Photo credit: mos.ru (CC BY 4.0)
Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov is scheduled to perform in Washington at the opening of the new season at the
Kennedy Center, RIA Novosti reports. He will take to the famous stage of the Performing Arts Center to play virtuoso Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. The season at the Kennedy Center is scheduled to launch on September, 24. The organizers call Trifonov, who is the native of Nizhny Novgorod, one of the most sought-after musicians in the world.
The program of the new season includes performances of works by Sergei Rachmaninov and Sergei Prokofiev. In addition, Lithuanian violinist Julian Rachlin will perform Tchaikovsky's music.
Earlier, orchestras in the United States decided to break a long-standing tradition and not perform Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 at Independence Day concerts, which used to be traditionally played before the festive fireworks. The New York Times specified that the boycott of the Russian classic was caused by the unwillingness of the musicians to "praise Tsarist Russia."
In a number of countries, cultural figures and local authorities oppose attempts to cancel Russian culture and, despite pressure, they hold concerts, exhibitions and performances of Russian classics. The La Scala opera house in Milan will open the season with the Boris Godunov opera, and the director of the Uffizi Gallery did not allow the hall of Russian icons to be closed. In Florence, the mayor stood up for Russian culture, refusing to comply with the demand to dismantle the monument to Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Russkiy Mir
