (The Tales of Hoffmann – by P.I. Tchaikovsky – J. Offenbach).
Yuri Berestennikov: fashion – Viva Vox, style and make-up – Nastya Vesna, photo – Evgeny Pakhomov, studio – PhotoParadise