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The State Hermitage Museum The first rail road in Russia connecting St Petersburg
and Tsarskoe Selo, and later Pavlovsk, was built in the middle of 1830s.
The branch line went directly to the park in Bolshaya Zvezda district,
where The Musical Station building was erected. It was here the tradition
of concerts for the general public began, and the works by famous Russian
composers, and, certainly, by the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, were
performed. The "Strauss seasons" brought a unique charm of Vienna music
into the cultural life of St Petersburg and contributed to the spiritual
union of the two countries' cultural elite. The tradition of summer
musical seasons, stopped in 1917, was restored at the turn Within the frames of the Great Waltz festivals eleven concerts are held annually, in accordance with the number of summer seasons that Strauss spent in St Petersburg. The concerts are held in the Hermitage Theatre, the halls of the Winter Palace (The State Hermitage), the Grand Palace of Peterhof, the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo and the Rose Pavilion in Pavlovsk, where the great Austrian composer performed. The Great Waltz Festival develops the traditions
of democratic chamber performances established in the course
of "Strauss seasons" almost two centuries ago. The programme
of summer seasons includes symphonic and chamber music concerts,
as well as vocal evenings. Among the participating musicians
there are soloists of the world leading theatres, famous
Russian and foreign conductors and performers. The Chairman of the Honorary Festival Committee is Mikhail
Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage, Chairman of the Creative
Alliance of Museum Employees of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast,
Official Partner of the Festival Producer Center Domus Chronicle of events Summer 2010: 9th International Festival The Great Waltz |
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