Valery Gergiev. Symphony of life. Kobayashi K.

maestro Valery Gergiev is one of the brightest conductors of our time, whose art is in demand all over the world. For more than thirty years, he has been heading the Mariinsky Theater, which his efforts have turned into a large-scale theatrical and concert complex that has no analogues in the world. Since 2015, Valery Gergiev has also been the main conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and before that he led the London Symphony Orchestra.

a unique look at the fate of the maestro through the prism of epoch -making events in our country and the world, one of the main specialists shares In Russia, in Japan, who has worked for many years a correspondent of the Japanese NHK television company in Moscow, Cazuo Kobayashi. Friendship of the author of the book with Valery Gergiev has been going on for more than 25 years. Over the years, the journalist shot two documentaries about his hero, visited the conductor’s homeland in North Ossetia, watched his work and work both in Russia and the border - whether it be brilliant international tour or complete risk and self -confirmation in the Syrian Palmyra. Before you is an almost reporting narrative of a person entering the close environment of Gergiev, a subtlely feeling and aspiration of his talented friend, admiration and gratitude to which this frank biography is permeated.