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Valery Gergiev: “I'm a relatively busy man”
Ahead of his appearance with the Munich Philharmonic at this year’s Prom 4, Valery Gergiev gave Bachtrack a wide-ranging interview, discussing the Mariinsky, Russian music, education and much more.
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VerbierOpening concert
Shchedrin, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Rimsky-Korsakov
Verbier Festival Orchestra; Valery Gergiev; Daniel Lozakovich; George Li; Pretty Yende
Verbier25th Anniversary Gala
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra; Valery Gergiev; Martha Argerich; Sergei Babayan; Kristóf Baráti; Yuri Bashmet
VerbierAdriana Lecouvreur
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Valery Gergiev; Tatiana Serjan; Marcelo Puente; Alexey Markov; Ekaterina Semenchuk
SapporoPMF Gala Concert
Holst, Mozart, Bernstein, Mahler
PMF Orchestra; Valery Gergiev; Eugene Izotov; Denis Bouriakov
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An all Russian programme in Birmingham
A night of big names: Valery Gergiev, Denis Matsuev, The Mariinsky Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov.
Gergiev and his Mariinsky players spin stories at Cadogan Hall
In this second Mariinsky concert Kristóf Baráti was a fine but miscast soloist in Stravinsky’s violin concerto, with rich narrative pickings from Rimsky-Korsakov and his illustrious pupil.
Youthful Mariinsky surge through Scheherazade
Under the indefatigable Valery Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra took to the Cadogan Hall stage for the first of two colourful programmes pairing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with his pupil, Igor Stravinsky.
Gergiev and the Mariinsky keep the Red Flag flying
“Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.” In the Soviet Union, composers quickly learnt when to toe the Party line.