Mariinsky charity is shut down
NewsThe Observer reports that the Anglo-Russian Opera and Ballet Trust, founded by Valery Gergiev in 1992 and with Prince Charles as patron since 1999, has been summarily shut down without explanation.
The website has gone blank.
According to its stated purpose, the Anglo-Russian Opera and Ballet Trust engaged in ‘practical assistance for the Mariinsky theatre’s work in Russia with active promotion of its most innovative programming in the UK.’
Gergiev has been banned in most western countries for his role as Putin’s propagandist.
Not a moment too soon. I am surprised that it was sponsoring Russian cultural propaganda through the wars in Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea and Syria, when Putin was pouring millions into top Russian music institutions and their artistic directors had salaries compared to top Western music institutions. The foundation could now rebrand itself to help musicians in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Moldova is now in a desperate need of rebuilding its National Philharmonic which was burnt down during the pandemic.
I’d be curious to learn what you think about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQWCliUNXo
Has Prince Charles denounced Gergiev?
Just saying, we require that Gergiev denounce Putin.
No explanation needed, it is very obvious as to why.
From The New Yorker by Alex Ross
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/valery-gergiev-and-the-nightmare-of-music-under-putin?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker
List of Maryiinski Theater Members from the website:
PERFORMERS:
Irma Gigolaty
Yekaterina Latysheva
Natalya Pavlova
Tatiana Pavlovskaya
Olga Pudova
Oxana Shilova
Antonina Vesenina
Larisa Yudina
Anna Kiknadze
Olga Legkova
Yulia Matochkina
Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Varvara Solovyova
Irina Shishkova
Alexander Fyodorov
Andrei Ilyushnikov
Dmitry Koleushko
Dmitry Voropaev
Grigory Chernetsov
Badral Chuluunbaatar
Vladimir Moroz
Ilya Bannik
Nikolai Kamensky
Mikhail Kolelishvili
Vadim Kravets
Yuri Vorobiev
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Timur Zangiev
Concert director: Alexei Stepanyuk
Mariinsky Foundation in America
http://mariinsky.foundation/