Dmitry Courland became a laureate of the Franco Abbeati Prize

The Italian National Association of Musical Criticism awarded the annual Franco Abbeati Prize for 2016 to the Russian composer, the musical director of the Stanislavsky electricheatter Dmitry Kurlandsky.

According to the Classic Voice , it is awarded in the category “Best Italian Prime Minister”: in 2016, the works of Dmitry Courland “maps of non -existent cities were first performed in Italy. St. Petersburg "(2015)," Punctuation marks "(2008) and " The Riot of Spring "(2013) .

The Franco Abbeati prize was established in 1980, it was annually awarded in eleven nominations, such as the “performance”, “director”, “conductor”, “soloist” and “musical initiative”. Among the representatives of Russia, awarded prize in the 21st century, conductors Vladimir Yurovsky and Yuri Temikanov, director Dmitry Chernyakov, singer Olga Peretyatko, pianists Grigory Sokolov, Daniil Trifonov and Evgeny Kisin.

In the nomination "Italian Prime Minister", Russian composers have not been awarded since 1991, when Sofya Gubaidulina received the Franco Abbeati Prize.