Mikhail Arkadyev: "I blame..."

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“I accuse Gergiev, Bashmet and the like of the moral corruption of several generations of young musicians, who, largely thanks to them, are convinced that the measure of skill and talent is money, money, again money, and only money. It was they who convinced and taught the youth to the fact that the main thing is to use your immortal craft for glamorous success, with cynical indifference to the so-called “politics”.