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Lada Labzina is one of the leading representatives of Russian organ schools. Chief organist and keeper of the organ of the Moscow Concert Hall "Zaryadye". She is a Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, a laureate of international competitions, educator, Executive Secretary of the Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ competition.
Lada Labzina was born in Kazan in 1967. She graduated from the piano department (prof. Elfiya Burnasheva), organ department (prof. Rubin Abdullin) and improvisation department (prof. Oleg Yanchenko) of the Zhiganov State Conservatory of Kazan. She trained in the Haarlem Summer Academy for organists (Netherlands, 1992) and also studied at the Freiburg Conservatory of Music at prof. Sygmund Satmary as a scholar of the DAAD (Germany, 2001). She participated in master classes of outstanding European organists (Piet Kee, Jean Guillou, Peter Planiavski, Guy Bovet, Michel Chapuis and others).
The organist is a laureate of the Second All-Russia competition of organ players in Kazan (1991), a recipient of a prize of the International Organ competition in Carouge (Switzerland, 1994), a winner of the F. Liszt International competition in the nomination "Improvisation" in Budapest (Hungary, 1999), and also the owner of the first prize on the 2nd M. Tariverdiev International Organ competition in Kaliningrad (2001).
Lada Labzina was born in Kazan in 1967. She graduated from the piano department (prof. Elfiya Burnasheva), organ department (prof. Rubin Abdullin) and improvisation department (prof. Oleg Yanchenko) of the Zhiganov State Conservatory of Kazan. She trained in the Haarlem Summer Academy for organists (Netherlands, 1992) and also studied at the Freiburg Conservatory of Music at prof. Sygmund Satmary as a scholar of the DAAD (Germany, 2001). She participated in master classes of outstanding European organists (Piet Kee, Jean Guillou, Peter Planiavski, Guy Bovet, Michel Chapuis and others).
The organist is a laureate of the Second All-Russia competition of organ players in Kazan (1991), a recipient of a prize of the International Organ competition in Carouge (Switzerland, 1994), a winner of the F. Liszt International competition in the nomination "Improvisation" in Budapest (Hungary, 1999), and also the owner of the first prize on the 2nd M. Tariverdiev International Organ competition in Kaliningrad (2001).
Lada Labzina performed in the Russian organ halls from Kaliningrad to Irkutsk, and now she gives constantly concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. The audience of Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Japan, Great Britain, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Kazakhstan had also an opportunity to estimate skills of the performer during the last decade.
The performer is a participant of many international festivals among which there is the International Organ Festival, held in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg); the Moscow Easter Festival; the international festival "Prestigious Organ" in Paris and also the Russian Art Festival in New York. In June, 2011, the organist gave a concert in a Norwegian protestant church of Longyearbyen in Svalbard which is situated 1300 km from the North Pole.
The performer is a participant of many international festivals among which there is the International Organ Festival, held in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg); the Moscow Easter Festival; the international festival "Prestigious Organ" in Paris and also the Russian Art Festival in New York. In June, 2011, the organist gave a concert in a Norwegian protestant church of Longyearbyen in Svalbard which is situated 1300 km from the North Pole.
Lada Labzina worked with such famous conductors as Martin Haselböck, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Andrea Raffanini, Hobart Earle, Alexander Chernushenko, Fuat Mansurov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Anatoliy Shutikov and others.
She cooperated with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Symphony Orchestra of the Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, the State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Kaliningrad Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, the Novosibirsk Early Music Ensemble "Insula Magica" and others.
Lada's partners of the ensemble are Alexander Kniazev, Denis Shapovalov, Alexey Liudevig, Termine Schaeffer, Alexandra Saulskaya-Shuliatieva, Yulia Ziganshina. She also worked with the artists Natalia Arinbasarova and Rustem Galich.
She cooperated with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Symphony Orchestra of the Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, the State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Kaliningrad Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, the Novosibirsk Early Music Ensemble "Insula Magica" and others.
Lada's partners of the ensemble are Alexander Kniazev, Denis Shapovalov, Alexey Liudevig, Termine Schaeffer, Alexandra Saulskaya-Shuliatieva, Yulia Ziganshina. She also worked with the artists Natalia Arinbasarova and Rustem Galich.
The organist's repertoire includes the music of composers starting from the Baroque to the Present, the main compositions of J.S. Bach, ensembles and organ duets, choral and symphonic compositions, jazz compositions, improvisations and own transcriptions for organ.
The concert programs of Lada Labzina acquaint the audience with the music of Russian and Tatar composers. She often became the first performer of the compositions for organ of modern Tatar composers, among whom there are Leonid Liubovskiy, Boris Trubin, Anatoliy Luppov, Shamil Timerbulatov, Rashyd Kalimullin, Radik Salimov, Elmir Nizamov and others.
Michael Tariverdiev's organ compositions are a significant part of the organist's repertoire. Lada Labzina performs the works of this composer in Russia and abroad as a laureate of the M. Tariverdiev International Organ competition. She has also been the Executive Secretary of the competition since 2015.
The concert programs of Lada Labzina acquaint the audience with the music of Russian and Tatar composers. She often became the first performer of the compositions for organ of modern Tatar composers, among whom there are Leonid Liubovskiy, Boris Trubin, Anatoliy Luppov, Shamil Timerbulatov, Rashyd Kalimullin, Radik Salimov, Elmir Nizamov and others.
Michael Tariverdiev's organ compositions are a significant part of the organist's repertoire. Lada Labzina performs the works of this composer in Russia and abroad as a laureate of the M. Tariverdiev International Organ competition. She has also been the Executive Secretary of the competition since 2015.
Since 2004 Lada Labzina has been the author and the director of subscription concerts series in the S. Saydashev State Grand Concert Hall: the organ subscriptions "Bach Universe", "Familiar and unfamiliar masterpieces", "J.S. Bach and others", "Organ ABC", "Organ map of Europe", "Fairy tales of the organ kingdom". From 2009 to 2019 she was the Concert Director of the S. Saydashev State Grand Concert Hall and an Artistic Director of the sacred music festival "The Music of Faith" and the Kazan Christmas Festival.
The organist is also an educator. She was a professor of the organ and harpsichord department of the Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory from 1998 to 2015 and a professor of the Aukhadeev Kazan musical college from 2009 to 2019.
Lada Labzina has many talented pupils, who received awards in Russian and international competitions: Ilsiyar Suleimanova, Veronika Lobareva, Antonina Voronina, Mansur Yusupov and others. The organist was permanently a member of the jury for the international and Russian organ competitions and held organ performance master classes in musical colleges of Saratov, Astrakhan, Petrozavodsk and Perm.
The organist is also an educator. She was a professor of the organ and harpsichord department of the Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory from 1998 to 2015 and a professor of the Aukhadeev Kazan musical college from 2009 to 2019.
Lada Labzina has many talented pupils, who received awards in Russian and international competitions: Ilsiyar Suleimanova, Veronika Lobareva, Antonina Voronina, Mansur Yusupov and others. The organist was permanently a member of the jury for the international and Russian organ competitions and held organ performance master classes in musical colleges of Saratov, Astrakhan, Petrozavodsk and Perm.
