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Alexander Vedernikov, who left the post of musical director of the Bolshoi Theater in July, believes that the avant-garde composer Leonid Desyatnikov, who was appointed to this position today, will not be able to gain real power in the GABT. "It seems to me that this is more of a PR move than a real appointment," he told RIA Novosti. — I treat Leonid Arkadyevich very well as a composer and a person. But he is an extremely intelligent man. I've never noticed his penchant for administrative work. And the position of the music director of the Bolshoi first of all requires a strict defense of creative interests, because the logic of decision-making in the theater is mostly not creative - an official is at the head of the theater."
It is curious that at one time it was Vedernikov, together with the music critic Peter Pospelov, who worked at the GABT at that time, who initiated the appearance of Desyatnikov in the Bolshoi. Then the newly minted musical director wrote for the theater the opera "The Children of Rosenthal" based on the libretto by Vladimir Sorokin, which became the most scandalous performance of the Bolshoi.
According to the general director of the Bolshoi Anatoly Iksanov, Desyatnikov becomes the music director from today and at least until December 31, 2011. Thus, it is with him that the Bolshoi is going to move back to the old stage after its reconstruction is completed.
Foto Evgeny Mokhorev
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Alexander Vedernikov, who left the post of musical director of the Bolshoi Theater in July, believes that the avant-garde composer Leonid Desyatnikov, who was appointed to this position today, will not be able to gain real power in the GABT. "It seems to me that this is more of a PR move than a real appointment," he told RIA Novosti. — I treat Leonid Arkadyevich very well as a composer and a person. But he is an extremely intelligent man. I've never noticed his penchant for administrative work. And the position of the music director of the Bolshoi first of all requires a strict defense of creative interests, because the logic of decision-making in the theater is mostly not creative - an official is at the head of the theater."
It is curious that at one time it was Vedernikov, together with the music critic Peter Pospelov, who worked at the GABT at that time, who initiated the appearance of Desyatnikov in the Bolshoi. Then the newly minted musical director wrote for the theater the opera "The Children of Rosenthal" based on the libretto by Vladimir Sorokin, which became the most scandalous performance of the Bolshoi.
According to the general director of the Bolshoi Anatoly Iksanov, Desyatnikov becomes the music director from today and at least until December 31, 2011. Thus, it is with him that the Bolshoi is going to move back to the old stage after its reconstruction is completed.
Foto Evgeny Mokhorev
Source.
The ex-conductor of the Bolshoi recognized the new choice of the theater as a PR move
Izvestiya. September 22, 2009
