The Mediterranean in Yekaterinburg. International festival "Eurasia" - a puzzle that has developed

YEKATERINBURG. The music festival "Eurasia" has ended. The invisible border of tolerance: from Batagov to Al-Tariq al-Ghazuliya

The history familiar to Russia - an exacerbation of craving for art in a difficult year - filled the halls daily with a grateful audience. The theme “Mediterranean” made it possible to unite interesting and diverse musicians from Europe, Asia, and Africa within the framework of the music forum. The interest in unconditional headliners - Batagov, Debarg and Bashmet - did not contradict the enthusiastic reception of an unprofessional group from Cairo Al-Tariqa Al-Gazoulia, which introduced Sufi chants. Generous applause and enthusiasm of the audience accompanied the perky Mediterranean improvisations from the international L’Arpeggiata, which materialized the idea of the festival about tolerance and unity. The format of the Off-program was able to accommodate master classes, live broadcasts of concerts and even the avant-garde art project “The Shining World”.

Each day of the festival became a piece of the puzzle, which eventually made it possible to put together a beautiful picture of a single musical space. Symphony orchestras from Hong Kong and Italy, a quartet from the UK, a Czech violinist, a French piano nugget. To get Debarg after a triumph at the Tchaikovsky competition is a Christmas tale in October. It is impossible to predict with absolute certainty how the story of an amazing guy will turn out. Whether he is waiting for a dizzying take-off, if he unexpectedly hides in an ivory tower. But while the meeting with the miracle is real.

The same associations are caused by the opportunity to attend the concerts of Anton Batagov, one of the most extraordinary composers, who came from New York after 15 years of seclusion. Buddhist practices, the innovative rethinking of Rachmaninoff, comparisons with Gould, revolutionary in the importance of work for cinema and TV - an inspired movement forward without an orthodox attachment to any style. Shpalikovskiy “never return to your former places” may be remembered by him.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru