St Petersburg celebrates Gergiev’s teacher
OrchestrasThe cult of personality has reached new heights with a celebration of the 120th birth anniversary of Ilya Musin, a remarkable teacher of conducting at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire. Musin’s star pupil was Valery Gergiev, master and commander of all music in Putin’s Russia.
On Saturday there will be an all-Rimsky concert conducted by Gergiev, followed by other events.
As much as it honours Musin, it is an act of homage to the all-conquering Gergiev.
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