Dancing King, Stavanger Koncerthus, 2020

The magnificent concert centre Stavanger was launched in 2012. The two halls are similar in size and complementary in function; one is best for natural acoustics while another one is good for rock and jazz. A rock band and a symphony orchestra can perform at Stavanger at the same time. Ekaterina played in the Fartein …

2012 Moscow International Film Festival

In 2010-2011, Ekaterina Melnikova’s shows “Love Stories”, “Music on the Water” and “Roman Holidays” took place at the Moscow International House of Music and Tchaikovsky  Concert Hall.  Organ improvisations and interpretations of popular film music for organ attracted attention of the 2012 Moscow International Film Festival organisers.  Ekaterina was invited to accompany screenings of silent …

“Battleship Potyomkin”

On November 7th, the day of the 100th anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution, Sergei Eisenstein’s film “Battleship Potyomkin”(1925) was shown in the Königsberg Cathedral.  The fourteenth-century cathedral houses a concert hall with several organs.  Ekaterina created a unique soundtrack, improvising for an hour and a half.  That was the twenty-seventh day after her beloved father, Alexander Andreyevich …