The B-A-C-H Symphony Orchestra gave a concert during «Marble Mile» International Art Festival in Yekaterinburg.
It should be said that in July 2018, the presentation of this project took place during the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly in Moscow.
Uralskiy Marble LLC provided a unique place for the concert. It is located in Mramorskoye village, Polevskoy District (Sverdlovsk Region). The first industrial development of marble began 281 years ago at Ural Region.
The implementation of the project became possible thanks to the support of the Presidential Grants Fund which supported the idea of a multi-stage project “Marble Mile”. In June “Erzia Day” was held and organized by Erzia International Art Foundation (Moscow).
Kurokawa Toru (Japan), Harutyun Karapetyan (Armenia), Chiprian Hopyrtian (Romania) and Tanya Preminger (Israel) created their sculptures at the production place of Ural Marble LLC for two months. Sculptures are installed in Yekaterinburg and Polevskoye. The theme of this year is the Eurasian space. The image “Europe-Asia” created by Tanya Preminger from gray marble became very symbolic in this case. It will be installed at the border of two parts of the world. He personifies the community of interests of the peoples living on the territory of the vast continent.
The conductor of the B-A-C-H orchestra Nikolay Usenko admitted that this concert was almost an extreme performance. The mine resembles a giant concert hall. Nature becomes the backdrop for a large-scale musical action. The guests took their seats and enjoyed the stunning spectacle. A real marble mine is the bottom of an ancient sea. The exquisite beauty of the white stone combined with the beauty of the music of Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Albeniz made the audience have a fantastic feeling.
The “marble” concerts will continue next year. Other bands would like to take part in a unique musical history that has no analogues in the world concert practice.
