Secrets of the business of the “liberator of Palmyra” Gergiev. Larisa Gergieva: “We studied music and languages ​​since childhood, and Valera was also an avid football player.

Creative evenings with Larisa Gergieva are held throughout the week in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Her last name is familiar to everyone: Valery Gergiev, artistic director Mariinsky Theater - brother Larisa Abisalovna. But people familiar with the world of music know: Larisa Gergieva herself is a phenomenon, a unique talent.

February 27 is your 65th anniversary and 50 years creative activity notes the founder and permanent director of the Academy of Young opera singers Mariinsky Theater, People's Artist of Russia Larisa Gergieva. The best accompanist in the world according to the BBC, organizer of several prestigious international vocal competitions, Larisa Abisalovna is widely known as a world-famous teacher who has raised a galaxy of stars opera stage. She developed her own unique system, Gergieva’s system, which allowed her to train almost 100, and to be precise, 96 laureates of All-Union, All-Russian and international competitions.

Musical romance happened to Larisa Gergieva not the first time. However, like famous brother. Dad was a military man and the family traveled a lot around the world before settling in Vladikavkaz. When it was time to go to first grade, the musician neighbors, who noted the abilities of Larisa and Valery, advised their mother: “They sing with you, and very clearly, enroll them in a music school!”

Then in Vladikavkaz there was only School of Music, she enjoyed incredible popularity, there was a boom in the city: everyone wanted to teach children music. The brother and sister passed the entrance exams and both failed miserably. Both Valery and Larisa.

At the insistence of the neighbors, the children were auditioned again and Valery was accepted, but Larisa was not. She cried bitterly, but when classes began, she and her brother, holding hands, went to this school. She listened to everything that was taught in class and wrote down his homework. Apparently, appreciating such zeal, Larisa was soon also enrolled in school.

We studied at best school Vladikavkaz. At one time, Evgeny Vakhtangov and Pavel Lisitsian, the great baritone, studied there Bolshoi Theater, the first of Soviet singers, who performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, recalls Larisa Abisalovna today.

Years will pass and she will personally meet Lisitsian and promise him to organize in his homeland in Vladikavkaz vocal competition his name. And he will keep his word.

To keep the desire to do what you love, a person must be lucky twice: with parents and teachers.

She always carries a photo of her first teacher, Zarema Andreevna Lolaeva, in her purse. It was she who first realized that the piano was too small for Valery and brought him to conductor Anatoly Arkadyevich Briskin.

Zarema Andreevna understood everything about Larisa, and at the age of 15 she led her by the hand to the soloist opera house, said: “I want you to try yourself as an accompanist.”

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An accompanist is the most mysterious profession in the world of music. But it seems that Larisa Gergieva solved this mystery back then, 50 years ago, when she gave her first concert on stage with a vocalist. She was only 15, but even then she felt the voice like no one else, predicted everything, right down to the singer’s desire to catch his breath.

Valery Gergiev is a unique example of how art can become business, and business can become art. On Russia Day, the maestro received the third State Prize from the hands of the President - for outstanding achievements in the field of humanitarian activities. Gergiev immediately, without leaving Putin, stated that he did not connect the award with the “liberation” concert (joint with cellist Roldugin) in Palmyra.

It's really not about Syria. And not in the “bonus” 5 million rubles (a drop in the ocean of the conductor’s capital, who earned 130 million rubles in 2015, as follows from his declaration). Gergiev is one of those few people close to Putin who are sincerely welcomed all over the world. Gergiev is a genius conducting an ordinary toothpick. He is also wise and cunning in an oriental way. And he is excellent at capitalizing on his own talent.

Employed the whole family

Gergiev's biggest headache was construction concert hall Mariinsky Theater (its director is her husband younger sister maestro Svetlana Gergieva - Tamerlan Gugkaev. The elder sister, Larisa Gergieva, runs the Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinsky Theater) and the long-suffering Second Stage. Mariinsky-2, born with incredible difficulty (architects and contractors were changed more than once), cost the budget 22 billion rubles. The Auditors of the Accounts Chamber only gasped at the double increase in the original estimate. Following them, St. Petersburg residents gasped, including the expert Piotrovsky: how could they spend so much money on such an “ugliness”?! For what Alexey Kudrin without blinking an eye, he announced the allocation of an additional $25 million for the maintenance of the theater: “Even after I left the Ministry of Finance, it continued to support the Mariinsky Theater.”

Hermitage, don't be jealous! There are things more valuable than money. For example, friendship. The newly approached Kudrin is a great friend of Gergiev. Just like German Gref. They are co-chairs of the Mariinsky Board of Trustees and always, regardless of their positions, support the Valery Gergiev Charitable Foundation. The same one from which in 2009–2010 its director Igor Zotov and his accomplice Kazbek Lakuti, according to investigators, stole 245 million rubles. Zotov argued that transferred money to Gergiev's account at the request of the boss (he denied everything), and went to prison for 8 years. “This is your time, Kazbek!” - Zotov shouted after the verdict was announced. Lakuti received a suspended sentence. There are things more important than evidence. For example, gratitude. Kazbek - cousin Valeria Gergiev. His father Boris Lakuti took care of the Gergiev family after Valery (at the age of 13) lost his father.

Black bathhouse with cello

The state supports Gergiev's Stars of the White Nights festival. And also the “Moscow Easter Festival”, which appeared on the initiative of the maestro. The Mariinsky Orchestra with its main star - the conductor - travels around Russia on a special train every year, and the regions regularly conclude government contracts with the only performer (Gergiev Foundation). In 2016, the Udmurt Philharmonic forced 5,000,000 rubles, Sverdlovsk - at 2.547.500 rubles, Nizhny Novgorod - at 4.500,000 rubles, Tomsk - at 7,000,000 rubles, Kemerovskaya - at 3.000.000 rubles, Tatarstan - at 6,000. 000 rubles, Perm - for 4,000,000 rubles, the Ministry of Culture is not a stranger to Gergiev North Ossetia- Alanya - only 2,100,000 “wooden”.

In 2015, the conductor headed the Munich Philharmonic orchestra (the contract was signed until 2020). But the maestro’s main source of income is his performances, mainly abroad - he receives fees for them in euros. Sobesednik.ru got acquainted with tour schedule Gergiev until the end of this year and couldn’t believe his eyes: he conducts every day! Moreover, he often gives two or even three (!) concerts in a day.

However, we did find one window from Gergiev: in mid-August he performed in Finland, followed by a two-week break. Then another concert in Sweden - and again a free week. According to Finnish media reports, Valery Abisalovich has long chosen a resort place on the shore of the lake - the cottage complex Härkäniemen Tuvat (“Bull Cape”) and brings his family here every summer. And also friends. This is what the maestro said on Posner’s broadcast: “I am the president of the Finnish Black Sauna Society... We accept one, maximum two per year as knights of the Black Sauna... from those people who have proven themselves worthy, at the piano or on the stage, with a violin or cello in hand.”

Turkey business

Therefore, it’s a small matter.

GERGIEVS (GERGITÆ). Khudal, Gergi, Kaptu and Adyrkha (option: Mysyk) were brothers. They lived together, but when they all started families, they decided that they would look for a place in the sun separately.

One of the brothers, Gergi, settled in the Alagir Gorge, in the mountain village of Khod. Aul was considered a place of God's rest. From Gerga came the surname Gergiev (Dzherdzhit, Gergita).

The following surnames maintained family relations with the Gergievs (according to different lists): Katukovs, Tedeevs, Tedtoevs, Badrievs, Khodovs, Khuadonovs, Dzansolovs, Gadaevs, Dzugkoevs, Hallaevs, Khudalovs, Kataevs, Adyrkhaevs, Misikovs, Edzievs, Edzoevs, Khabaevs, Dulaevs, Ezeevs ,Gateevs et al.

IN late XIX- early 20th century the population of mountain villages began to move to the flat parts of Ossetia. Many residents of the village of Khod also left their homes and moved to the villages of Kora-Ursdon, Sindzikau, Khristianovskoye (Digora), Dur-Dur, Alagir, Ardon, Zmeyskaya, Stavd-Dort, Seker, Lesken, Elkhotovo, Vladikavkaz, etc.

Among the settlers was the family of Gamadzhi Gergiev with four sons: Zaurbek, Dzabo, Smali, Khadzhimat, and daughter Darda. Gamaji chose the village of Seker, Iraf district, as his place of residence. Subsequently, in the 20s. XX century, the descendants of Gamadzhi moved to the village of Dur-Dur.

Today the Gergievs are proud of their sons and daughters, who have glorified not only their family, but the whole of Ossetia.

Dzabo Gergiev and his children are remembered with kind words in Dur-Dur. During Civil War Dzabo and his brothers actively helped the partisans. Later they built new life, participated in the Great Patriotic War. He raised his eight children to be worthy people.

A book, “The Power of Unity,” was written about Dzabo’s glorious deeds.

Who doesn’t know the famous conductor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People’s Artist of Russia, People’s Artist of Ukraine, People’s Artist of North Ossetia, laureate of a number of awards state awards many countries, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (b. 1953).

People's Artist of Russia, People's Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of North Ossetia Larisa Abisalovna Gergieva (b. 1952) does not lag behind her illustrious brother. She is the artistic director of the Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinsky Theater, general director of the traditional International competition young opera singers named after. N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov and the competition named after. P. G. Lisitsian, artistic director of the Summer Academy of the Mariinsky Theater in Mikkeli (Finland), artistic director of the Vladikavkaz Opera and Ballet Theater and jury member of many international competitions.

The best accompanist in the world, a unique vocal teacher, an outstanding pianist - all this is about Larisa Gergieva. This week she accepted congratulations on the 50th anniversary of her creative activity, and the other day she will celebrate her own anniversary. Gergieva performs on world stages and is trusted by the stars of the classical stage. And aspiring performers from different countries- method of work People's Artist Russia with its young talents is considered unique.

The most mysterious profession in the world of music. But it seems that Larisa Gergieva solved this mystery 50 years ago, when she gave her first concert on stage with a vocalist. She was 15, and she already felt the voice like no one else, predicted everything, right down to the singer’s desire to catch his breath.

Today the BBC calls her the best accompanist in the world, and Larisa Abisalovna just smiles silently. What does she care about big titles when students are waiting and work every day for 18 hours. For almost 20 years now she has been directing the Academy of Young Opera Singers at the Mariinsky Theater. She developed her own unique system, Gergieva’s system. Delicately, almost in a whisper, she gives advice.

Each artist receives a special approach. It is not surprising that the professionals of her students immediately recognize, as they say, the culture of singing. And she continues to look for new talents, organizing several prestigious international and Russian vocal competitions.

There are always flowers in her office - students bring them to her for no reason, and the first gifts for her anniversary. A portrait from photographs of people dear to her. Here is the idol of her youth, Alain Delon, whom she met on tour in Paris, and Elena Obraztsova, with whom she traveled all over the world, performing with virtually no rehearsal, because the great Obraztsova sang in a new way every time, and Gergieva felt her, here is her brother - the maestro Valery Gergiev.

By the way, she is one of the few who not only teaches, but also stages opera performances on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. One of her last premieres was the mono-opera “Notes of a Madman.”

“It’s such a great pleasure, such happiness when the singer with whom you prepared something comes on stage, already in costume, in makeup, sings the part accompanied by an orchestra, creates an image, and you took a very direct part in this, and you stand in the wings and are terribly worried,” says Larisa Gergieva.

On the day of the anniversary, you still have to come out of the scenes and accept congratulations. Her students will perform here - and this is probably the main gift. A few minutes before their performance. Every note, every sound, of course, is honed to perfection, all that remains is to correct the bowtie, because performing without her parting words is a bad omen.

“Now I really want my students to show themselves as brightly as possible, to become successful, and so that I still have time to teach as much as possible,” says Larisa Gergieva.