Konstantyn Napolov en het Shapeshift Ensemble vertolken alle slagwerkcomposities van Maxim Shalygin.

Classical NOW! presents Percussion Marathon in sold-out opening concert

3 July 2021 - On Friday 2 July, we opened our series of concerts and mini-festivals with Maxim Shalygin’s Percussion Marathon. No fewer than 114 percussion instruments were set up in The Hague’s Paleiskerk: from a Senegalese xylophone to Thai gongs and Caribbean steel drums. Marathon initiator Konstantyn Napolov and his fellow percussionists from the Shapeshift Ensemble played five percussion pieces by Hague-Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin. For the solo part in the violin concerto, Daniel Rowland came to The Hague. A spectacular opening with the world premiere of the solo piece Octopus. The Paleiskerk was sold out twice. Joep Stapel of the NRC stopped by and interviewed Shalygin, Napolov and the artistic coordinator of Classical NOW!