Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra performed in Novosibirsk as part of the Trans-Siberian Art Festival. This was the first concert in which the famous conductor played in a duet with Vadim Repin, a native of Novosibirsk and artistic director of the festival.

According to the press service of the Philharmonic, the Concerto for Two Bach Violins was performed by soloists and the orchestra. At the rehearsal we found such an understanding, as if we had been playing together for the last 25-30 years, admitted Vladimir Spivakov. Before that, I accompanied Vadim many times, standing at the conductor’s desk, and even at the opening of this hall (in September 2013 — note Taigi. info), the concert was very good and memorable, at least for me».

In addition to Bach’s music, the concert on 26 March featured Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Cancheli’s Little Daneliade and Piazzolla’s The Seasons in Buenos Aires. Three beads were played in the crowded Katz State Concert Hall. Before the last one Spivakov addressed the hall with the words about the lack of love in the world: And I am very much asking Academgorodok scientists to do something about it.

There is a lot of aggression, imperfection and an antimony in the world. And there is no aggression in music – it calms people down, comforts and harmonises them. All negative feelings disappear, people rise up, the conductor said in an interview before the concert.

Tickets for «Moscow Virtuosi» and Vladimir Spivakov were bought back in January – less than a month after the start of sales. During the concert, additional seats were placed on stage for listeners, including gifted children. The Novosibirsk Philharmonic explained that the presence of young talents free of charge at concerts by the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra is a prerequisite for the ensemble.