Basilashvili said that did not apply for the post of artistic director of the BDT – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 6 -. RIA Novosti The famous actor Oleg Basilashvili told RIA Novosti that he had never claimed to be the position of artistic director of the St. Petersburg Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) to them. GA BDT and “never wanted to be a chief”.

Earlier, the media reported that the BDT in St. Petersburg may be replaced by the artistic director. It was reported that the position of the current artistic director of the BDT Andrew Mighty, who directs the theater for three years, can take the head of the Moscow Provincial Theatre Sergei Bezrukov and director Sergei Zhenovach Rudolf Furmanov and actor Oleg Basilashvili.

“Never in my life I did not claim to the post of artistic director -. or after the death of Georgy (BDT), or after the death of Kirill (Lavrov), or after the withdrawal of Temur Nodarovich (Chkheidze) and have more so now, 81 years old I am strongly emphasized that I do not have any data to artistic management of the theater, and never wanted to be the boss, the rumors, to put it mildly, exaggerated “- Basilashvili said.

The media also reported that the actors BTC sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a request to prevent the resignation of Andrew Mighty. The letter was signed by folk artists Alisa Freundlich, Svetlana Kryuchkov, Nina Usatova, George Calm, etc.

“I have the letter was not signed, because I do not sign collective letters only in case of emergency, -. Said Basilashvili. – in this case I do not understand why actors wrote a letter to Putin, it is that theaters should do? “

in turn, the Russian Ministry of Culture, RIA Novosti reported that they had no” information referred to in the media, “the candidates” .

“Do not consider it possible to comment on any creative intrigue. Contract with Andrew Mighty indeed expire on 14 April and the relevant personnel decision will be made in the prescribed manner “, – stressed in the office

The contract with Andrew Mighty expires on April 14, 2016, to the post of artistic director of the BDT was. appointed in the spring of 2013. Directed by repeatedly became the winner of the “Golden mask” National Theatre Award (2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012), as well as the “Golden Sofit” highest theater of St. Petersburg Prize (2000, 2004, 2010) and International theater of Stanislavsky Prize (2010).