The results of the year. Tangaer and Debarg

In two words in the heading, the main events and trends of the outgoing year are not exhausted, but it is precisely these names that he will be remembered. The first name is with a fat sign minus. The second is with a plus sign.

Tangaer

The word "tanneser" now knows even a simple taxi driver. Whose and what the opera is about, he does not remember, but there is a stable association with an “insult of feelings”. The unprecedented story that happened in February -Marle with the production of Timofei Kulyabin , covered the entire Russian theater world with her shadow, came outside of it and cherished the established Status well quo . In the gray zone, there were two important theater of the country - Novosibirsk and Mikhailovsky, which are now part of the dubious empire of Vladimir Kekhman, the criterion of "ordination" in the opera and ballet became relevant than ever. A certain positive effect in the form of unprecedented solidarization of the startled theatrical forces (in defense of the Tangayzer, people who were in a variety of aesthetic positions, including Mark Zakharov, Dmitry Chernyakov, Boris Grebenshchikov, Oleg Tabakov, Galina Volubki, Kirill Serebrennikov, Leva, Leva, Kirill Serebrennikov. Dodina, Valeria Fokin, Andrei Mogeliy, etc.) does not cancel bitterness about the bright dead performance .

Debarg

You can treat competitions in general and the obvious success of the XV competition of Tchaikovsky in particular this summer, but one cannot but state that millions of views on the network are amazing. The fading intra -linear competition managed to pump up with sports hysteria, the social networks boiled, and those visitors who did not distinguish Fa Major from Tha Minor suddenly felt on the sidelines of life. From the era of powerful ideological confrontations, the “kettle”, led by Gergiev, broke into new digital times.

And his best decoration, as if specially invented, was the French pianist Luke Debarg. The modest 4th place does not reflect the real state of affairs- the universal love that has fallen on him revives the legend of Van Klibern and the first competition. Over the past few months, Debarg managed to drive the country that had loved him along and across, learned a certain number of Russian words and even played a sheet Ivan Urgant and the audience of Channel One. He tolerates the hardships of the new starry life steadily, even though he does not look serene and happy. But this does not interfere with the happiness of the public.

Other things that should be recalled do not have such an aroma of unpredictability. Rather, on the contrary: they are expected or long -awaited.

The Ural is steering

The record 26 nominations for the Golden Mask, which recently received the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater, no longer surprise anyone. And to call Perm province, where Peter Sellars has already worked and Bob Wilson will soon work, the tongue does not turn. In the meantime, Krentzis with its team Musicaeterna drives around Europe in support of the Perm Mozart, Spring Spring and Ramo recorded on Sony Classical and endlessly receiving international awards, in Yekaterinburg, for the first time in Russia, the famous Marten Marten Marten Festival “Crazy Days” is held in Russia, for the first time in Russia, Philip Glass “Satyagrakh” is put in Russia and for the first time in Russia, the opera Vainberg “Passenger” is announced. Something such twisted in the Urals, and this is especially impressive against the background every now and then loudly speaking the large and sluggishly scoring Mariinsky.

Composer boom

The theater of Pokrovsky was set by the new operas of Alexander Manotskov and Alexander Zhurbin , the Satz Theater - Alexander Tchaikovsky, Mariinka - Shchedrin, Ilya Demutsky wrote the new ballet for the big, two opera scores of Vladimir Tarnopolsky were performed in Mariinsk and the Stanislavsky Theater. And, of course, Boris Yukhananov surpassed everyone with the Electrotheater, where six new scores alone. And this is not counting the “mask”-2015 “Nosferata” Dmitry Kurlandsky, who excited the public, including the non-rightness of this “mask” shown. Traditional griefs that “nowhere to find new music now,” this year looked special anachronism.

Polina Weidman

The Association of Musical Critics of Moscow organized four years ago (in which I enter and I) this year began to act more actively and, in addition to the already existing prize, the participant of the Tchaikovsky contest (in 2011 it received Alexander Lubyantsev , now - Luke Debarg), in particular, the new annual prize for the main achievement of the season. The short list included Vladimir Yurovsky, Tangaer, Satyagraha, the Moscow Return festival and the Perm Choir Musicaeterna . But the victory was won by Polina Weidman , unknown to the general public for the reason that she does not sing, does not play and does not conduct, but is engaged in painstaking source and musicological activities, working with Tchaikovsky’s legacy in Klin. In the past year, the first four volumes from the academic complete works of the composer with the first author’s versions of the first concert were published under her leadership. Ray Sofita finally illuminated the cabinet life of music. Today (December 23), Polina Efimovna is awarded the Helicon-Ooper award before the premiere of Eugene Onegin. There, on January 19, she will give her laureate lecture “Real Tchaikovsky”.