"Dialogue:
Me and You" - a chance to stop at the edge of the abyss Automatic translate

NOVOSIBIRSK. At the close of the Trans-Siberian Art Festival, the world premiere of Sophia Gubaidulina’s work “Dialogue: Me and You” took place. In the world table of ranks of women composers, Sofia Gubaidulina takes the first place. The epithets “genius”, “prophet”, “one of the last great representatives of the Soviet avant-garde” in her case do not seem an exaggeration. The Estonian conductor and violinist Andres Mustonen, to whom Gubaidulina has more than once trusted the first performance of her works, calls her an angel. In her search for unattainable truth and eternal harmony, she is not led by the desire for success or the desire to make a career, but by the unconditional gift of God.

The culmination of the final concert of the V Trans-Siberian Art Festival was the world premiere of a new work by Sofia Asgatovna, written for violin and orchestra - “Dialogue: Me and You”. Her presence in the hall gave the long-awaited event special significance. As well as dedication to those who embodied her plan, to Vadim Repin and Andres Mustonen. The inspiration for the composer was the book of the existential philosopher Martin Buber “Me and You” about various images of the world, the duality of human nature, about dialogue with God.

This is consonant with Buber’s postulates about the ability of common sense and truth to defeat the archetypes of the "collective unconscious", addressed to the dark, irrational sides of the human person. His confidence and support was a salvation for the desperate, help in finding genuine spirituality, incompatible with the struggle for power.

Once in an interview dedicated to the release of the Johannes Ostern oratorio, Gubaidulina spoke about the pain and tragedy underlying the world, about the apprehension of a near catastrophe. About silence and apparent stability, for which there is a fierce struggle. On the confrontation of good and evil, the outcome of which is unpredictable.

The same tragic intensity, but as if brought to the absolute, is also felt in the Dialogue. The theme of fatum, the inability to postpone the sad end is the prophecy of a genius, the warning of a sage. Hope - in fearlessness, determination to repulse the forces and circumstances leading to death. Belief in salvation and the Savior helps Gubaidulina to remain optimistic. Including in relation to the ability of such cultural initiatives as the Trans-Siberian Festival to ease the tension threatening an explosion. A chance to stop at the edge of the abyss.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru