In the Vladimir Spivakov triple jubilee – 35th anniversary of the “Moscow Virtuosi”, the 20th anniversary of the Charitable Fund and its own 70th anniversary. In an exclusive interview anniversary “RG” he shared mood.
– Vladimir Spivakov, you can start with neyubileynogo? All domestic musicians for a long time and the pain talking about destruction of the system of music education, and the government has just approved a law on education – you had to do with it?
Vladimir Spivakov: I hope to have – a lot of time talking about it, including Council for Culture at the President. I think that our future as in the past. Music schools have a solid foundation, and with the new generation already have problems – fewer and fewer people are able to get up here so soon under the flag of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, to represent Russia in the international arena as a country with the highest cultural traditions.
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– In recent years, often said that in the musical life of Russia decides all important “emergency troika” – Gergiev, Bashmet, Matsuev. Do you agree? And where you see yourself in this situation?
Vladimir Spivakov: In any case, for many years you mentioned “extraordinary troika” and joined them Spivakov can not achieve a special status for the Central Music School. After all, it is unique, Stalin had evacuated her from Moscow one of the first. And we still have to have a special status fails, Oak and the Calf. In any army has elite troops, the elite need, and it is necessary to create. But the only such school in the world is only in London, and it appeared after the Yehudi Menuhin Music School visited.
– Who do doraschivat footage?
Vladimir Spivakov: And not only for themselves, with large and hard work. We had a wonderful experience combined orchestra of young people from the CIS countries, playing the young musicians from Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan. Level was different, but with a lot of rehearsals and dedicated waste of time, all managed to collect and bring to a common denominator. As a result, when we played at the UN, after the concert I went against protocol Ban Ki-moon and said it was the best day of his work in this post.
The effectiveness of Culture
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– A from above of the leading lights cabinets are always talking about the effectiveness of in all sectors …
Vladimir Spivakov: it scares me. In Memory figure rises Yevgeny Mravinsky, who spent an enormous amount of time to prepare for concerts. Sometimes they were works that he played dozens of times. Today, the great maestro would be most effective. It is unlikely that he would have had three concerts in different cities in one day.
– But the notorious performance requirements of culture – not only a Russian problem?
Vladimir Spivakov: Do not tell, do not all go down this path. To maintain the quality of, for example, in American orchestras hang out a work plan for the next year before the summer holidays, and the musicians are required in the summer to learn their parts, and often play them by heart. I was a witness.
– Just saw this planning work for the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
Vladimir Spivakov: And the Band By the way, is excellent. I had the opportunity to conduct the orchestra “The Bells” by Rachmaninov, the premiere of which a hundred years ago conducted a great writer.
– It seems that the purpose of Tugan Sokhiev music director of the Bolshoi could not have done without you? After all, he first appeared on stage in Moscow House of Music?
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Vladimir Spivakov: Sohiev worked with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia several times, and now his love, but it’s still not my idea, and the general director of the Bolshoi Vladimir urine. Yes, Urin was at the concert and the orchestra Sokhiev Capitole de Toulouse in our MMDM. And I’m really friendly with Sohiev, we have repeatedly played music together. I remember our joint concert in Toulouse, when a madman shot people, even children. This year Tugan Sohiev spoke with NPR Classical Music Festival in Colmar (Vladimir Spivakov – artistic director of the festival since 1989 – “RG”), and, I hope, will be conducted by NPR more than once.
– There is another great musician, just get your support – soprano Hibla Gerzmava. This year she started under the clouds at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi and finish at the Metropolitan with complex parts, but there was a time when no medal at the Tchaikovsky competition, namely your support was very important for her. And it is not only Hibla, which is now going to sing at a concert in honor of your anniversary.
Vladimir Spivakov: She could not give a long-deserved title, and I wrote Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, who was then President of the Russian Federation, and three days later received a positive response. As for contests, Evgeny Kissin ascended to Olympus at all without them. Now he touched me very much: Jack could not be at the anniversary, but specially shot studio Steinway in Paris and as a gift videotaped “Dedication” by Liszt.
indifferent – the path to happiness
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– This brings us to the topic that deserves special attention – your charitable foundation originated one of the first in Russia.
Vladimir Spivakov: Before organizing his charity foundation, I was behind the birth of the “New Names” and the first charity concerts we held for the rebuilding of the temple of the Great Ascension Nikitsky Gate.
– If the current abundance of charitable programs from time to time come up stories of abuse. You have time to monitor the charitable fund in your name?
Vladimir Spivakov: I do not have even thought of, I do with my upbringing difficult things like imagine in my life read other people’s letters and did not climb into someone else’s closet. Worry about the Foundation for absolutely see results constantly. Happy to have lived when I see big artists who have grown up with stock of talented children. You just need to be indifferent. Indifferent, in fact – the path to happiness. For many people working in the fund this thing was the meaning of life, and although it is not our profile, the fund paid for 114 operations. In general, we have supported more than 20,000 children – is not that a little healthy cells of the human community.
Boxing Round Harvard
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– All year you spent as usual in the tour. At least some commemorative mood caught?
Vladimir Spivakov: Of course! Started drinking “Novopassit”! But seriously, the anniversary is not only me. World tour in honor of the 35th anniversary of the “Moscow Virtuosi” began with Russia, from Stary Oskol to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Khabarovsk, and continued month tour of the USA. That’s where I got and flowers with black ribbon and dangling buds, and pickets protest. Absolutely true. West struggled to free exit from the USSR, and now during our concert on stage at Harvard young man got out and began to talk to my address infamy. For example, I signed a letter against Khodorkovsky, that’s not true. I went at him, wondering if I do not use athletic skills (Vladimir Spivakov sports category in boxing – “RG”), but he restrained himself: he would have got insurance and publicity, and I’m an American prison. In the end, it took a police officer. But when the police officer after the concert came to my dressing room to apologize for the incident, and I just brought himself up, he looked at my figure and said, “Ney, gay, you can do it”. A nice compliment! This moment was captured in yutyube, there hangs “concert” Moscow Virtuosi “at Harvard” – it is clear that we have agreed as the two boxers in the 10th round.
– The reason – your statements on the situation in Ukraine?
Vladimir Spivakov: I did not speak about Ukraine, I infinitely, deeply wounded by what is happening there. How did Grieg piece, remember – “Wounded Heart”? My parents are from Odessa, and after what happened in the House of Trade Unions, I have not regretted that he had signed a letter in support of Putin, even though it cost me a second thought. In war, it is very difficult to seek justice, and I wish that all this will be over soon. The Russian people to the Ukrainians hate not. And we lost the information war, and I fear that in the next generation of government in Kiev come people poisoned arrow hatred of Russia. In general, I ask your conscience, how to act, and so – as the Fund supported children, including Ukraine and will support. No matter what happens.
Ivanivka as Russian Colmar
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– For a quarter century, the artistic director of the festival you’re in the French Colmar. Yes, there is a festival in Moscow, “Vladimir Spivakov invites”, but can a small Russian town to become the owner of their own events this level?
Vladimir Spivakov: Do you know how to ancient legend – people too early harvested leaves under the trees, forgetting that it is the soil for plants. It’s important to try to finally make concert halls in the estates of our great geniuses. Yesterday we played Vladimir at the foot of the ruins of the castle of Count Vladimir Khrapovitsky. Symbolic gesture at a concert four and a half thousand people standing welcomed orchestra. I am convinced that this place will be reborn, and the estate with fountains and a park can become Russian Versailles. We have a wedge, and it could become a place of pilgrimage for people all over the world, the genius of Tchaikovsky was able to subdue him. Still there are non-random coincidences. Enthusiast Alexander Ermakov tidied the house in the village of Rachmaninoff Ivanivka Tambov region, and I am in gratitude gave him an icon of the XVII century with Archangel Michael – and it turned out that this was the patron saint of the family Rachmaninoff.
– In these places could perform regularly “Moscow Virtuosi” and NPR?
Vladimir Spivakov: Not only that, many orchestras of Russia and the world would consider it an honor. In the meantime, plans to NPR than the rest, in concert in Prague in January – it is dedicated to the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops. I think it is my duty to participate. History because often perelitsovyvat in favor of the interests of the rulers. But the interests – it is temporary, and the development of our human existence is as if between two points – the interests and ideas. Ultimately, the victory of the idea.
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