(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilov
Russia's Voronezh Philharmonic Society will host the Voronezh
Camerata Chamber music Festival on October 3-9, Azernews reports
via the festival's website .
The music festival will mark the 95th anniversary of the
prominent cellist, People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav
Rostropovich.
The festival's opening ceremony will feature a special poster
exhibition 'Mstislav Rostropovich. Dialogue with the master: about
music, events, era'.
All exhibits including letters, photographs, and newspaper
clippings will be shown as part of the exhibition
A tour to memorable places linked with the Rostropovich family,
a film screening as well a meeting with researchers who study the
history of the Rostropovich dynasty will be organized as part of
the festival.
Born in Baku, Mstislav Rostropovich premiered over 100 pieces
and formed long-standing artistic partnerships with such prominent
composers as Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiyev, Henri
Dutilleux, Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio,
Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas
Makris, and Benjamin Britten.
Rostropovich is also well-known for his interpretations of
standard repertoire works, including Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B
minor, Haydn's Cello Concerto as well as Prokofiev's
Symphony-Concerto.
A Grammy Award winner was considered one of the leading
conductors in the West. The musician won over 50 awards during his
career.
Starting from 2007, a festival dedicated to the eminent musician
is annually held in Azerbaijan.
The International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Baku gathers
prominent public figures, representatives of diplomatic missions,
famous cultural and art figures, and numerous fans of classical
music.
The list of festival participants includes the Chamber Orchestra
of Lausanne (Switzerland), the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet
Theater of Boris Eifman (Russia), MunchenKlang Orchestra (Germany),
Boris Berezovsky (piano), Sergey Krylov (violin), Efim Bronfman
(piano), conductor Joshua Wallerstein and others.
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