The Foundation - News
November 2011
Donation for the reconstruction of dance culture in Fukushima
During the opening of the International May Festival 2011
on 1 May with a ballet gala in Wiesbaden a donation appeal was made for
the reconstruction of dance culture in Japan’s Fukushima.
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October 2011
Two Essays on Rodion Shchedrin and the Lincoln Center Festival 2011
"A Composer's Hour" and "When Ballet and
Music Are Equal Partners" by Jay Nordlinger
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September 2011
Maya Plisetskaya appointed as an officer of the
French Legion of Honor
The President of the French Republic Nikolas Sarkozy appointed
Maya Plisetskaya with decree of 13 July 2011 as an officer in the National
Order of the Legion of Honor
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August 2011
Rodion Shchedrin's ballets at the Lincoln
Center Festival in New York
During this year's summer festival in the Lincoln Center
the ballet cast of the Mariinsky Theatre presented himself to New York’s
audience from a rather unusual side.
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July 2011
New production of „The Dead Souls“ at the Mariinsky Theatre
On March 18, 2011 the long-awaited premiere of the opera
„Dead Souls“ finally took place in the new production of director
Vasily Barchatov and set designer Zinovy Margolin on the stage of the
St Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre and was conducted by Valery Gergiev.
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June 20-21, 2011
Shchedrin's „Concert Etude“ –
a mandatory piece of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia has
a long tradition and is held once every four years since 1958.
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30 April 2011
Taboo topic as opera libretto - Premiere of Shchedrin’s „Lolita“
in Germany
The Russian composer and librettist Rodion Shchedrin uses
a very delicate issue in his opera „Lolita“.
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February 2011
World premiere: Double concerto „Romantic Offering” for piano,
violoncello und orchestra
On 9 February 2011, the duo with Martha Argerich (piano)
and Misha Maisky (violoncello) and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (conductor:
Neeme Järvi) bring to the stage for the first time the Double Concerto
for piano and violoncello by Rodion Shchedrin.
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December 2010
Rodion Shchedrin nominated for the “Grammy Award 2011”!
The most important Music Award “Grammy”, which
importance is comparable to the Academy Award (“Oscar”) in the
film industry, nominated Rodion Shchedrin for his opera “The Enchanted
Wanderer” in the category “Best Classical Contemporary Composition”.
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14th December, 2010
"An encore to the 85th birthday anniversary": the gala concert
in honor of Maya Plisetskaya in Moscow
One could get the impression that Paris, the Mecca of
dance, had been infected by the Maya Plisetskaya fever, when a celebration
of her 85th birthday was organized in the beginning of December.
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December 2010
New publication in the Russian book market: Maya Plisetskaya “Looking
back at my life…”
This book is unique of its kind and „must have”
for all fans of Maya Plisetskaya.
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more
20 November 2010
Birthday telegram from the President of the Russian Federation Dmitri
Medvedev to Maya Plisetskaya
Dear Maya Mikhailovna!
On the day of your birthday I would like to sincerely congratulate you
and wish you all the best.
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November 2010
To Maya Plisetskaya’s 85th birthday!
On 20 November 2010 Maya Plisetskaya celebrates her 85th birthday. She
– the “supernatural prima ballerina assoluta” – has
formed and changed the ballet like no other dancer and danced herself
immortally in the hearts of her audience.
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November 2010: New DVD Release!
A Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya
One of the leading DVD labels for classical music “Arthaus
Musik” pays again tribute to the creative activity of Maya Plisetskaya
and releases a new DVD with the famous ballet diva.
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22 October 2010
Open letter to the Editor of NEWSru.co.il
Dear Editor,
It has come to my attention that a Russian ballet company has given performances
in various cities in Israel from 24 October to 2 November under the name
of "Maya Plisetskaya – Russian Classical Ballet".
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July 2010
“Gergiev Festival Mikkeli 2010”
Works by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin formed the core of the XIX
Gergiev Festival 2010 in the East-Finnish town Mikkeli, which took place
from 4th to 8th July.
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June 2010
World premiere in Amsterdam: Oboe Concerto by Rodion Shchedrin
The world premiere of the new music work by Rodion Shchedrin
“Oboe Concerto” for oboe and orchestra took place in Amsterdam
on 18th June 2010 in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw.
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June 2010
Rodion Shchedrin at the 59th International Organ Festival in Nuremberg
“The search of human beings for spirituality and understanding –
their way between birth and death” is this year in the centre of
attention of the International Organ Festival (ION) in Nuremberg.
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May 2010
Now on CD: "The Sealed Angel" performed by the Latvian State
Choir
Rodion Shchedrin composed the liturgy “The Sealed
Angel”, as he himself said, “followed his heart”, nearly
“as if someone were guiding his hand”.
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April 2010
“The Little Humpbacked Horse” received “The Golden Mask
2010”
The premiere of the new production of the ballet “The
Little Humpbacked Horse” in the choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in March 2009 caused
an enthusiastic reception by the audience as well as by many critics.
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April 2010
“The Enchanted Wanderer” – the best opera recording
of the month
In March 2010 the Mariinsky label has released its new
CD with music works of Rodion Shchedrin.
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February-June 2010
Subscription: Rodion Shchedrin at the Mariinsky Theatre
In February 2010 Mariinsky Theatre has established a special
project - the subscription “Rodion Shchedrin at the Mariinsky Theatre”.
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March 2010
"Two autobiographies in dialogue" - Maya Plisetskaya and
Rodion Shchedrin fill the audience in Berlin with enthusiasm
The presentation of the autobiographies of Maya Plisetskaya
and Rodion Shchedrin is already the third successful co-operation in recent
time between one of the most famous artistic couple of Russia and the
Academy of Arts in Berlin.
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December 1, 2009
World premiere in London: "Journey to Eisenstadt"
His latest music work "Journey to Eisenstadt"
for violin and piano Rodion Shchedrin composed for the London's Southbank
Centre and dedicated to the Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos, who is recognized
at the head of his subject worldwide today.
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November 2009
Maya Plisetskaya is awarded with the Russian Ballet Prize "Soul
of the Dance" in the nomination "Legend"
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and
the editorial department of the magazine "Ballet" announced
on these days the winners of the Ballet Prize "Soul of the Dance”
of the year 2009.
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October 2009
The Ballet “The Seagull” with Maya Plisetskaya – now
on DVD!
"The Seagull" is a very touching ballet performance
in two acts based on the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov.
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November 2009
Maya Plisetskaya assigned the “Vittorio
De Sica Award”
The Italian Film Academy (Accademia del Cinema Italiano),
internationally known for awarding the "David di Donatello Prizes”,
honours Maya Plisetskaya with the "Premio Vittorio De Sica."
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October 2009
Soon on the German book market: Autobiographies of Maya Plisetskaya
and Rodion Shchedrin
Punctually to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, which take
place from 14 to 18 October, SCHOTT MUSIC publishes two autobiographies
of Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin in German translation.
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