Valery Gergiev loves being sent to Siberia
NewsThe Mariinsky conductor, banned in most of the world for being Putin’s baton, is just back from a tour of the frozen east – six concerts in Salekhard, Krasnoyarsk, Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk and Naryan-Mar.
He says:
‘It is very important that we preserve the traditions of such performances in Russia. For example, we have been to Khanty-Mansiysk dozens of times already, and we feel at home there. This time we gave two concerts in the city, including a daytime concert for young people. Prior to that, we visited Surgut, the festival in memory of Dmitry Hvorostovsky in Krasnoyarsk and Salekhard.
‘And we ended this tour with a concert in Naryan-Mar, where we performed for the first time. The hall was also attended by children from local art schools and music schools.
‘For this tour, we have prepared a program that includes works by the greatest Russian composers and several wonderful works by foreign authors. In addition to the pleasure that these works can give the listener, they once again demonstrate the boundless power of music that overcomes any barriers that do not really exist.’
He doesn’t look very happy…
Indeed, he looks in deep sorrow. the Russian situation may remind him Of ‘Herod the Great’ – he’s unable to persuade his people, but violently kills family members, rabbis, and people instead. Any music can not heal people who are forced to attend the army, suffering in the casualty. He only can conduct to awaken Putin’s return to humanity. Remember, Putin is a human, not a mindless beast.
The art of talking and not saying anything.
Gergiev is such the patriot, nothing would please be more than to see him drafted and fighting on the front lines deep in the frozen trenches of winter.
For all of the Russophobics out there, your opportunity lies in the Ukraine an opportunity not seen since the 40’s.
Most of the world outside the Collective West is much larger in size than the Collective West itself and has not banned Gergiev, but I understand how self important we like to feel in the West.
You’re absolutely correct, Siberia alone is 33% bigger than the U.S. and you can fit 50 UKs into Siberia; indeed, Siberia has not banned Gergiev, so I sincerely wish Gergiev the best of luck in his future endeavors touring every village and hamlet and frozen patch of ice and for every passing polar bear for the rest of his life in Siberia.
Come to think of it, that pretty much describes his current career “outside the Collective West”, doesn’t it?
India, Brazil, China, South Africa are not in the groupthink of the Current Thing. They’re small nothing places, right? As for Siberia, etc., why do you think the US wants to dismantle or decolonize Russia? There’s an astounding amount of natural resources there.
Blacklisting Gergiev is just another totalitarian tactic to silence “opposition.” Nothing new there.
Don’t flatter yourself. All the U.S. wants is a Russia that keeps to its own borders, and better if it would be more democratic.
What gets said too little is when communist regimes collapsed, most people in the West were glad – good people were being freed of bad rulers. No desires to take over, colonize, etc.. In fact the United States worked hard to get these countries to adopt a market economy, in the hopes that would make them peaceful and democratic. Sadly, not so much.
Here’s some articles on breaking up Russia from deep state mouthpieces…
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10014.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/russia-putin-colonization-ukraine-chechnya/639428/
https://www.csce.gov/international-impact/events/decolonizing-russian-empire
Good article:
https://popularresistance.org/us-govt-body-plots-to-break-up-russia-in-name-of-decolonization/
Here’s one about everyone’s favorite, Dick Cheney:
https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/01/dick-cheney-us-goal-break-up-russia/
https://mronline.org/2022/06/27/u-s-govt-body-plots-to-break-up-russia-in-name-of-decolonization/
“US worked hard to get these countries to develop a market economy…”
Ex communist officials took over many industries. How did the US help? Yes, it’s not a democracy but how is the West that much different? If you don’t have free speech, you can’t have a democracy. To look at all the censorship and say we live in a free society is laughable.
The US has interfered in foreign presidential elections AT LEAST 81 times in 54 years.
That’s democracy? Worry about the growing totalitarianism in the West before you want to stick your nose in other countries affairs.
You still believe government. Pathetic.
India feels it needs to trade with everyone it can to continue developing, though they have criticized the war, China wants to retake Taiwan and become the great power of South East Asia so Russia is a natural ally, South Africa similar reasons to India and Brazil has been run by an autocratic idiot. All the West wants is for Russia to leave Ukraine and not commit mass violence.
It doesn’t matter the reasons (though some of yours are silly) for BRICS countries to work with Russia. They do.
“All the West wants is for Russia to leave Ukraine and not commit mass violence.”
That is a gross lack of historical knowledge of what has happened.
effectively he can play with his orchestra in china, venezuela, cuba , corea del norte and some others places
“The hall was also attended by children from local art schools and music schools.”
Were they wearing gas masks?
I admired Gergiev as a great conductor but now, to the extent he licks Putin’s boots, I must spit on him.
Cultural lipstick on the barbarian pig.
Despise Gergiev as much as you like, but this is a wonderful thing for the people of remote Russia, and let’s be honest: A tour like this would never happen in Western Europe, war or not.
Is there a Siberia of France, of Italy?
Didn’t your mum tell you not to waste others peoples time? Russia has dozens of big cities where Mariinsky could easily sell out. When was the last time Vienna or Berlin Phil played in a city of less than 50.000 inhabitants?
This may be a “wonderful thing for the people of remote Russia”, but “let’s be honest”: a “tour like this” would have never happened in Russia either, if the maestro had more attractive and lucrative invitations to choose from.
In normal times it would be great to see Gergiev and his orchestra touring the Russian hinterlands, where their performances would mean a lot to the locals. But in the current environment, I don’t know what to think.
There are no normal times.
Thank to stupidity of western countries , Maestro Gergiev and Russian audience are enjoying each other