Mariinsky festival press service
Music festival opens in Verbier, Switzerland today, July 19th. This festival celebrates 25-years jubilee today. At the opening the Mariinsky Theater music director Valery Gergiev will be on stage. The Verbier Orchestra under his baton will play pieces of Felix Mendelssohn, Leonard Bernstein, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in Salle des Combins, RIA Novosti reports.
Valery Gergiev noted that the idea of renewing is always actual at this festival. Interaction of musicians of various generations on one stage in the frames of one concert “inherited traditions of the best contemporary music festivals,” according to Gergiev.
Such recognized colleagues as Yuri Bashmet, Martha Argerich, Christof Baratti and other leading musicians will perform on one stage with Valery Gergiev.
Executive Director of the festival Martin Engström marked importance of interaction between Russian director and Switzerland orchestra, noting that the young talents “have unique opportunity to study from Valery Gergiev.”
59 concerts with 88 leading musicians, and 270 young talents will participate in the festival.
Russkiy Mir
