(KZN.RU, October 14). The annual music festival “Denis Matsuev with Friends” started in the capital of Tatarstan in the GSCH named after S. Saidashev. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, who attended the event with his family, became a guest of the first concert.
On the first day of the festival, the works “Don Quixote”, the symphonic poem for cello and orchestra by R. Strauss, as well as Concerto №3 for piano and orchestra by P. Tchaikovsky, Variations on the Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra by V. Lyutoslavsky, Concerto №2 for piano with the orchestra by R. Shchedrin sounded for the Kazan audience. Many of them were performed in Kazan for the first time. Soloists of the musical evening were Denis Matsuev and musician Sergey Slovachevsky. The concert was a huge success. Citizens and guests of the city once again appreciated the talent of the virtuoso pianist.
The concert of scholars from the interregional charity fund “New Names” deserves special attention. It will be held on the second day of the festival, October 15 at 2 pm. The fund's mission is to create an effective system of supporting young talents in the field of culture and art. Denis Matsuev, the president of the fund, and Alexander Sladkovsky, the art director of the GSO RT, will present certificates to the winners of the qualifying round for further participation in the summer creative school.
The festival was founded by Alexander Sladkovsky, a People's Artist of Russia, the artistic director and the head conductor of the GSO RT, in collaboration with Denis Matsuev, an outstanding pianist and public figure, a People's Artist of Russia.
30 concerts, including full cycles of piano concertos F. Liszt, P. Tchaikovsky, were performed for 6 seasons of the creative cooperation of maestro Sladkovsky, the GSO RT, and virtuosic pianist.