Oriented on making people closer

In the Great Hall of the Turkmen National Conservatory. Maya Kulieva hosted a gala concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. Despite the cool rainy weather that replaced an unusually warm March on Saturday, April 1, the musical performance called "Rachmaninoff Spring" literally "burned" the audience with the rays of the genius of the great Russian composer, pianist and conductor and gave wonderful impressions of the performing arts of the artists.

The audience was very different. Russian Russian Rachmaninoff is often called one of the «Russian" composers, but he is loved not only by Russians, but also by millions of people around the world, including in Turkmenistan. For his impeccably beautiful and extremely emotional melodies, which caused tears of delight in the eyes of many listeners of the April Fools' concert.

Each of the musicians put his whole soul into the performance of famous works, whether it was the People's Artist Orazgul Annamuradova, who enchanted the hall with the sound of the First part of the Piano Concerto No. 2, or the diploma winner of international competitions Stella Faramazova, who immersed the audience in the atmosphere of refined lyricism of a number of compositions, Honored Artist Vladimir Mkrtumov, who masterfully embodied the uniquely attractive overflows of sounds.

The romances "Lilac" and "They answered" performed by singer Bahar Durdyyeva, "Child! like a flower, you are beautiful", "It's good here", presented by the Honored Artist Bibijemal Amanova.

The compositions "Spring Waters", "Oh, don't be sad for me" were performed by the People's Artist Gulnara Nuriyeva, Amangeldy Amanov very expressively performed the works "He took everything from me", "Oh no, I pray, don't go away".

The same soloist and People's Artist Gulnar Nuriyeva shared a sad love story in a duet from the opera "Aleko".

– On April 1, not only in Russia, but also all over the world, a large number of people celebrate the anniversary of the great composer Rachmaninoff with special warmth and joy, - First Secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, representative of Rossotrudnichestvo Yulia Zaitseva said in an interview with ORIENT, - We are very touched that such attention is paid to the preservation of and popularization of the heritage of the classic. I was most shocked by the creative dedication of the artists," Zaitseva stressed.

By the way, those who missed this concert are given the opportunity to get to know the composer's work more closely within the framework of the Rachmaninoff Spring cycle. On April 7, it will continue with a concert by pianist Vladimir Mkrtumov, who will perform in the hall of the Philharmonic Cultural Center. On April 19, there will be another concert of Rachmaninoff’s vocal music in the Small Hall of the Conservatory.

Artur PETROSYANTS

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