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White Nights Festival Mariinsky Theatre Rouse
As always, Valery Gergievs meetings with journalists regarding the latest Stars of the White Nights festival rouse great interest. Representatives of the mass media can never wait to hear firsthand about the surprises and unexpected events that the Mariinsky Theatre and its Artistic and General Director time after time are preparing for the public. Now you too can get an impression of these meetings and the lively atmosphere in which they take place as well as learn about this years festival playbill.
Mariinsky Theater White Nights Festival Richard Thomas Valery Gergiev Yevgeny Nikitin Kendall Plácido Domingo Piotr Tchaikovsky 2006
Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas, Sacred Stage tells the astonishing story of the Mariinsky’s survival, illustrated with stunning performances from the opera and ballet, as well as candid interviews with luminaries, scholars and performers. Featuring: Valery Gergiev (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Yevgeny Nikitin (Opera Singer), Yulia Makhalina (Ballet Dancer), George Tsypin (Opera Set Designer) Elizabeth Kendall (Dance Critic and Scholar) and Plácido Domingo. Set against the backdrop of the magical White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, SACRED STAGE features the best in Russian symphonic music, ballet and opera at Russia’s premier theatre - the Mariinsky, also known as the Kirov. SACRED STAGE explores what the theater has meant to Russian and Soviet culture and how it has somehow maintained its artistic excellence through war, revolution and the collapse of Communism… It also looks at the life and work of Maestro Valery Gergiev, artistic and theater director at the Mariinsky, and captures the excitement of his world - a world populated with artists, socialites, financiers, politicians and celebrities. „Splendid! A beautiful, succinct documentary.” LOS ANGELES TIMES Watch also "George Balanchine - Jewels (Ballett in three parts)": (http•••) Watch also "Piotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Ballet in two acts": (http•••)
Nobuyuki Tsujii Valery Gergiev Tchaikovsky Mariinsky Theater White Nights Festival Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra 2012
In July, 2012, Japanese pianist-composer Nobuyuki Tsujii was invited by Maestro Valery Gergiev to perform at the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. On July 8, Mr. Tsujii gave a rousing performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Maestro Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, followed by a solo recital in the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall on July 10. Both performances were extremely well received by the Russian audiences. The footage in this video is extracted from an excellent TV special "Nobuyuki Tsujii x Tchaikovsky" aired on Fuji-TV in Japan on October 6, 2012. You can read about Nobu's 2012 journey to St. Petersburg on this webpage (http•••) where there are links to some exquisite photos taken during the concerts. Video of the complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 can be seen on a video "Nobuyuki at the White Nights", available from EuroArts Music (http•••)
Mariinsky Theatre White Nights Festival
The first concert of the annual festival organised by the Musical Olympus foundation takes place on 25 May at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. The President of the foundation Irina Nikitina hopes that the now traditional collaboration with the Stars of the White Nights festival will continue and bring many new interesting discoveries to St Petersburg audiences.