Ali Lederhi, disregarding the sanctions, came to the aid of the Russian orchestra/ the continuation of the Iranian musician’s cooperation with the largest Russian orchestra

According to the music reporter of Fars News Agency, according to the previous official announcement in the mass media, on Friday, July 17th, Ali Derari went on stage at the invitation of the famous Russian leader Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg and at the Mariinsky Opera complex.

In this concert, he conducted two prominent works of the most famous Russian composers, Shahrzad Korsakov and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.

This concert, which was recorded and broadcast nationwide by the Russian national television network, was so well received by the Russian audience, Mr. Gergiev and the orchestra musicians that the conductor was officially requested to cancel his flight to Vienna and perform again on Friday, July 23. Lead another program. The orchestra officials canceled or changed all their previous plans, including the concerts, in order to hold the concert again under the leadership of Ali.

This action is completely unusual in the world of classical music, especially the Mariinsky Opera series, which performs several operas and concerts every day, because each of these programs has been planned for years. It is unique and unprecedented.

In this way, on Friday, July 23, this Iranian international leader will go on stage again at the Mariinsky Opera Hall in Russia, this time to perform a program of the works of the famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky.

The director says that it was a dream for me to one day be able to conduct Tchaikovsky’s music in the same city where he went to music school and performed his works and died there.

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