Concert by D.V.O.E. "Drawing with Sound"

Duet of Evgeny Subbotin and Olga Dyomina D.V.O.E.
Artistic word: Konstantin Dudakov-Kashuro

Anatoly Zverev did not write music. But his works — canvases, graphics, sketches made with whatever came to hand — captured not so much the appearance of objects as the very process of seeing, a frozen moment of inner hearing. This program is built at the intersection of two lines: the artist's visual improvisation and the sound graphics of his contemporaries — composers for whom the shaping of form, the pause, and silence became tools of expression just as the brush and pencil were for Zverev.

Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina are not random figures in the context of this program. The nature of their recognizable style is close to what we value in graphics: maximum expressiveness achieved with minimal means. Each of Schnittke's three works, in its own way, works with silence as a material, balancing on the edge of sound's disappearance. Gubaidulina's "Rejoice" for violin and cello continues this line: the rejoicing here is restrained, inward, requiring extreme concentration on the pauses between notes.

The compositions are performed by the musicians of the D.V.O.E. duet — Evgeny Subbotin and Olga Dyomina. Their creative journey began in 2017 with the Russian premiere of Heinz Holliger's duet at the "Window to Switzerland" festival. Today, both are soloists of the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble and Sergei Mazaev's Quintet, lecturers in contemporary performance techniques, and authors of dozens of Russian premieres for their ensemble. In 2026, their CD will be released, featuring key works for the violin and cello duet.

Program:
Alfred Schnittke
Improvisation for solo cello (1993)
Alfred Schnittke
Stille Musik for violin and cello (1979)
Alfred Schnittke
Homage to Paganini for solo violin (1982)
Sofia Gubaidulina
Rejoice for violin and cello (1981)