EXCLUSIVE!! Dmitri Hvorostovsky interview on Italian Radio

2004.
partial english translation (the first 8 minutes, 10 are left and I'll do them later!)
Interviewer:And now we are proud to do something that BBC can obviously do every evening: bring to the microphones the protagonists of the concerts transmitted ( he's talking about the BBC Proms 2004).
As I was telling you before while we hardly tried to reconquer the connection with London that started really late, we suceeded in noosing Hvorostovsky in his London house, he is living in London since many years,since 1989 when he left his native Russia.
We recorded a little part of the interview that, I must say, is only partially about the main point of the evening: the Mussorgsky's Deats songs Cycle.It starts ( the interview)from another topic.
You know that Hvorostovsky lef Russia many years ago but comes back periodically to his country for exemple he had a very close relationship with Boris Yeltsin many years ago, there has recently been an official and solemn meeting with President Putin, there was a grand concert on the Red Square with hundreds of careful ears listening to him and than he recently gave an interview to an American newspaper while he was having his tournèe in the USA where he dealt with the problem of patriotism, precisely with the feeling of belonging to a motherland. One of the sentences that stroke me most was this: "According to me nowadays it is no more a crime to express your patriotism to the Holy Mother Russia".
This touched me and I started from this for my interview: If and how can we talk about patriotism for a russian artist that has now lived out of his homeland for man years.
Dima :( with strong russian accent that I never heard him in english) You're perfectly right.I think that we lost a certain form of patriotism in the '90s after the big changes in our country. I felt that people in my country felt a little embarassed about being russian because economically Russia went really really down.That's why our pride if being one of the world's greatest countries was a bit lost. Also for me personally, travelling all over the world with a russian passport was not easy. Surely we lost our national pride.
I: I see! And you say it is needed to find it again...
Dima:I feel this country is very rich in traditions ,musical culture...I have memories from my past that bring me to deep refelctions. The time I spent with my grandmother for exemple,who always sang me the war songs, the folclorical songs from W.W.II and this is why I decided to make a CD of this songs.
I:We transmitted some days ago an interview with Valery Gergiev that preceded you at the Proms and he said: " Me,like you all that where born in Russia, I worked in many places of the world and can't understand all my compatriots that refuse, or anyway don't pay too much attention to the duty of helping young russian artists that find themselves in dificulty."
D: I totally agree with great Maestro Gergiev that really dedicated his life to develope new musical talents in theatres and makes a great work to find and develope this talents and make them known in the world. Also his sister Larissa who founded the Musical Academy for young musicians makes them meet bigs like for exemple the great Renata Scotto that makes masterclasses, maybe one a year but I think more often.
They give you the possibility to work with great maestros and to work onstage with other great singers. For me this is an exemple of great dedication. For me as a solist is much more difficult...Now, I was working with these young people one year ago when I gave masterclasses in Finland with Valery Gergiev and others...I still make little classes with them...I understand that it is needed to do much more. I became more bounded to my country with my concerts and that's why I wait a younger public and the meeting on the stage is best I can do...because I'm not a conductor or a teacher...I do not teach yet!

[@mariavirginiaganci3279]

Sentirlo parlare in italiano è stupendo.Essere meraviglioso.

[@enniadania888]

Che emozione sentire Dmitri parlare nella mia lingua e la sua voce mi sembra ancora più bella era una persona meravigliosa e pensare che lui non c'è più mi procura un grande dolore ma la vita continua e grazie a questi video almeno possiamo risentirlo e rivederlo e non lo dimenticheremo mai grazie Dmitri per ciò che sei stato e ci hai dato pace a te caro amico splendida creatura

[@angeli21]

🌹❤️🌹

[@ritaklaudy3717]

E vero era una splendida creatura in tutta la sua vita e rimanere per Eternità ringraziando le migliaia di registrazioni e filmati.

[@user-em7hh1tc7v]

Спасибо ондалРоссиимногопричингордитьсясвоимсыном!!!

[@lauracecchi6964]

È fantastico sentirlo parlare italiano e svelare quello che prova per la sua Patria.

[@user-iz5dm4fu3v]

Ослепительно Красив, Божественно Талантлив, Королевски Благороден, Рыцарь в белых Небесных доспехах, излучающий Свет, Космическую Энергию, Благодать, Радость, Вечную Любовь !!!!!!! Какое очарование в Голосе Его, в нем - все, что нужно для счастья каждому из нас !!!!!!!!!! Чудо из чудес !!!!! Спасибо за эту превосходную публикацию !!!!!

[@draganaradulovic8203]

Прекрасни Дмитрии ♥️♥️♥️

[@evescieux4305]

Il a eu sa femme franco italien mais il était très intelligent et voulai plaire à tout ses publics j adore entendre sa voix

[@magdolnakovacs8599]

thank you! Dmitri the best!

[@manueladenise4358]

DMITRI IS A GENIUS.

[@agadorset5280]

Dmitri is an undisputed genius. His Italian, here, is such an adorable show of respect he had for every nation, every human being. Truly, I could not loose any word he had said in this radio interview. I am speechless. He speaks of his gratitude to Russian President . He talks of his fellow Russians, like Shallapin or famous director of the Russian opera house that he made his careful young steps with both in Russia and in USA. I am in awe.

[@user-em7hh1tc7v]

Онасегдабылблагодарнымчеловеком

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

@@user-em7hh1tc7v yesbutitseemsthatyourkeyboardismissinganimportantkey lol

[@seaglass22]

His Italian is utterly charming!

[@laisa158]

and what he sais is wonderful and so smart...he is putting the man to the ground talking about Russia !

[@NuSao1]

Его итальянскую речь можно слушать, как песню ))

[@bbbbb9829]

Ни слова не понимаю, кроме фамилий русских музыкантов и слова"музыка", "руссиа", " карьера", но слушаю и глупо улыбаюсь от гордости, будто это мой брат, сын, друг чешет то на итальянском, то на английском и наслаждаюсь звуками любимого голоса! А он у него и в речи неповторим. Какой же грандиозный вклад он внёс в пропаганде русской музыки, культуры на всех континентах, кроме Африки, как он сам говорил. Низкий поклон и Любовь примите от нас русских и особенно сибиряков, любимый наш артист и человек, ДМИТРИЙ ХВОРОСТОВСКИЙ! И ещё за то, что оперное искусство, благодаря Вашему таланту стало в России интересным для миллионов людей.

[@isabellacasartelli1834]

Sempre bello sentire la sua voce,sia che canti o che parli e ancora di più, per me che sono italiana,quando lo fa nella mia lingua

[@francescasassu2009]

Esattamente.

[@annadonnarumma845]

Amabile in tutte le lingue.Colui che lo ha intervistato è un conduttore di Radio3,ora mi sfugge il nome, curatore dello archivio di Pieve Santo Stefano,una raccolta di lettere e testimonianze del tempo di guerra che Radio3 trasmette periodicamente. È evidente il suo interesse per Dmitri e i suoi canti di guerra russi.Alla straziante esposizione del suo feretro si sentiva la sua voce che intonava il suo canto di guerra preferito che parla dei soldati caduti sui campi russi trasformati in stormi di bianche gru nel cielo in cui si apre un varco che forse aspetta anche lui.Cosi' mi pace immaginarlo in volo con la sua bianca chioma al vento.E così sia,Amen

[@isabellacasartelli1834]

@@annadonnarumma845 non ero a conoscenza di tutte queste cose. Grazie per averne parlato.

[@user-em7hh1tc7v]

​@@annadonnarumma845 😢

[@annadonnarumma845]

@@user-em7hh1tc7v Sorry, I don't understand russian!

[@natasabgd5119]

bravo, dmitri, italijanski ok*

[@9242Gabry]

Molto interessante! Parla benissimo in italiano

[@TheDmitrilover]

Assolutamente! ♥

[@francescasassu2009]

Melodioso quando pronunciava l'Italiano💔🙏

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

non esageriamo però. "Spendo tempo con mia nonna", "stava incontrando quello che...". He mixes English, Spanish with Italian and his grammar is all over the place. But his intentions are golden, and I am in awe of him too.

[@koviljkakuljanin6456]

Bravooooooooo

[@user-ct2wg4vc3z]

Ничего не поняла,но в очередной раз насладилась любимым голосом,спасибо Димочка!!!!!

[@amaliacarocci8269]

Grande artista. Bello..sorridente..colto .cos altro dire di Dimitri? Che resterà nella storia della lirica mondiale..grande perdita..lo ritroveremo tra gli Angeli a cantare con loro

[@tyttipoikolainen8514]

Genius in languages too

[@MsSodade]

You are very clever! Nagyon ügyes vagy :))) ! Jó hallgatni a hangját akkor is, ha beszél. Köszönöm! Thank you!

[@adimitariva]

DH has been asked , while in the USA, about being a patriot, he : now it's not anymore a crime to be a patriot for Russia. in '90 something changed. Russia has gone down and national pride has gone lost. He remembers songs of II World war sang by his grandmother, He feels that it is important help young talented musicians to develop.

[@doinamuresan5592]

The world have lost a great artist. Rest in. Peace Dima

[@arturpawski9348]

PRAWDA ,JESTO CUDO '

[@lucynaluto7096]

🧡❤💚💚

[@martinam2322]

nádherný hlas

[@arturpawski9348]

DIMA JEST BOSKI!

[@fioreviola7709]

You wrote: "with strong russian accent that I never heard him in english" but it is not true. I'm Italian and Dima spoke Italian very well with very little or even without inflections!

[@TheDmitrilover]

That is exactly what the sentence means, that he had NO accent, he spoke very well. I am italian and I spoke to him in italian many times.Besides, I was translating, not writing, the radio speaker said the sentence, not me.

[@lesleywilbourne7823]

@@TheDmitrilover ah I understand now. I too misunderstood and thought it was you that had detected a Russian accent. He speaks both English and Italian very well. The speed with which he answers is a clear indication that he is understanding and responding, not translating the interviewer into Russian then translating his response from Russian to Italian. So I guess that makes him fluent. Dmitri was a very talented man - a voice which I think was a gift from heaven, the ability to learn and communicate in other languages (I believe he was fluent in a couple more and could communicate In severs others too?), a beautiful soul and on top of that a very wise, intelligent being. The world was a better place with him in it. Xx

[@angeli21]

🌹❤️

[@user-em7hh1tc7v]

​@@lesleywilbourne7823 ешнемецкийифранцузский

[@mariavirginiaganci3279]

Concordo in pieno.Parla un italiano perfetto.

[@adimitariva]

@adimitariva Some russian authors and masters are helping not only from Russia ( Renata Scotto ) In his developing he has been interested in italian singing and in 19° and 20° century , russian baritone studied with italian teachers . Russian singing school has been always linked to italian school . For this he now feel ready to sing Verdi. He loved italian concerts , public is very hot. The choice of Mussorgsky songs is due to a long study, the music has grown with him.

[@user-bh4hx4gu5z]

Эта стрижка очень шла творческому стилю Хворостовского. Но позднее я согласилась, что драматическому баритону удлинённые волосы лучше.Завершают образ.. Впервые слышу , как хорошо Дмитрий владеет итальянским . Не могу в прошедшем мнении.Не получается .

[@maxmara7627]

А мне очень нравится этот образ, но с возрастом он отпускал длину, ему очень было хорошо по любому, голос его слушать можно без устали, и когда поёт и когда говорит как поёт, тяжело смириться с такой потерей, Дмитрий космос, сила, мощь, и в то же время вне сцены очень благородный и душевный, будем помнить всегда золотой баритон столетия 👍♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@TheDmitrilover]

@adimitariva Thank you :) I have posted a translation in the video description!

[@TheDmitrilover]

@MyNatalie31 I published a partial translation in the video description! :D

[@po1212Po]

Dear friends, translate it, please, at least in a couple of words, thanks!

[@tibornetelkes9505]

❤❤❤

[@MyNatalie31]

@po1212Po I feel just the same! He did say"Russia", "war", "good", "perform", "sing" - maybe you and I had better look at some interviews DH does in English (or for me - mRussian as well)!

[@TheDmitrilover]

@MsSodade szivesen! :) nem voltam ugyes hidd el, csak ott volt az interneten :) :)

[@TheDmitrilover]

@73MusicLover From the Radio internet page... :D it was easy! Could you understand italian?

[@TheDmitrilover]

@ophunka èn Margit! :) nagyon orvendek!

[@TheDmitrilover]

@ophunka :D Arrol beszel hogy milyen az o kapcsolat orsorszaggal, milyen volt a BBC Proms 2004be enekelni es hogy erzik o: tobb olasz enek iskolas vagy orosz mert azok akik enekelnek majdnem olasznak erzenek! o azt valaszolt hogy o olasz enekiskolasnak erzi! Bocsanatot kerlem a magyaromra! nagyon Rosszul irok! Ha nem ertetted valamit akkor irjal! :)

[@kovacsklara2319]

Kitűnően érthető!🌹

[@TheDmitrilover]

@ophunka ha neked jo, akkor nekem nincs baj magyarul irni, csak szerintem neked nem konnyu engem megerteni mert nagyon rosszul irok!

[@lidiamariacroce9712]

Vi invio fra pochi minuti il nome di una casa editrice russa molto importante per Dmitri

[@TheDmitrilover]

@ophunka koszi! :) Kedves vagy! ( nem tudom ha mar mondtam neked de èn Olasz vagyok! ;)

[@user-bc5vi1cw5o]

к стыду,ошибка

[@user-bc5vi1cw5o]

к сдыду своему плохо знаю языки ,даже итальянский и английский.дочь 10лет живет в италии.переписываемся на руском.

[@user-em7hh1tc7v]

Они, однако не стыдятся заграницей, что не знают русского!

[@MyNatalie31]

@po1212Po I feel just the same! He did say"Russia", "war", "good", "perform", "sing" - maybe you and I had better look at some interviews DH does in English (or for me -mRussian as well)!