On 16th of February the second stage of the “Russian Composers Heritage Revival” multimedia project, implemented by E. ON Russia and Orpheus Radio, was finished by a gala concert in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. The event was dedicated to the 125-year anniversary of the outstanding Russian musician Nikolay Golovanov. N. Golovanov, People's Artist of the USSR, became famous first of all as the Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre and the All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra. At the same time, he is the author of beautiful opera, symphonic, chamber and piano music, as well as sacred compositions. Unfortunately, his music is hardly known to contemporary listeners.
The goal of the “Russian Composers Heritage Revival” project is to restore the lost music, to show how rich and diverse the Russian musical heritage is and to include the music which has not been performed before into the modern cultural context.
On 21st of January, the composer’s birthday, soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre and the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre have performed the love songs of N. Golovanov on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre Beethoven Hall.
On 16th of February the stage of the “Russian Composers Heritage Revival” project dedicated to revival of creative works of N.S. Golovanov, was finished by a major event that included performance of religious compositions of the author, symphonic music and adaptations of folk songs. The concert was performed by music groups of the Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre: Folk Choir of Traditional Russian Song (Chief Choirmaster and Conductor: Andrey Azovsky), Grand Choir “Masters of Choral Singing” (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor: Lev Kontorovich) and Symphony Orchestra of Orpheus Radio station (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor: Sergey Kondrashev). Also, selections of the documental film about Nikolay Golovanov, created within the project, were shown that evening.