| The program “New Age of Russian Performing Art” was presented at the BZK The Russian Performing Arts Foundation presented its fellows, grant holders and award winners to the Moscow public for the second time. Last season, such a concert took place in the Small Hall of the Conservatory, now in the Large Hall, crowded with famous school teachers, venerable university professors and their students. Everything testified to the great interest in the program not only of official institutions, but of Russian musicians themselves, children, parents, teachers and the public (more than a dozen listeners were eager for extra tickets on the street). Svyatoslav Belza, looking into the full hall, noted the growing importance of the “New Age of Russian Performing Arts” program. “The foundation is not as old as its achievements are great,” he formulated and gave the floor to the chairman of the board of trustees of the foundation, the famous cellist, artistic director of the oldest Borodin Quartet in the world and teacher revered by quartet musicians almost like a musical god, Valentin Berlinsky . He greeted the audience, laureates and trustees of the foundation, representing the Russian musical elite and effectively patronizing business (including Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Krainev, Vladimir Spivakov, Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Alexander Mamut).
Since 2002, the foundation has awarded 247 scholarships and 425 prizes (including incentive grants or grants intended for the implementation of specific publishing, research and other projects). The total amount of charitable money distributed by the foundation was $1,360,500 (scholarship amounts up to $200 per month, grants up to $500). Among the holders of scholarships and awards are representatives of more than 50 regions of Russia and six CIS countries.
Behind these figures is real support for interesting, needy or simply deserving of both public and financial attention musicians and teachers of different ages, status and place of residence. For some, it became possible to participate in international competitions (the scholarship recipients also have international victories), others were able to afford a good instrument, and for others they simply helped them live with dignity and continue doing what they love.
The specific destinies and achievements hidden behind the charitable reporting looked so touching and bright during the concert that each number of the huge program with the participation of young scholarship recipients, Moscow Soloists, Bashmet and the Borodinites was received by the audience with rare enthusiasm. At the same time, one could hear the discerning nature of the professional audience, who not only rejoiced at the performance of the overture from Dunaevsky’s “Children of Captain Grant” by five quartets at once, but also appreciated the adult skills of the young “Bravis Trio,” the versatile Andrei Doinikov, and the virtuoso Alexander Buzlov. Listening to the fellows, the public also noted the skill of their excellent teachers, whose hand can only be heard in the manners of their students. And which no other bonus or charity program notices. Yulia BEDEROVA |
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