Projects

Ekaterina comments on her biggest 2020-2021 project:

“Harmonisation of the World” is a music allegory for orchestra, choirs and organ. Composed in 2020, it marks the 80 anniversary of Dmitri Alexandrovich Prigov (1940 – 2007) – a famous Russian artist, writer, philosopher and performer.

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 …

The First Part   Homo Universalis   Leonardo da Vinci.  An authentic reconstruction by E.Melnikova based on a presupposed musical phrase by Leonardo da Vinci   Sovereign Rulers   Henry VIII – Trio for Block Flutes & Song «Though Some Say” Ivan IV The Terrible – Stikhira (Hymn) Sergey Prokofiev – Suite from the music …

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 …

– Soundtracks for the film “The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in Bolshevik Land” (1924) and “Pyshka” /”Boule de Suif”(1934) – Music for Vyacheslav Shmyrov’s 2014 programme about Elem Klimov and Larisa Shepitko  

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 …