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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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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra; Valery Gergiev
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Brahms, Strauss R.
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra; Valery Gergiev; Nelson Freire
AmsterdamGergiev and Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra; Valery Gergiev
TokyoValery Gergiev conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Brahms, Mahler
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Valery Gergiev; Yuja Wang
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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.