March, 11, 2014. Issue No. 250
March 9th - debut in the ballet "Swan Lake". Denis Rodkin performed the part of Prince Siegfried for the first timeOn March 6th we celebrated the 100th anniversary of Kirill P. Kondrashin, a Soviet conductor, pedagogue and People's Artist of the USSROlga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin in the ballet "Marco Spada" that will be broadcast
live from the Bolshoi Theatre on March 30. Photo: Damir Yusupov
The Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet
On March 6 we celebrated the 100 anniversary of Kirill P. Kondrashin, a Soviet conductor and pedagogue, the Newsletter Digest has been compiled by The Bolshoi Theatre Press Office
Photos: Damir Yusupov and Mikhail Logvinov
Design layout: Vladimir AndrusenkoAll materials used in the digest are the public domain of information agencies, mass media, civil society organizations and government perform pieces by D. Shostakovich (the Fourth and the Thirteenth Symphonies, the Second Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and "The Execution of Stepan Razin"), A. I. Khachaturian, G.V. Sviridov, R.K. Shchedrin, B.A. Tchaikovsky (he dedicated his Second Symphony to K. Kondrashin), M. Weinberg (he dedicated his Fifth Symphony to K. Kondrashin), Y. M Butsko, A. A. Nikolaev and others. He also prepared a number of monographic cycles, including "Eight symphonies by Mahler", "Fifteen symphonies by D. Shostakovich", "Six symphonies by L. van Beethoven"
and "Seven Symphonies by S. Prokofiev". He held the position of 2 chief conductor of The Concertgebouw Orchestra (the Netherlands) from the year1978. He was also invited to take the position of The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra chief conductor.K. Kondrashin taught at the Moscow State Conservatory from 1950 till 1953 and from 1972 till 1978.
He passed away on March 8 1981 in Amsterdam.
Beginning in 1984 the International Kirill Kondrashin Competition for conductors has been organized in Amsterdam regularly; from the beginning of 1990s the Festival named after Kondrashin has been held in Yekaterinburg.
On the Bolshoi Theatre official pages in the social networks we have also published an announcement about the upcoming live broadcast of the ballet
"Marco Spada" that will take place on March 30
On March 30th the ballet "Marco Spada" will be broadcast in cinemas around the world!Mass media about the TheatreTraffic lights and a crosswalk will appear in the Revolution Square
Moscow Department of Capital Repair has announced its plans regarding the reconstruction of the square near the Bolshoi Theatre.
Before the end of this year it is planned to organize estate maintenance on the Revolution Square, including demolition of unwanted buildings, which will allow the opening of the view onto the Kitai-gorod wall. Traffic lights and a crosswalk will appear near the Bolshoi Theatre as well.
According to the Department of Capital Repairs spokeswoman Tatiana Blinova, the concept was designed by the architectural firm Wowhaus; it is expected to spend around 39 mln rubles (about $1,114,285) on developing documentation.
The maintenance will be carried out on Teatralny Proezd, between Revolution Square and the Bolshoi Theatre; it is planned to put there a crosswalk, traffic lights and a safety island. Besides, it is planned to demolish the café on the Theatre Square (Theatre Square 5, building 3) in order to open the view onto the Kitai-gorod wall. Fair pavilions and toilet units are to be demolished as well. It is planned to make Revolution Square into a pedestrian area paved with granite. A green zone with summer cafes and the Museum of Moscow lanterns will take the place of the hotel
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