Alexander Gradsky. Theater GBUK MTKMO

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Alexander Gradsky is rightfully considered one of the founders of such a musical phenomenon as Russian rock. He has an impressive list of titles and awards, in the number of which only a few superstars of the domestic show business can compete with him. Recently, an important event took place in the life of the maestro - the opening of the Gradsky Hall Theater, which took place after almost 25 years of waiting.

Backstory

In 1991, the Moscow government decided to hand over the dilapidated building of the Burevestnik cinema to the MTKMO State Budgetary Institution, which was directed by Alexander Gradsky. It was located at the address: Koroviy Val, house 3, building 1 and had not been used for its intended purpose for several years.

Immediately it became clear that the building would need major repairs, which would require large sums of money. Since the “hungry” 90s were in the yard, the city authorities were busy solving more pressing problems. Nevertheless, in 1994, the reconstruction of the cinema began, but the work was carried out extremely slowly andwere suspended very soon. At the same time, the maestro behaved extremely patiently. At least that's what Gradsky himself assures.

The theater probably would not have received a permanent building if, after a long break, funding for the project had not resumed. It happened only 19 years after the start of construction.

Be that as it may, by the middle of 2015 all the work was completed, and a new cultural object appeared on the map of Moscow - the Gradsky Theater.

Opening

The presentation took place on September 4, 2015. On this day, friends of the maestro and well-known figures of Russian art, politics and business gathered in the building, which is now occupied by the Gradsky Musical Theater. Among those invited were V. Medinsky, K. Ernst, I. Kobzon, A. Makarevich, M. Barshchevsky, Y. Aksyuta, A. Minkin, A. Gasparyan, A. Knyshev, E. Dodolev and others.

Opening the solemn ceremony, Gradsky told the audience that the day before he had a telephone conversation with Yuri Luzhkov, who contributed to the launch of the theater creation project. He also thanked the current head of the capital for all-round support, without which the repair work could remain incomplete.

Concert in honor of the opening of the Gradsky Hall

The festive evening ended with the performance of well-known groups and members of the maestro's team at the show "Voice", who are now soloists of the theater. In addition, the audience had the opportunity to enjoy the performance of Joseph Kobzon. The audience gave a long standing ovation after the sounds of the eternal hit were silenced“How young we were”, which was performed by Gradsky himself.

GBUK MTKMO Theatre: building

The Burevestnik Cinema was built in the early 1950s. The authors of his project were the architects I. Zholtovsky and V. Voskresensky. The building has features of the neoclassical style that was fashionable at that time. According to a similar project, the Pobeda and Slava cinemas were built in the capital around the same time.

After the reconstruction, the Burevestnik building began to meet all modern requirements for structures of this kind, which Gradsky had been striving for so long.

The theater has a magnificent auditorium with a parquet floor. There are comfortable wooden armchairs with soft upholstery. The decoration of the ceiling and walls is made in black, which focuses the attention of the audience on the stage. The pride of the theater is the artificial intelligence lighting system, organized by various types of spotlights, and a transformable stage.

Soloists and Orchestra

The Gradsky Hall Theater has a permanent troupe, which includes:

• Valentina Biryukova. Semi-finalist of the show "Voice". Took part in a tour of 30 cities of Russia together with Dina Garipova and other soloists of the theater.
• Alexandra Vorobyova. Graduate of the Institute. Gnesins. The winner of The Voice (2014).
• Dina Garipova. Participant and winner of the show "Voice" (2012). Entered the top five at the Eurovision Song Contest. Released solo multilingual album.
• AndreyLefleur. Member of the project "Voice". Soloist in Gradsky's famous opera The Master and Margarita, where his partners were Russian pop stars.
• Sergey Volchkov. He has a multi-stage professional musical education. Did an internship in Italy. The winner of the show "Voice".
• Elena Minina. Graduate of the Gnessin Academy. She performed the part of Margarita in Gradsky's opera based on the immortal work by M. Bulgakov.
• Polina Konkina. Participated in the show "Voice", where she performed in a team led by Gradsky.

The theater also has its own chamber orchestra, which includes young musicians K. Kaznacheev, A. Rukhadze, A. Snezhina, A. Yakusha (violinists), E. Kaznacheeva, I. Saenko (violists), O. Demina, P. Karetnikov (cellists) and S. Murygin (double bass).

Poster

Although the theater opened relatively recently, several interesting musical events have already taken place there - from the performance of A. Makarevich's "Yiddish Jazz" to a chamber music concert.

Currently there are "Scriabin's Evenings", during which the viewer can hear the performance of classical works by famous composers, accompanied by breathtaking lighting effects.

The theater also has a small children's repertoire. For example, young viewers can watch the fairy tale-opera about Pinocchio.

Now you know where it is and what it can offer the audience "Gradsky Hall" - another culturalan institution in the capital where you can listen to intellectual music in an intelligent environment.