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“Genius Loci” is the name of a unique festival
that is held in honor of great musicians where they were born.

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This time it is dedicated to Igor Stravinsky,
a Russian composer and innovator admired by the whole world.

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142 years since the birth of the master,
with whose name an entire era in cultural life is associated.

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Festive events took place near St. Petersburg
in Aranienbaum, Stravinsky’s hometown.

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On the stage of the artist of the Mariinsky Theater,
maestro Valery Gergiev is at the controls.

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About how to catch a victim and hold her in your hands,
in the report by Kristina Levieva.

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in the hands of Ivan Tsarevich they sometimes wriggle disobediently
or seem to melt - this is one of the most difficult ballets

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Stravinsky is quite difficult both to perceive
and when you hear it for the first time

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You don’t even understand how to physically
adjust your movements to this music over time

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it becomes much easier to get to the sea premieres
of the Primorsky stage of the Mariinsky Theater

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it was his idea to perform the Firebird
in Ranbaum because Stravinsky was born here

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genius place is a unique festival
that brings legendary music back to its homeland

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In total, the program included five cities
in addition to Ranbaum and Tikhvin Pskov

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Vodkinsk and Smolensk the first five festivals
they convinced me completely and forever

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and forever

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is that performance in Moscow or St. Petersburg is not

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It does not save us from the need to go to our homeland
and bow to Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky, and Musulsky, and Glinka, and Stravinsky, with many others in line.

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And this is Orenenbaum’s Japanese pavilion,
where the soloists of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra gave a chamber concert and performed until late at night.

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And for everyone who wanted it,
it was enough just to buy an entrance ticket to the park.

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Stravinsky is one of the most, I think,
brightest and most incredible composers.

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His ballets, I think, are among the most famous
all over the world, so we don’t even need to prepare.

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We have it in our fingers, in our heads.
We'll always play to wake you up at night.

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In total, about 50 of his works were performed
for Stravinsky’s birthday, which was celebrated the day before at various venues.

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On Morinka’s stage there are minimalist ballets and concert dances.

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The soloists seem to compete with the music, with the rhythm, with each other.

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The main decoration is color, as if from Malevich’s paintings.

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For us this is a breath of fresh air.

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And this is an experiment - to show yourself
from some other side, probably both technically and nationally.

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It seemed like I wasn’t breathing, realizing
that this was just specifically very important for me.

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Realizing that it was on this piano that some fragments
from my favorite “The Tsar’s Bride” may have been first performed, perhaps even invented.

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This, of course, makes you plunge into some ocean of eternity.

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In honor of Gorinka in Smolensk.

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They brought a monumental theatrical setup.

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"The Life of the Tsar." On the Pskov stage

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Philharmonic showed the legendary

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Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina,

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Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk

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his latest opera Iolanta.

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Music sounds all over the world.

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And now it sounds all over the world.

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And it sounds like never before.

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Strongly.

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The performance of Khovanshchina in Lascalo is quite recent

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This is not success, this is shock.

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This is a powerful element.

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And we belong