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| The 'Genius of the Place' festival dedicated to Igor Stravinsky will be held in St. Petersburg |
| 2024-06-14 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A music festival dedicated to composer Igor Stravinsky on the occasion of the 142nd anniversary of his birth will be held in St. Petersburg from June 15 to 17. The events will take place at the Mariinsky Theater and the Oranienbaum palace and park ensemble. “Stravinsky’s music does not disappear from the Mariinsky Theater’s playbills, almost every month we perform different works of his, and, what is very gratifying, interest in the composer is only growing: not only in St. Petersburg or Moscow, but also in many other cities,” said the artistic director festival director Valery Gergiev. He noted the importance of ensuring that Stravinsky’s music does not stop sounding in Oranienbaum, where the composer was born and raised, where his talent was revealed. The festival will begin on June 15 at the Mariinsky Theater. The theater's symphony orchestra, conducted by Gergiev, will perform Capriccio for piano and orchestra, music from the ballets “The Rite of Spring” and “Petrushka”. The soloist will be Denis Matsuev. That same evening they will present “Symphony of Psalms” and “The Story of a Soldier.” The orchestra will be conducted by the conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra (Ankara), Jamie Can Deliorman. The performance of the Mariinsky Theater artists on June 16 in Oranienbaum will be the main event of the festival. A public gala concert will be held in the Southern Courtyard of the Great Menshikov Palace in Oranienbaum Park. Soloists of the ballet and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra will perform there. The program included compositions from the ballet “The Firebird”, the orchestral fantasy “Fireworks” and the music of the ballet “The Game of Cards”. Gergiev will conduct. On June 17, the St. Petersburg premiere of the ballet “Concert Dances” to Stravinsky’s music will be presented on the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theater. On June 16, the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “Petrushka” and a suite from the ballet “The Firebird” will be performed there. The soloist will be Hungarian violinist Christophe Barati. The event is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Ministry of Culture and Rosconcert. |
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