UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
Venice meeting on Fluctuations in small complex systems VIII
Venezia, 27 September – 2 October 2026
presents
Thursday, 1st October at 6.00 p.m. at Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello – Venezia – 5th floor room
Cello, Piano and Soprano in Concert
- Michael Assaf – Cello
- Alice Power – Piano
- Anastasia Ochanina – Spinto soprano
Programma
- G. Puccini – Gianni Schicchi – “O mio babbino caro” (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- R. Hahn – Venezia (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- G. Rossini – La regata Veneziana (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- S. Rachmaninov – Francesca da Rimini “O, ne ryday, moy Paolo” (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- J. Sibelius – “Var det en dröm” (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- C.W. Gluck – Alceste “Les divinités du Styx” (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- F. Lehár – Giuditta “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” (A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- J. Massenet – “Élégie” (M. Assaf, A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- G. Fauré – “Après un rêve” (M. Assaf, A. Ochanina, A. Power)
- S. Rachmaninov – Cello sonata (M. Assaf, A. Power)
- Finale (M. Assaf, A. Ochanina, A. Power)
Biografie degli Artisti
Michael Assaf was born in Jerusalem and holds a master’s degree in cello performance from the Jerusalem academy of music and dance, under the guidance of Prof. Shmuel Magen. Michael has also studied at the Music College in Karlsruhe, Germany, with Prof. Martin Ostertag and Prof. Michael Uhde. Michael has participated in many master classes, amongst others with Janos Starker, Wolfgang Boetcher, Wolfgang Laufer and Uzi Wiezel. He has received scholarships from the American-Israeli culture fund, and won first prizes in duo and chamber music competitions both from the Jerusalem academy and Karlsruhe Music College.
Michael was a member of the Jerusalem chamber orchestra and the Jerusalem string orchestra, with which he has appeared on tours in Israel and Germany with celebrated clarinetist Giora Feidmann. A few years ago, Michael founded the “Ram” Piano trio, with which he performs regularly on various stages including the international chamber-music festival “Kfar blum”, the Jerusalem theatre, Targ center, and the Mormon University.
Alice Power is a Swedish pianist, winner of the Prix Cortot 2025 and laureate of several scholarships, including the Hugo Alfvén Award. She performs widely across Europe as a soloist, with orchestra and in chamber groups. Praised for her interpretations of J. S. Bach, Alice also explores Romantic repertoire, 20th-century music and other genres.
Anastasia Ochanina is a French-Russian spinto soprano, born in Paris. After earning a Master’s degree in Psychopathology from Université Paris Cité and a Master’s degree in Solo Singing from the Odesa Music Academy (Ukraine), she is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot, with the support of the Malvina and Denise Menda Foundation scholarship. She regularly performs in recitals featuring a variety of programmes, with a particular focus on post-Romantic music, and has also participated in several masterclasses in France, Luxembourg, and Germany.
