On the 8th of October the soloists of the Opera Centre performed in the concert in the framework of the Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival in Minsk. The organizers of the Festival have no doubt about that the constellation of the brilliant names, the artistic concept, the international response, the ever young classical music and the taste of the highest standard make this festival to the world event.
The Festival took place at the 4th time already. It’s idea is to invite the world stars to perform together with the young musicians. On the festival playbill are such famous names as Yuri Bashmet, N. Gutman, U. Lopatkina, V. Tretiakov, K. Elton, and the names of the international competitions prize winners A. Baeva and A. Buzlov etc too. At the Festival performed the State symphonic orchestra “The new Russia”, The State academic symphonic orchestra of the Belarus Republic, soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, of the Opera of Ukraine etc. In the framework of the Music Festival took place the master-classes under the aegis of the new opened Youth Academy of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
“I’m very glad, that my students are going to participate the Yuri Bashmet Festival. He’s really an extraordinary musician and not only the professional partner, but the very close old friend of me, Mstislav Rostrorpovich and our family”, – that is how Galina Vishnevskaya greeted the organizers and the participants of the Festival.
The Belarus State Philharmony keeps the remembrance of the performance of the great opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya in the 1960-s. And now, after the decades have passed, the hall of the Philharmony is overfilled with the spectator, who enthusiastic welcomed the student of Galina Vishnevskaya, in the standing position called them to sing an encore.
Viktor Babarikin, the head conductor of the Belarus President Orchestra gave high praise to the soloists of the Opera Centre: «These young singers have wonderful voices and perfect training, that is why they perform on the greatest stages of the world».
This one joint concert of the soloists of the Opera Centre and of the Orchestra musicians must be the beginning of the “future promising joint work”.