Conductor (Book) SKU: HL.49046865
Valery Gergiev im Gesprach mit Bertrand Dermoncourt aus dem Franzosischen ubertragen von Marcus F. Edition Schott. Softcover. 192 pages. Schott Music #ED23563. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046865). ISBN 9781705162385. UPC: 196288062363.
Valery Gergiev, director of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater since 1988 and chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic since 2015, reveals the adventures of his life: his report takes the reader on a historical and cultural journey that spans the later years of the USSR leads to the present day. Gergiev not only reports on his own way to the top of the world, he also devotes himselfin detail to the basic musical questions of work and interpretation. In this way, the book becomes a vivid tour through the epochs and masterpieces of music history. Maestro is the result of an extensive series of conversations that French journalist Bertrand Dermoncourt had with Valery Gergiev over a period of ten years. The result is a fascinating portrait of the maestro as a musician and a person.
