The entire current musical year, declared the Year of Rachmaninoff on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer, is a marathon of concerts, homages, festivals to be held in all Russian halls.
The new International Youth Piano Competition named after Sergei Rachmaninoff, which will be held for the first time in Veliky Novgorod from March 21 to 26, will become the exclusive event of the year.
Denis Matsuev, the head and “engine” of major youth musical projects and international competitions, including the Grand Piano in Moscow and the Astana Piano Passion in Kazakhstan, the Rachmaninoff Competition and the piano nomination of the Tchaikovsky Competition is the Artistic director of the new competition.
In an exclusive interview to “RG” Denis Matsuev spoke about the format of the new youth competition, about the new centers of “power” of the Russian piano school, about the phenomenon of Rachmaninoff’s pianism.