Rostropovich festival survived despite the crisis Automatic translate

MOSCOW. In the Moscow Conservatory, the grand opening of the VII festival of Mstislav Rostropovich took place.

The seventh festival, established in memory of the great musician and human rights activist, opened the same way as 6 years ago, on the birthday of Mstislav Leopoldovich. It became a dedication to Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, who would celebrate her 90th anniversary in the fall. Mozart’s “Requiem” is an ideal choice for opening a festival, setting it high.

About what efforts it cost to organize a large-scale event, only Olga Rostropovich, his artistic director, knows. The lack of sufficient funding led to its cancellation in the homeland of Mstislav Leopoldovich, in Baku. The support of the Moscow authorities made it possible to hold a memorial festival at a decent level. The festival will take place not only in the capital, but also in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, in which Galina Pavlovna spent her childhood and youth.

The absence of some of the previously announced performers did not prevent the main part of the program from being preserved and inviting world-class stars, as in previous years. It’s enough to name the legendary Indian conductor Zubin Mehta. He will be behind the conductor’s desk during a concert performance of the opera Aida, in which Galina Pavlovna once shone in a duet with Pavel Lisitsian and Zurab Anzhaparidze. On March 30, the symphony orchestra and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino choir, a soprano from Uruguay, will appear on stage

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru