Interview with Alexander Raskatov about Mieczysław Weinberg

This year Kremerata Baltica and our artistic leader Gidon Kremer are celebrating the centenary of birth of a great composer Mieczysław Weinberg. Many concerts that we perform this year are dedicated to this genius and we wanted to find out more about his life, art, identity and nature.
Alexander Raskatov, a prominent Russian composer with whom Kremerata Baltica has collaborated on various occasions has kindly agreed to tell us about his friendship with Mieczysław Weinberg, his music and personality.
It is a long interview but it is definitely worth your time!
By the way, our newest CD featuring the music of Weinberg, that we recorded in collaboration with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gidon Kremer and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will be released on Deutsche Grammophon label on May 3, 2019.
On the 7th of June we will give a world premiere to the project dedicated to the life and music of Mieczysław Weinberg in Amsterdam during our participation at the Holland Festival.
For more details and news, please visit our website.

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