Grand Prix Tchaikovsky go to Mongolia – Russian newspaper

On the New Mariinsky Theatre was the final three-hour gala concert of the winners of the Tchaikovsky Competition, at the end of which Valery Gergiev named the Grand Prix: it was the 27-year-old Mongolian baritone Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar.

During the two hours before the concert, Gergiev is surrounded by most of the newly minted laureates gave a half-hour press conference at which he shared his joy at the holding of the competition.

“The good news is the very fact that it took place” – he added in response to a journalist skeptical question of the capital of some organizational issues and the transparency of the competition.

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On a question that because of the strong differences in the jury for the specialty “violin” have not been able to identify the owner of the place I, the journalist received a response very expected: “It is a competition in which everything is possible. The jury were the musicians of the caliber that dramatically differed in assessing the performers, different performance characteristics attributed to Mozart’s music “.

Maestro in every way tried to focus on the fate of the young winners, indicating his fatherly worried about their present and future. In the example of Valery Gergiev staged Grand Prix winner of the last competition – pianist Daniil Trifonov, which since then became interested in the music world (including the record company “Deutsche Grammophon”, which was awarded an exclusive contract) that there are concerns in a possible overload of graphics presentations.

The main driving force of the Tchaikovsky Competition, Gergiev and reassured those who missed the contest remained at the qualifying rounds, but whose brightest performances then produced a great impression. When asked what he It could be noted particularly Valery Gergiev said that his answers will be posters with the names of the musicians, which he will be invited to many festivals held in particular, at the Mariinsky Theatre. Musicians winners will live a rich life in the next three or four months – concert halls in Sweden, Holland, Japan, USA, UK.

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Universalism winners Gergiev performing opportunities have tried to show in the second gala concert in St. Petersburg, where almost completely changed the program, although some candidates for the Grand Prix lost much because of the enormous stress and anxiety, unable to cope with the powerful physical and emotional overload. So, Dmitri Masleev, I prize winner of the specialty “Piano”, unfortunately made a lot of annoying bugs clearly on the nerves in the final performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto, which ended with a gala concert, and this musician, many said, as a potential Grand Prix medalist . As a result, the Grand Prix went to Hardy Mongolian baritone – Ariunbaataru Ganbaatar, which, though not too competent Russian, but school, booming, confident voice, radiating sun, performed at a concert aria Eletski of “The Queen of Spades”.

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