Russian pianist Denis Matsuev in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, he told how in the 1990s, together with the New Names Foundation, he performed in 45 countries around the world.
“Now it is impossible to imagine that Russian children would come to NATO headquarters, live in families, and that the then NATO Secretary General Manfred Werner would give us a standing ovation! Brussels newspapers then wrote that “the Russians conquered NATO!”, and Werner said: “We are not against such a conquest!” — remembered the musician.
Matsuev talked to journalists on the eve of the opening of the first International Youth Piano Competition named after S.V. Rachmaninov in Veliky Novgorod on March 21. In the regional philharmonic society fifteen young contestants will perform in two rounds.
Previously Maria Zakharova called Europe “the kingdom of crooked mirrors” due to the cancellation of Matsuev’s concerts.
